An emotional blog from our future mayor

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Valley Line Southeast Opening Day!

I am feeling immense joy and optimism about our City after spending the day riding around on the new Valley Line Southeast LRT. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep and 4am wake up, but today was an emotional one. The hope and positivity shared with me by riders was uplifting and a highlight of my term.
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Gronk! said:
An emotional blog from our future mayor

www.ashleysalvador.com

Valley Line Southeast Opening Day!

I am feeling immense joy and optimism about our City after spending the day riding around on the new Valley Line Southeast LRT. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep and 4am wake up, but today was an emotional one. The hope and positivity shared with me by riders was uplifting and a highlight of my term.
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I didn't take the train until like noon, no way I was gonna wake up at 5am like all y'all hooligans.
But Ashley was still on the train at that point, gave me and my partner commemorative pins and we talked for a few minutes, she said she'd been riding it all morning since it opened lol.

Some say she's still out there, riding the rails just like the pioneers did.
She really is great though, glad to once in my life feel like I have a representative who's really working on the things I care about.
 
JuliallThat said:
I didn't take the train until like noon, no way I was gonna wake up at 5am like all y'all hooligans.
But Ashley was still on the train at that point, gave me and my partner commemorative pins and we talked for a few minutes, she said she'd been riding it all morning since it opened lol.

Some say she's still out there, riding the rails just like the pioneers did.
She really is great though, glad to once in my life feel like I have a representative who's really working on the things I care about.
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Same here! I got on round noon and she was powering through (Don “damn I forgot he’s tall” Iveson also was there too so that was wild to see.
 
I started the day planning to just take the train to see. I went with my brother with a coffee, we checked out MWTS, he showed me the library that he works at sometimes as an electrician. A friend asked if I wanted to go to the Oilers game, so we did. I took the train along with many other fans, workers, shoppers, etc. I write this from the Valley Line between Bonnie Doon and Davies station on my return home.
 
The_Cat said:
I wonder how many people were downtown for the first time in ages today.
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I’d argue a large chunk tbh.

I’m personally excited by how this just makes downtown more “approachable” by people from Millwoods/Southeast. The belt of industrial areas and the Whitemud around it make it feel super isolated from the core. I’d like to think this train line breaks a psychological barrier of sorts. It opens downtown up to the immigrant population and new families that end up in Millwoods.

I for one look forward to the day when I go to City Centre mall and find a couple of old Sikh grandpas with their turbans just sitting and wandering around in the mall or Churchill Square

(If you’re from the Southeast, you know how common that sight is at Millwoods)
 
I thought the trains stopping at the lights would have bothered me more than I thought. But the trains have nice acceleration and feels appropriate in speed (not too fast but also not too slow). The doors feel aggressive though and close fast when ur trying to wait for ppl to get off the train lol. Don't like the door chimes, they are a bit too loud and I feel the piercing to my ears when ppl keep opening the doors repetitively while making that sound.


VLW is gonna be crazy bc there will be more "destinations" on this line instead of mostly residential streets and suburbs

8/10
 
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Gantry crane is on the move!!!
 
Barnaby said:
So what is the plan to get it back to WEM after the east portions of the guideway are erected?
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That's what I was thinking exactly. Strange how they started in the "middle" of the guideway.....I'm not an Engineer...what do I know....
 
It can probably just be walked, but I'm not familiar enough with this form of construction. I do really like it though, and I wouldn't mind revisiting some portions of planned areas with this construction method in mind. Especially since Marigold is going to be very efficient at it as they near the end of this project.
 
Took a trip this morning down to Mill Woods on VLSE. Overall a pleasant experience. Ride was pretty smooth, but the train seems to wobble a bit more on the Tawatina Bridge (wind?). I really don't like the seats though, they made my lower back sore. The views coming down the hill to Muttart are quite nice. The amount of parking at Davies Station is a little ridiculous. I doubt we will see it more than 2/3rds full most of the time
 
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