The_Cat said:
I wonder if Blatchford Station will open once the Yellowhead construction is done. I'm guessing that a transit centre which includes buses to Spruce Grove and St. Albert would be a plus.
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Good ideas. And a bus connection to our rail station?
 
A 137 Ave BRT from WEM to Clairview connecting to the Metro Line at 97th Street would drive a lot of LRT ridership. It would just kill Northgate as the primary transfer terminus, shifting it to Greisbach or Castle Downs.

Edmonton really should consider creating reliable BRT circulator routes that feed the LRT. I would be in favour of some routes feeding Westwood in the interim.
 
Kosy123 said:
That's actually wild. Did they state reasons why? I know that areas has a decent amount of schools and immigrant communities to drive up ridership.
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Bugger, I was off. He clarified that this is for when the line goes out to Naki, and captures local + commuter riders. I did some digging, and page 20 of this corridor selection report says the corridor between Naki and NAIT will have 42,000 - 45,000 riders per year in 2041.

With that being said, the report also states that the route does a good job of serving existing neighbourhoods and has strong potential for promoting higher densities/populations in the future - sort of like what we're seeing with the Valley Line. Between that higher density coming down the pipeline, its adjacency to existing neighbourhoods including Greisbach, and the feeder buses getting people to the LRT from other parts of the Northwest, I still think that this line would be worthwhile even without the connection to Naki. Perhaps StAT could run a shuttle between Naki and Castle Downs?
 
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