Here's how the new transit strategy affects local neighbourhoods - example is from the Heritage Valley area. Now/future. #yegcc#yegtransit
爱城公交线路大修改，上一次还是几十年前
原始发布日期： 2017-06-23 发布者：玉山字变大 字变小
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'It's a dramatic shift': Edmonton releases complete rethink of its transit network
The City of Edmonton released a draft plan for the largest reworking of its bus network in decades, promising to focus on service that is “safe, fast, convenient and reliable.”
Edmonton's new transit strategy would be the largest overhaul of the city's bus network in decades. It was released for public review June 22, 2017. CITY OF EDMONTON “It’s a dramatic shift. It feels like a complete rethink,” said Coun. Andrew Knack, going through the details for the first time after it was posted online late Thursday. The new approach to transit will have a network of high-frequency routes in the core of the city with new crosstown routes and rapid-bus commuter routes for the suburbs. The report also includes sample community routes, which are simplified into more of a direct grid in each area. The strategy is scheduled to be debated July 5 at council’s urban planning committee. The plan was built on principles the transit strategy team has been working on for years, along with the largest public engagement campaign in years. But this is the first time everyone gets to see how it affects their neighbourhood, said Coun. Ben Henderson. “We have to recognize, this is the hard bit,” he said. The plan calls for a high-frequency routes running every 15 minutes or better straight along major avenues: 118, 111, Stony Plain Road, 82, 51 and others. North-south connections run on the main streets: 50, 97, 124, 156 and others. “That will help infill efforts,” said urban planner Robert Summers. The plan calls for about a dozen express routes running between the suburbs and downtown, for example, in the north along the streets 127, 97, 66 and Manning Drive. There’s a new cross-town service proposed to run every 20 to 30 minutes in a big loop around the inner ring road — 137 Avenue, 170 Street, Whitemud Drive and 50 Street, hitting the major transit centres. An extra section also cuts down to run across 23 Avenue. 
Edmonton’s new transit strategy would be the largest overhaul of the city’s bus network in decades. It was released for public review on June 22, 2017. CITY OF EDMONTON The transit team provided community bus examples for northeast Edmonton, the Capilano and east Edmonton area, and for Heritage Valley. The routes still leave most homes within 400 metres of a stop, says the report. But it will involve more walking for many. In the northeast, for example, the community buses run in a straight grid to the LRT or transit centres, with an additional community bus running straight up and down 66 and 82 streets. Edmonton Transit officials said they are not available to answer questions about the new strategy or maps until Monday. If approved in July, the team will do further consultation on specific neighbourhood routes. They are hoping the new system does not impact transit’s $214-million annual budget. The team also needs to develop a schedule for implementation and study which key corridors should have new bus lanes or other transit-priority measures. The report suggests “implementation should be conducted in a phased approach over the course of three to four years to allow for ongoing learning and adjustment.” More diagrams from the new transit strategy
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