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Originally Posted by ciudad_del_norte
Are there significant sections of Edmonton that is LRT ready where LRT is feasible and not already in progress? Valley Line is underway, as is the capital line extension south to Ellerslie. Where else would you rather see this investment that isn't already funded?
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- Strathcona/Garneau
- Ritchie
- Oliver along Jasper
- Londonderry
- Callingwood
- Capilano
- Hermitage/Victoria Trail
- 118 Ave from NAIT to Abbotsfield
- McCauley
- Northgate
- St Albert down the trail
- Inglewood/Westmount Centre
- Calder
- Mlibourne (around the mall not where the Valley Line is going)
- the Highlands
The currently planned Metro Line alignment is incredibly stupid and mostly goes through low density tract housing with little infill/densification potential and doesn't connect residents to any everyday services beyond the Castle Downs YMCA. It solely exists to funnel suburbanites downtown and to post-secondary during peak times and may as well be commuter rail.
127 St and 97 Street both make far more sense for LRT (as does 137 Ave instead of 153rd if we're going to jut west to hit St Albert) but the City clearly wanted to hit the massive void of Blatchford between these two to help spur along development.
Callingwood and 178 Street also make more sense than Lewis Farms for the LRT based on density and demographics alone. 178th St is far more "LRT ready" than Lewis Farms aside from the fact that the latter has a convenient transit centre completely disconnected from the community that will sure be great as a park and ride.
Millbourne is getting an LRT stop, but on the edge of the community, surrounded by single detached homes, rather than a bit west around the mall and fields of apartment blocks.
Whyte Ave is perhaps the most glaring gap in rapid transit for Edmonton right now, and one with no real future plans after the Central Circulator was scrapped. It's also probably the most ripe area (aside from Downtown and the UofA) for LRT and would benefit most from it. The problem is that it really needs two lines servicing it to give the best and most comprehensive coverage. There should be an east-west one that terminates at Bonnie Doon, heads west through Garneau, meets the UofA, and then potentially heads to the west end on the 87 Ave alignment. Then there should be a direct north-south line between Downtown and Strathcona (maybe continuing south along the CPR yards and connecting Ritchie/Queen Alex/Weber and being a spur to redevelopment there. Instead the City's solution was a mediocre middle ground in the Central Circulator except even that isn't happening now.
The situation for 118th Ave is similar to Whyte, although less obvious and necessary, but it would likely similarly benefit from LRT coverage.
66 St, 137 Ave, 23 Ave, Ellerslie, Terwillegar, 107 Ave, 50th St, 112/111 Ave, Victoria Trail, and 82 St should probably all have BRT or streetcars (location context dependent) though some of these would benefit from LRT too.
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Originally Posted by canucklehead2
There is! I chatted with an ETA planner back in 1999 about it. There's a short stub wall West of Corona station designed to extend the line West under Jasper but he didn't say to what route it would ultimately connect to...
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Could easily go down Jasper, up 124th St and either...
A) Terminate at 118th Ave in Prince Rupert
B) Zig-zag around and go up 127 St through Calder up to 153 Ave and meet with Metro Line
C) go west at 111 Ave to Westmount Centre
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