could instead turn it into a pedestrian overpass/plaza

might be cheaper to put some pens there instead

I'd be fine with any of them, but option 3 would make such a great use out of the LRT station.

As a layman I agree with these points, but I do think we should get the low hanging fruit out of the way as well: pedestrianizing rice howard way and 104th st (at least between jasper and 103 ave). And I know there's hesitation for it, but doing all this would be more justification for...

god I hope so

Took the bus the other day, I haven't used my arc card in a while so I wasn't sure how much I had on it (didn't bother checking). Decided to tap using apple pay and it worked really smoothly and was super convenient. I might go back to the arc card if I start taking transit regularly again, but...

some art would look great on it

It is frustrating that NAIT's entire portion is ready for construction and nothing has moved yet. At this rate, it's going to be a massive empty pocket in the middle of what should be the most dense area of Blatchford. It's always seemed crazy to me that they were given such a large portion of...

I'm most curious about how they're planning to interface with the park.

Difficult for who? Adding loading zones on the intersecting streets wouldn't add any significant time, and the trade-off would be a significantly better pedestrian experience. Just think of what you can do with a space that large. Restaurants can have patios, there can be nice planters and...

But the metro line doesn't go further north than Nait and won't for a long time, and when it does it won't serve the same areas as this BRT line. So if anything, having the two lines share a few blocks is actually way better for connectivity.

Directness is good, but directly connecting to major destinations like option 3 would likely drive more ridership.

Can use all the other streets connecting to the main street for those things.

That angle parking takes up a criminal amount of space. Make those two blocks of main street into pedestrian only and this complex could be a truly fantastic community and destination. I also really like the proposed pedway link directly to the transit station. Overall great but that main street...

Found it: https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/initiatives_innovation/mass-transit-implementation-project Full booklet: https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/Mass-Transit-Route-B1-Draft-Design-Booklet.pdf?cb=1763428731 Option 1...