archited said:
You think this is bad, you should see the gull disaster at Seaworld in San Diego. Those flying rats nailed me twice, once each on two different occasions. And there is a section of downtown Los Angeles affectionately known as "Pigeon Poop Pass". Where there are pigeons there is poop. I have read that birds have no control over their bowel expressions and therefore the results are frequent and indiscriminate. I was told that it is God's entertainment mode. Wouldn't it be fun if they could be trained to target certain people in formation bombing.
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Wow, somewhere else is worse, ago we shouldn't strive to be better 😱
 
Yeah, I'm not seeing as much security in Churchill or 102 St, and they definitely could use that presence.

On the upside, ridership for this line is pretty decent, at least on weekends when I take it. 5 min frequency during peak though? Absolutely beautiful, a gold standard that the rest of the system should follow honestly.
 
Barnaby said:
Of course you didn't. They "need more resources". Spamming 311 might help, but who knows.
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Like I've seen Peace Officers and vested security once in a while. Last weekend I saw some Peace Officers actually INSIDE the train and take someone outside, truly an anomaly.

They honestly could just have constant presence in Churchill and 102 and that'll improve perceptions a ton. don't even need to be on trains.
 
IanO said:
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1741688119777251428
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Pro tip
Get on the lrt on the other side heading west since it's only one more stop and then you have your spot as it heads back east.
 
Barnaby said:
I was DT last night, and I've never seen it so busy.
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A friend who lives in Ritchie walked down to Whyte on Saturday night (the 30th) and couldn't believe how quiet it was. Maybe people were staying home because New Years the next night? Oilers vs. Kings was on Saturday but Whyte was very quiet despite a warm night. I wonder what downtown was like Saturday?

It certainly helps dt to have major successes like last night with restaurants + bars so busy and as more of these occurrences happen, hopefully that builds some momentum for new business + residents.
 
I was impressed with seeing the crowds on the Valley Line yesterday. I believe they were running every 10 minutes, all 2 car trains. The way the process works apparently for TransEd's level of service, be it frequency and/ or train length, is that the City puts in the request in advance for the level of service they want (makes sense, as it's the City that is then paying for the operation of those trains). The contrast between the Valley Line and Capital Line due to train capacity was noticable. ETS went with 15 minute service, but 5 car trains on the Capital line. Due to limited capacity of the Valley Line, they had to go with 10 minute service with all 2 car trains. A 2 car train is about equivalent to a 3 car Capital Line train. Personally I think ETS should have had more frequent service on the Capital Line, but, I believe 15 minute service is generally par for the course on New Years Eve.
 
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