ClaireYeg
New Member
Great questions, and not easy ones. Without wanting to sound evasive, the greatest risks to out of the box projects of this size are misinformation and apathy.What do you guys feel is the biggest risk to the project? Have there been any recent setbacks?
A while back there was a survey that mentioned a $50 annual pass. Is this still something you're considering?
Will you be integrating your downtown station design with the new ped bridge?
Great to have you guys on the forum!
Last summer we contracted Steer Group, a global consulting firm, to review our business case. One part of the exercise was for them to do a feasibility study and to do that they did a survey where amongst many things they wanted to assess the market's appetite for the project, which includes different fare options.
We heard that people were interested in family passes but also an add on to their ETS monthly pass. Visitors were also more than willing to pay $50 to take the gondola.
Our fare structure has not been finalized, but what Steer Group concluded was that our business case was sound and so we are continuing to refine what this means for Edmonton.
We are early in the regulatory process so we don't yet have schematic designs for our stations. However, the City admin team in charge of the 100 Street Pedestrian Bridge Crossing did ask to meet with us to see if in case both of our projects are approved if we would be willing to have the bridge llink to the top of our Downtown station. We said, "Absolutely, yes!"