CplKlinger
Senior Member
Here's part of their analysis, with some highlights bolded by me:
"The 113A Street corridor performed strongest based on future population densities and future land use opportunities; while the 127 Street corridor was strongest in existing population densities and existing activity centres. The 113A Street corridor is also the only corridor providing direct access to the Greisbach redevelopment. All corridors received equal benefit for the redevelopment potential associated with the Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA). Therefore, the ECCA was not a discriminator and development of LRT crossing the ECCA, connecting to the NAIT station was a strong benefit to all corridors. Outside of the ECCA, the St. Albert Trail corridor generally follows industrial and commercial corridors. These corridors have limited activity centres and low existing and future population densities.
A key insight drawn from the results was that corridors providing direct service to the northwest Edmonton neighbourhoods (113A Street/127 Street) performed significantly better than the St. Albert Trail corridor. This was true regardless of the directness and speed of the St. Albert Trail corridor. Access by populations surrounding the stations is critical to the success of LRT. A significant portion of the 113A Street and 127 Street corridors include mature neighbourhoods, and areas where future population growth is anticipated. These corridors draw from a larger area of population (current and future), and the existing and planned land uses best support LRT. Providing LRT service to established areas and to potential TOD or infill areas also better achieves the land use goals of the City’s policy documents."
