[Yeggy]

The LRT will also be a catalyst for major residential development. Look at the towers being built downtown, university and other locations. Many of them are in close proximity to the LRT.

Poor Strathern, Although my hubby pointed out cut flags on the lot where Ralph’s was.

 

[Yeggy]

The fact that the Eglington Crosstown is not open yet is genuinely abysmal. Whatever the reasons or excuses are, the fact that the Valley Line was literally in the conceptual planning stage when that project began construction and is now almost fully done is just ridiculous. There's gotta be an audit of that project or something in the future no?

Do you remember when people on C2E would post till their fingers bled about tunnelling and cut and cover? Going below grade has been one of the biggest boondoggles for the cross town line.

 

[Glenco]

Do you remember when people on C2E would post till their fingers bled about tunnelling and cut and cover? Going below grade has been one of the biggest boondoggles for the cross town line.

That is the problem with cross town it doesn’t know what it wants to be. A tram or a metro can’t be both

 

[TAS]

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Great pics once again.

I would like to see all that single storey commercial gone along with the customer parking fronting 104Ave and replaced with 5+1 all along this stretch. Parking could still ve accomodated in the back. But this endless strip mall approach in our city centre needs to end. It's unbecoming to put it mildly..

 

[The_Cat]

At Jasper Avenue/122 Street, there's a Safeway like a street corner format:

Street View · Google Maps

Explore a place in a more immersive way in Google Maps.

www.google.ca

I'm thinking something similar could be happen along 104 Avenue once the Valley Line West opens.

 

[Yeggy]

That is the problem with cross town it doesn’t know what it wants to be. A tram or a metro can’t be both

Smaller lighter weight rolling stock definitely can be designed to be used in mixed traffic or designed to be a metro. What I am saying is the way it’s physically being build has been problematic. It was to be at grade like our low floor system.

It has been proven time and time again that tunnelling or cut and cover (to a lesser extent) creates delays. We can point to tunnel projects all over the world that share the same story be it Rail or Auto.

I will agree with you that Doug Ford’s political meddling created confusion and a quasi mixed tram/metro system (as you describe it), the only issue is he never fairly managed the publics expectations. We dont even know if the routes alignment was the best for underground work, all we know is that Ford declared the “War on Cars” was over and he made the whole thing political.

You would think we would collectively learn, but the general public has short memories.

 

[thommyjo]

Great pics once again.
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I would like to see all that single storey commercial gone along with the customer parking fronting 104Ave and replaced with 5+1 all along this stretch. Parking could still ve accomodated in the back. But this endless strip mall approach in our city centre needs to end. It's unbecoming to put it mildly..

Southside will likely happen eventually. North side I would be shocked to see much change for 20+ years. Outside of some of the corners of parking lots getting new residential, north side seems settled.

 

[fromyeg]

Guys, we did it. Edmonton in the new NJB video.

(Timestamp: 6:50)

 

[Kosy123]

Guys, we did it. Edmonton in the new NJB video.

(Timestamp: 6:50)

"There's no better way to explore your city than through a window of a tram"

I have my issues with NJB but he's absolutely right on this, and it's why the Valley Line, despite all its shortcomings, is my favourite LRT line in the city.

 

[wormwood]

Address: 7814 - 83 STREET NW
Planner Description: The City has received a rezoning and District Plan amendment application from Situate. The current zone is the Parks and Services Zone (PS) and the proposed zone is the Mixed Use Zone (MU h23.0 f3.0) which would allow: -Medium scale mixed use development. -A maximum height of 23.0 metres (approximately 6 storeys). -A maximum floor area ratio of 3.0. A proposed amendment to the Southeast District Plan is required to facilitate the proposed rezoning.
Status: In Review

Potentially more TOD coming along the Valley Line.

This would be right by Avonmore Station.

 

[Dubas]

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Density is great, but the school loses a lot of field space.

 

[The_Cat]

At least the school has a gym.

 

[thommyjo]

Tree planting along 156st this week.

 

[Tropical]

Guys, we did it. Edmonton in the new NJB video.

(Timestamp: 6:50)

At about the 5 minute mark, he demonstrates how trams can get through impossibly narrow streets (such as in Lisbon). In that case, why aren't we running trams down 81 or 83 Ave to serve the Whyte Ave corridor. I can't imagine a more effective way to connect Health Sciences to Bonnie Doon.

 

[ChazYEG]

At about the 5 minute mark, he demonstrates how trams can get through impossibly narrow streets (such as in Lisbon). In that case, why aren't we running trams down 81 or 83 Ave to serve the Whyte Ave corridor. I can't imagine a more effective way to connect Health Sciences to Bonnie Doon.

In all fairness, I would still rather run it on Whyte and turn it from a bit of a stroad into a proper high street. But if we really can't,, running down 81st or 83rd is definitely the next best thing!