Recent content by Reecemartin

This is very nice to hear. What would really kick things up a notch would be TOD on the Chinook centres parking lots - I remember seeing stuff about that years ago, but I assume it has gone nowhere. A couple CF malls in Toronto have started to get the treatment (which I would say kicked off...

I just know that as someone without a car I probably wouldn't be able to get by with MAX level service, and that's an important benchmark because we want to shift more people onto transit and grow ridership. While running more service seems simple, I think if it was YYC would already be doing...

I'll just say that I find the argument that Max has been a good use of time so far unconvincing, while some portions like 17 Ave Se and a few short transitway sections are nice, much of it is mixed traffic and the service levels are just not very good - like not even all day every 15 minutes...

But that's exactly what I was saying, the city built a lot and then hit the brakes, which is not good if you want to have cost effective and effective projects down the road, you have to keep the "machine" running. While Calgary's system is good obviously, it's not like there aren't a lot of...

I have worked in the transit industry in a couple of cities on a bunch of projects, so I am not sure I'd label myself a "planning enthusiast". Having a connection to the airport lets you serve a major suburban job centre, and concentration, and use counterpeak capacity which tends to exist in...

Even if there is an even distribution it makes sense as frequency can be balanced with more room left free on trains closer in. Express service is out of the overton window for most cities in North America, and if they were to study they would likely only study the quad track New York approach...

If you provide a meaningfully faster service (a few minutes or a morning commute can mean a lot) you can definitely get people to time their arrivals, which works well with TOD / park and ride and less well with transit connection. That being said - the only reason I shared the idea around...

Thought I'd chime in, I mainly lurk but y'know . . . A people mover *is* an option and its not the end of the world however let me present what I think is a better option. You are going to eventually have two rail lines running up either side of the airport, both will in theory has relatively...

I made a video about something along these lines last year: You should have included the 2020s because they will be nuts. Heres a rough summary - not counting interchanges because they aren't "new". Vancouver is adding 5 on Broadway, 8 for Surrey Langley + Capstan Way infill station on the...