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Engineers and scientists will tell you this very simply Matter how good your idea is. If you don't test it, you're wrong and when you do you'll find out why. Test test test

In May last year, the city of Regina added a new bus route to the airport. Route 24 Downtown - Airport. And other problems mentioned in this video have already been solved.

I agree With you as well 3:49

Hopefully they fix that Frickin Screeching the South East has

not a fan of having the train on the ground level due to traffic. however, after giving it some thought looking at the booklet, there are many stations that should've been elevated and there are ones that didn't need to be. i mean if they can install elevators on the original capital line stations, why not to other stations as well they could've started elevating from 121 st up until 88a ave where meadowlark is since it will not slow down the flow of traffic in rush hours. though i can't say if that's true in 156 st side, i don't live in that area. however, at least 2 lanes per direction is enough for cars to be accommodated still, if i were in 118 ave 34 st, this is a plus going to wem. i remember the days taking 8 then taking the train to corona station then catching 100. there are times there's no 100 on downtown, so i have to go to south campus to take 4

Love the video keep up the good work!

RIP green line…😢

Most park and ride lack shared use paths with bike lanes, rail and busway lines. They will be useful with those two modes of public transits. Will encourage them to use public transit.

Agreed, malls in Edmonton tend not to like transit centres which is frustrating for us transit dependent folks and can make it quite treacherous in the winter with the slippery parking lots to traverse to get into the mall.

Man, I love your videos. I moved to Edmonton half a year ago and your videos provided necessary info about public transit. Also, I watch your channel to follow progress on construction of Valley Line West which I’m very exited for. Just wanted to say thank you for your work. Also, I want to wish you more subs because I think you deserve it. It’s a bit tricky to find audience that appreciates public transit in NA but I’m sure there are a lot of us. Keep up the good work.

next up: do all OWL bus routes of Edmonton 👀

You seem like a chill person, I only really ever see Century Park everyday but it's nice to see the rest of the city too sometimes

Noted... *jots down plan to do this with every transit center in Philadelphia*

I mean I could be a bit of loser but that is my goal too

6:04 couldn't agree more! From my experience, the 56 is pretty bad and crowded.

09:31 so, are we not gonna talk about the bra on the floor?🧐

This is an Edmonton train station

They named the current "MacEwan" station that because if they called it the Rogers station, for the arena, they would be required to build it bigger. By calling it MacEwan and then putting it in closer proximity to Rogers than literally anything else, they have a Rogers station for cheaper. This works well until you remember that a smaller station means a smaller capacity, and it discourages people from using transit to get to big events, like concerts, Oilers games, etc. I love transit but I can agree that car use is better in some applications. Car use is NOT good for events such as those held at Rogers. Short-term: rename station to ICE District. Long-term: expand station capacity.

😅 This is the most relatable thing I’ve seen all week! 😂

Uhh no? Calgary was the first, and edmonton STILL HASN'T recovered from the pandemic? What is this bullshit?

Bring parasols back into fashion. Fr though heat deserts are a struggle

Every intersection in Winnipeg I’ve come across has an audible signal, even just pedestrian signals too

I find St. Albert to be far too dependent on the park and ride system, seems like many local buses are empty these days

Amazing video - super clear and very good suggestions

Where I live now I ironically think doesn't make enough use of park and ride. There are a lot of places with very large parking lots with a lot of excess parking that they don't need, that are already adjacent to bus stops, that our transit agency could very easily negotiate permission for transit riders to park there. Obviously, redeveloping those excess parking areas into something more useful would be ideal, but as something that can be done essentially overnight to make more use of the space and drive transit ridership, we could do a lot worse. Hell, half of the parking lots that I'm thinking of are already used by people doing park and ride without permission, who just risk it, so there is obviously some latent demand for it. Especially given how limited, and expensive, parking is at our local university, they'd probably fill entire buses with college students alone taking advantage of it. Then again, that might be a large part of why they don't go to the effort to make it official and don't encourage it, because parking fees are way too big of a revenue source for the university and the university has a lot of sway in city and county politics. It's the same reason that most airports in the United States don't have very good transit access. When the cheapest parking (which requires taking a shuttle bus back onto campus anyway) is $84 a semester and most parking garages/lots charging $269 a semester, it's no wonder the university doesn't want students using alternative means of getting to and from campus.

I think that the Utah Transit Authority did a pretty good job with their park and ride program. The largest parking lots were either in far flung outlying areas or in areas that were in distress, but anticipated to in the future see revitalization, with the parking lot essentially acting as a temporary service until the area was ready to be redeveloped into a higher and better use. Also, the stations essentially always have direct access to the street with the parking being behind or to the side (or in one case completely separate from the station). I don't live in Salt Lake anymore, so I don't keep up with all the redevelopment, but at least two stations have seen more than half of their parking converted into mixed use housing... something I'm sure the transit authority saw a decent return on investment on purchasing that land.

calgary :D

Here in Seattle, there is a mix of park and ride and high density residential. It is a balanced approach and suitable for a region that will never not be suburban and that relies in suburban approved tax levies and car registration fees to both expand and maintain the network. It has been made abundantly clear to sound transit: if you're going to tax car drivers, you will provide park and rides or you will fail at the ballot just as they did when they tried to get urbanite only plans. Transit dependent development is still happening around stations, so it is finally defeating the idea you cannot have a parking structure and residential co existing. We see this already working extremely well at Lynnwood, Northgate, shoreline, and mount lake terrace. Seattle also has massive convention centers and three major stadiums within walking distance of its train lines. On weekends when there is a game, park and rides are full of, you guessed it, suburbanites enjoying the parking and rail they approved in their taxes and sold as a benefit of why they should vote yes to perpetual taxation if they are within the area. None of this comes to the disadvantage of transit dependent residents as the garages are stacked or underground so the actual footprint leaves plenty of room for all kinds of other buildings. The parking structure also serves as bus turnaround for feeder lines and connections from local agencies. Seattle often calls these transit centers, not just park and rides, to indicate that they serve both suburban users with cars and car free users. Isn't it nice when we can put the debates aside and realize, oh, let's make transit work for EVERYONE. Lastly, the idea we need to recoup the investment in parking garages is as silly as the idea we need to recoup the investment of the trains in fares. As I mentioned Seattle isn't running an investment to see a return. The cost was passed to taxpayers at the federal or local level depending on the mix of grants vs loans. Maintenance will always be a tax burden. Fares or parking fees are not expected, nor should they be expected to break even. It is the same for roads, bridges, ferries and so on. What is it with this idea we need to recoup parking but not everything else? Doesn't make any logical sense. Public infrastructure never directly returns the money to tax payers. Its a cost. And since you'll be taxed until you are no longer alive, it is not a cost that is ever expected to be recouped.

1. put the parking behind the station so entering from the sidewalk is easy 2. don't put the station out in the middle of nowhere unless its exclusive purpose is as a park n ride and/or a transfer hub between different agencies and modes 3. BIKE PARKING!!!!!! lots of it with secure monitored buildings. nobody wants to leave their bike chained to a ground staple in a dark corner or random concrete island that nobody is looking at for 7 hours while they're off somewhere else.

Depends.

P+R's could have saved cities

A good thing about parking lots is they can be repurposed easily, can be residentials, commercial facilities or multi-level parking garages, depending on future demands. So starting with park and ride stations is not so bad IMO especially in car centric suburbs. However, I think such stations should have at least small convenience stores nearby or inside stations so that railway company can make money from rent and kick start commercial activities around stations.

Justifying park-and-ride transit for concert or special events is kinda a skill issue in event organizing and allocation of services :/

Park and Ride is the bane of existence of any transit services

Great Video!

Then why are they broke?

Nice video. Too bad you had to visit in one of the coldest weeks of the year. 😕

th-cam.com/video/30TJ0y9R91M/w-d-xo.html they found old street car track under street near Stony Plain Road near 142 Street.

It's really strange that the mid station Davis Station would be originally named Wagner. Wagner Vocational High School is 4 meandering blocks away. 15 minute walk on a good summer day, and 30 minutes on a winter day as there are no sidewalks or what few sidewalks there are are never shoveled.

We have these in Newcastle, England! Theyre automatically folded up and just one or two can be folded up so the person can sit if they want to and have space for their equipment! Works great

It works better in places with less “diversity”

Why did they turn it into a mall

Amor andar de trem ir passear na biblioteca do centro ❤

In montreal the buses seats are folded by default so its easier for the wheelchairs to get parked

Pedestrian street with on-street parking?...

Gotta love family friendly bus policies.

Thanks!

Helloride is $1/30 mins. + sub 10 mins 50 cents

There’s another benefit to small buses & cutaway buses. Not only can they be cheaper but they also might require easier to obtain licenses. In Ontario, a class C can drive a bus with up to 24 passengers. A cutaway bus might not have air brakes which negates the need for an air brake license (Z endorsement in Ontario). Cutaway buses also might not need special tools or equipment for servicing making a service garage cheaper to set up or not requiring one altogether if servicing is subcontracted to a local garage or dealer.