[Airboy]

Drove by and the parking area was full. I don't know if the busses were though.

 

[The_Cat]

I'm sure the LRT worked better for Mill Woods and SE Edmonton residents.

 

[yeggator]

You see personally, my urbanist values would be tested if a metro left me stranded in one of the worst hoods in all of Europe

Hope your trip is going well tho lol!

It is going well. But sadly coming to a close soon

 

[Kosy123]

I wonder how Park and Ride worked for Saturday's football game.

In conjunction with the Oilers game, it was pretty full!

I actually used the train on Saturday about an hour or so before the game and it was packed, full of Oilers fan heading downtown and Elks fans transferring at Churchill (and the occasional commuter not going to any of these lol). It was packed to the point that there wasn't any space for some riders at the stations since they were coming in at 10 min frequencies. Absolutely amazing to see but a pain in the ass to be in since it was sardine can central. I feel like the city should at least do 5 min frequencies for some of these events, especially if they major events like this coincide with each other.

I overheard some people mentioning it's the first time they've taken the train to get to downtown (which probably falls in like with a lot of the Elks riders), so hopefully we got a positive perception of this line in particular.

 

[mcr]

I wonder how Park and Ride worked for Saturday's football game.

I used it for the Heritage Classic back in October, and it was seamless. Granted, we got there early, but we had no problem at all finding a spot. Much better than the old Davies P&R over on 86th.

 

[CplKlinger]

Weekday boardings averaged 14,100 in April and are currently averaging 15,300 for May. No, I can't provide any sources.

Thanks for sharing these numbers! Do you think they'll be affected much once the playoffs end, or is the increase mostly due to changing travel patterns for regular trips?

 

[fromyeg]

Bike —> Valley Line —> Bike is a great combo.

ARC readers also seem much faster than last time I rode, almost immediate.

 

[Glenco]

Saw security removing people from 102 street shelter. Warmed the cockles of my heart

 

[dkazzed]

Bike —> Valley Line —> Bike is a great combo.

ARC readers also seem much faster than last time I rode, almost immediate.

I feel like bicycles on trains are a cheat code. I did the same this morning on Capital Line which really needs the same bicycle/wheelchair area treatment as Valley Line. I'm often not in the mood to ride all the way to work in the morning but I do love that afternoon ride home.

 

[edm13]

I took the valley line from downtown to Millwoods for the first time yesterday. A few observations:

- about 5 young men hanging out in one of the shelters who then proceeding to stand on the tracks tempting the train driver, who had to hit his horn for them to move.
- activated my arc card for the first time. I was able to add cash to the card and tap it all very easily, no issue here.
- the train ride didn’t seem too long. I didn’t really notice the train stopping at lights.
- views are awesome
- didn’t see too many drug users. This was around 10am.
- the train from downtown to mill woods only had a hand full of people on my cart. However, the way back to downtown shortly after was much busier.
- the most disheartening part of the ride was seeing literally 50% of the shelter doors popped off, jammed open, not working, etc. I couldn’t believe how it is possible to have that many broken down doors. Some other solution is needed here asap.

 

[TAS]

- didn’t see too many drug users. This was around 10am.

- the most disheartening part of the ride was seeing literally 50% of the shelter doors popped off, jammed open, not working, etc. I couldn’t believe how it is possible to have that many broken down doors. Some other solution is needed here asap.

On the brightside:

Didn't see 'too many' drug dealers.
and
In terms of lrt shelter vandalism, perhaps it has meant the funicular hasn't been receiving the brunt of abuse.

 

[degrandprix]

- the most disheartening part of the ride was seeing literally 50% of the shelter doors popped off, jammed open, not working, etc. I couldn’t believe how it is possible to have that many broken down doors. Some other solution is needed here asap.

I think they should just cut their losses and remove them all. It seems like the maintenance costs are going to be crazy, and all the broken doors are giving the stations a very dishevelled look.

 

[Platinum107]

I have a feeling they may have included the sliding shelter doors in the VLW stations, too Hindsight is 20/20 but that was a bad design choice from the start imo. Just take off the doors at this point.

 

[Kosy123]

Yup. Either remove them entirely or make access Arc Card dependent.

 

[edm13]

Yup. Either remove them entirely or make access Arc Card dependent.

Do you think that would help though? They looked tampered with in about 20 different ways. I wonder if people without an arc card would just start booting the doors resulting in cracked glass and other damage