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[MichaelS]

There is no surplus ROW on 85th. There would need to be a reduction in traffic lanes to accommodate an expansion of the C-Train up there. The clear and obvious solution is to just fund the route 98 to run at a 5 minute frequency. It would cost a fraction of what extending the C-train up here would cost, and be just as effective.

 

[pdubs015]

The Route Ahead Report on page 122 shows right of way for the extension to 85 St station at the intersection of Aspen Hills Dr and Aspen Stone Blvd. This doesn’t open the door for an additional station to the north in the community of West Springs. Perhaps the only alternative is to head west from here, and that would put it west of Stoney: highly unlikely, at any time in the next few decades.

 

[Surrealplaces]

There is no surplus ROW on 85th. There would need to be a reduction in traffic lanes to accommodate an expansion of the C-Train up there. The clear and obvious solution is to just fund the route 98 to run at a 5 minute frequency. It would cost a fraction of what extending the C-train up here would cost, and be just as effective.

Doing a good bus feeder would work well.

 

[Red Star]

There is no surplus ROW on 85th. There would need to be a reduction in traffic lanes to accommodate an expansion of the C-Train up there. The clear and obvious solution is to just fund the route 98 to run at a 5 minute frequency. It would cost a fraction of what extending the C-train up here would cost, and be just as effective.

I think the city should start planning for a blue line extension to West District. Slowly do land acquisition and utility relocation. Eventually LRT to West District will be required.

In the short term(5-10years) I think a 1km extension of the blue line to Aspen Village would greatly increase the ridership of the West LRT. That area is going to have a very high population density.

Black circle would be the future station:

 

[CBBarnett]

The Route Ahead Report on page 122 shows right of way for the extension to 85 St station at the intersection of Aspen Hills Dr and Aspen Stone Blvd. This doesn’t open the door for an additional station to the north in the community of West Springs. Perhaps the only alternative is to head west from here, and that would put it west of Stoney: highly unlikely, at any time in the next few decades.

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Feeder busses would work fine and it's a short enough distance to be reasonably cheap to provide good frequencies without many buses.

I've always been bugged by this alignment though - our system of suburban growth being first and foremost a stormwater and arterial road planning exercise is on clear display here. The final stop should not be tucked off into community, it should just be at the 85th Street and 17th Ave intersection. Save a hundred million for the additional track and actually put the station where there's a larger node of population and activity. Despite much of the catchment being wasted on stormponds due to poor planning decisions 25 years ago, the intersection is still a better location.

 

[lemongrab]

I'd say move it slightly to the east, starting the platform near 81 St. But of course you keep the platform level, which would set the west end up perfectly for a ped overpass over 17th that would have negligible grade, including the ramp on the north side. Platform would end around the second lightpole you can faintly see here:

Then the tracks would be set to fly over 17th and run up 85th St (some day, having mitigated the lowest elevation on the route.

 

[lemongrab]

There is no surplus ROW on 85th. There would need to be a reduction in traffic lanes to accommodate an expansion of the C-Train up there. The clear and obvious solution is to just fund the route 98 to run at a 5 minute frequency. It would cost a fraction of what extending the C-train up here would cost, and be just as effective.

I think I've posted this before, but it would be a perfect opportunity to do a high frequency one-way loop. Right now the 98 is a 33 minute round trip with up to 39 stops (though I'm sure it skips a lot of them).

Google maps pegs this route at about 16 minutes, so probably about 20 mins with the 10 stops:

Consolidate the 7 slow routes (including 98) that hit this area into 4 and you could do 7 min frequency all day without adding a single driver!

 

[Red Star]

Feeder busses would work fine and it's a short enough distance to be reasonably cheap to provide good frequencies without many buses.

I've always been bugged by this alignment though - our system of suburban growth being first and foremost a stormwater and arterial road planning exercise is on clear display here. The final stop should not be tucked off into community, it should just be at the 85th Street and 17th Ave intersection. Save a hundred million for the additional track and actually put the station where there's a larger node of population and activity. Despite much of the catchment being wasted on stormponds due to poor planning decisions 25 years ago, the intersection is still a better location.
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I think moving the station farther east would be a better option. The future 'mean center of population' of Aspen Springs is closer to the east and a pedestrian crossing at 17th Ave would connect to the shopping area very nicely.

The city needs to start planning this station and access points ASAP. Worst case scenario is that the new multi-family developments boxes in potential pedestrian connections south of the station.

 

[CT (Chinese_T)]

I think moving the station farther east would be a better option. The future population center of Aspen Springs is closer to the east and a pedestrian crossing at 17th Ave would connect to the shopping area very nicely.

The city needs to start planning this station and access points ASAP. Worst case scenario is that the new multi-family developments boxes in potential pedestrian connections south of the station.

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I think they should run the train through Aspen Landing in an Eau Claire-like expropriation and redevelop it.