03-03-2024, 08:36 AM
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#3821
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Why after spending millions extending platform lengths at train stations are they still running 3 car trains during rush hour that are absolutely packed?
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Not enough spare units to cover units under repair?
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03-03-2024, 10:37 AM
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#3822
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Why after spending millions extending platform lengths at train stations are they still running 3 car trains during rush hour that are absolutely packed?
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Are trains absolutely packed now? I don’t ride as much as I used to probably once a week now but outside of cold weather days I wouldn’t describe the trains that way.
Have they recovered to pre-pandemic levels
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03-03-2024, 10:39 AM
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#3823
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by para transit fellow
Not enough spare units to cover units under repair?
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Hosing off the vomit and feces doesnt qualify as 'under repair.'
Thats why the floors are made of plastic.
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Originally Posted by GGG
Are trains absolutely packed now? I don’t ride as much as I used to probably once a week now but outside of cold weather days I wouldn’t describe the trains that way.
Have they recovered to pre-pandemic levels
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Yeah, I was wondering the same. They were increasing ridership, needed to upgrade to the 4th carriage and then that little bug went around...where are we at with that?
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03-03-2024, 01:38 PM
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#3824
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by GGG
Are trains absolutely packed now? I don’t ride as much as I used to probably once a week now but outside of cold weather days I wouldn’t describe the trains that way.
Have they recovered to pre-pandemic levels
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In total trips, as of September CTrain appears to have recover to 2019 numbers (but buses are still way down). But the weekday numbers are still lower, suggesting the usage profile has changed in that there are less rush hour trips for commutes and more trips during the weekend for shopping/leisure. Even 2019's weekday trips was down from 2014 (over 310K) before the oil price crash affected DT employment.
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05-10-2024, 09:36 AM
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#3826
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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can we run 4 cars again please?
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05-10-2024, 09:40 AM
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#3827
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
can we run 4 cars again please?
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Seconded. At least for the morning and afternoon rushes, just having 4 cars on say 4 trains in a row on both lines (so for less than an hour even) would make a huge difference.
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05-10-2024, 09:41 AM
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#3828
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
can we run 4 cars again please?
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I've seen that CP Rail has a bunch of cattle-cars sitting around not doing much, we can jam people into them.
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05-10-2024, 09:45 AM
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#3829
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I've seen that CP Rail has a bunch of cattle-cars sitting around not doing much, we can jam people into them.
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Don’t want to Godwin the public transit thread, but the connotations of that are a bit grim.
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05-10-2024, 09:47 AM
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#3830
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Don’t want to Godwin the public transit thread, but the connotations of that are a bit grim.
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I am aware.
If you can't Godwin the Public Transit thread then the terrorists have won.
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05-10-2024, 10:18 AM
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#3831
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by Lubicon
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So absurd. They also said that provincial money is now conditional on the green line (already planned and under construction) lining up with the provincial railway plan (doesn't even exist yet).
Which of course, will lead to more delays and make the project more expensive.
We're never going to get the green line built out are we?
PRetty good line by Gondek, lol.
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The letter acknowledged the cost pressures faced by the Green Line and other North American infrastructure projects but said the province’s $1.53 billion commitments haven’t changed, and there are two key conditions to the funding.
“Firstly, any cost increases or escalations will be the responsibility of the City and no additional funding will be available from the province for this project under any circumstances,” the letter read.
“And secondly, the provincial funding is contingent on the City’s Green Line being fully integrated with the Province’s recently announced Master Rail Plan which is scheduled for release next year.”
Mayor Gondek said in terms of the funding, nothing has changed. The Alberta government has been upfront that the $1.53 billion is the allotted amount of funding, she said.
“The only thing about that letter that’s concerning is the fact that they now want the Green Line to align with their yet-unrealized plan for regional rail,” she said.
“So, I mean, you can tinker with toy trains on your table all day long and try to come up with a plan. We’ve got construction underway on the Green Line. So Green Line, having to comply with a fictitious plan, is going to mean opening up that contract.”
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https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/05/...ta-government/
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05-10-2024, 10:21 AM
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#3832
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Torture
So absurd. They also said that provincial money is now conditional on the green line (already planned and under construction) lining up with the provincial railway strategy (doesn't even exist yet).
Which of course, will lead to more delays and make the project more expensive.
We're never going to get the green line built out are we?
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I dunno. They're doing lots of work on the proposed station by my office.
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05-10-2024, 10:29 AM
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#3833
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Torture
We're never going to get the green line built out are we?
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They've done a bunch of work already in Ogden moving the other rail lines to make room for the green line.
I think the portion between the Stampede grounds & the SE is very likely to get completed.
From there north, under downtown, the big station in Eau Claire, crossing the river, and onwards north, is more questionable to get built, just due to the scale & cost of that part of the project.
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05-10-2024, 10:50 AM
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#3834
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by Icon
They've done a bunch of work already in Ogden moving the other rail lines to make room for the green line.
I think the portion between the Stampede grounds & the SE is very likely to get completed.
From there north, under downtown, the big station in Eau Claire, crossing the river, and onwards north, is more questionable to get built, just due to the scale & cost of that part of the project.
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Yeah. Fair. The piece at risk is crossing the river and whether it gets tunneled downtown.
Still a vocal 'citizens group' that is well connected and has the ear of the Premier arguing to build it at grade downtown and go south first.
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05-10-2024, 11:18 AM
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#3835
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by Icon
They've done a bunch of work already in Ogden moving the other rail lines to make room for the green line.
I think the portion between the Stampede grounds & the SE is very likely to get completed.
From there north, under downtown, the big station in Eau Claire, crossing the river, and onwards north, is more questionable to get built, just due to the scale & cost of that part of the project.
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The Ogden work is specifically to make a new road underpass to access the CPKC property, because the new station is right where the current access road is.
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05-10-2024, 11:34 AM
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#3836
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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We're going to end up with this being at-grade through downtown, aren't we? If it reaches downtown...
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05-10-2024, 11:36 AM
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#3837
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Did Smith’s naturopath tell her we shouldn’t have a tunnel?
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05-10-2024, 11:37 AM
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#3838
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Scoring Winger
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"Fictious" rail plan. Thems fighting words Jyoti! Love it
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05-10-2024, 11:57 AM
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#3839
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: saddledome
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Originally Posted by Lubicon
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Does anyone know how they count ridership? If it's solely based on ticket sales, how do they count monthly pass holders or the un-paid riders? Does transit run a counting algorithm off video feeds?
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05-10-2024, 01:00 PM
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#3840
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#1 Goaltender
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Aren't these awful works going on downtown all for the Green Line? The road "repairs" they do after are driving me mad.
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