captaintrolley Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nice article. The bottom paragraph mentions that today was the grand opening of the new Control Center. Where is the new Control Center??? I know there were plans to build it by Corona Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 A Journal article noted it's been open for 6 months, and is in Churchill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 A Journal article noted it's been open for 6 months, and is in Churchill. Thanks. Did they take over the former Customer Service Area ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted October 19, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/control+centre+future+Iveson+says/10299424/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 ^ Thanks. Wow, six computers for each controller !!! I have a feeling they did inhabit our old CS area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Looks tight, but impressive! Hopefully Calgary transit will learn from Edmonton and have there new OCC up and running soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Just a heads up, 4611-4624 have been transfered to Ferrier, in return for 4778-4789 to give more smart bus units to Ferrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Leung Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 #6006 on rt.4 half an hour ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted October 29, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/10/28/ets-to-link-with-google-for-real-time-bus-information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 3, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 From the 2015-2018 Capital Budget: The Next Four Years For 2015-2018, $1.17 billion is proposed to be allocated for public transit. Key projects include: $181.6 million of additional funds for the Westwood transit garage replacement $76.3 million for bus fleet replacement and refurbishment $31.3 million for Smart Fare $15.0 million for LRT facilities and right-of-way renewal $11.9 million for LRT escalator and elevator replacements $8.7 million for transit communications systems renewal $7.8 million for bus facilities renewal $7.7 million for LRV fleet and equipment renewal $7.5 million for transit centre renewal $7.4 million for LRT signals and electrification renewal $6.3 million for ETS radio systems replacement $0.6 million for transit/LRT garage space renewal $0.5 million for transit fare collection renewal Previously approved funding for 2015- 2018 includes: $803.3 million for the Valley Line LRT $3.0 million for the Transit Smart Fare System $0.7 million for the Law Courts pedway connection repairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 They just got new radios... Are they outdated already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviro_1203 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Our radios suck. The amount of times the radios dont work is unbelievable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I don't think they anticipated how much traffic ETS would add to the existing system. They only have the capabilities to have 20 or 22 concurrent conversations at a time on the system. Think about how many users are on the system - public works, fire, police, EMS, transit, transportation, parks, and who knows who else. The existing system is quite old technology which is getting hard to find parts for to replace stuff that breaks. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do. Can someone get the model number of a radio in a bus? I'm curious if they will be able to be used on the AFRCS system, or if they're strictly EDACS only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_harris01 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Bottom of our radios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Some quick googling turns up that those can be used on the AFRCS network as well. Will be interesting to see if the city moves everything AFRCS when it's ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Hey guys, already made a thread in my Manitoba section asking... but I'm trying to find anything on ETS that I can use for a class project. Secondary sources preferred, but also accepting articles. Anything regarding: the LRT (1978-1990s Health Sciences expansion era), the electric trolley system, government documents, studies, anything that would help me research "Rapid Transit" and present it in a debate. U of Manitoba library search turned up nothing. Any help I can get would totally be appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Great trolley information here: http://www.trolleycoalition.org/trolleyfacts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 6, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 The only "Rapid Transit" around here is the LRT and the route 100 Super Express. The LRT was interesting, it ended (south) at University Station for the longest time. It was a lot of money to bring it back above ground for the Health Sciences extension. And now it goes all the way to Century Park. Still lots of traffic issues as a result around the University area. One may argue this is a good thing to get people out of their cars, but that isn't happening at a fast enough rate. I feel real sorry for anyone who has to commute from the University and needs to take Fox Drive. Anyway, the LRT system is well used, and the future expansion is exciting! I digitized this report by Robert R. Clark about the general guidelines of Edmonton's LRT which may be helpful: http://trolleycoalition.org/pdf/lrtreport.pdf The NAIT expansion has been delayed numerous times, lately because of the signal system. The City is not happy with Thales. The electric buses serving a "free" downtown to NAIT loop are also now gone. Winter-designed versions are supposed to come for testing. A few books: Edmonton Transit System History by E. Campbell (ends at 1978 so maybe not so useful for your purposes) Edmonton's Electric Transit by Colin K Hatcher & Tom Schwarzkopf (published in 1983, so again may be too old) Ride of the Century: The story of the Edmonton Transit System by Ken Tingley (was released for ETS's centennial so a bit "promotional") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 9, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 http://metronews.ca/news/edmonton/1205934/wi-fi-and-better-cell-network-coverage-coming-to-edmontons-lrt-system/ http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/news/edmonton/Cell+service+coming+stations+2015/10362431/story.html?rel=847766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 The only "Rapid Transit" around here is the LRT and the route 100 Super Express. The LRT was interesting, it ended (south) at University Station for the longest time. It was a lot of money to bring it back above ground for the Health Sciences extension. And now it goes all the way to Century Park. Still lots of traffic issues as a result around the University area. One may argue this is a good thing to get people out of their cars, but that isn't happening at a fast enough rate. I feel real sorry for anyone who has to commute from the University and needs to take Fox Drive. Anyway, the LRT system is well used, and the future expansion is exciting! I digitized this report by Robert R. Clark about the general guidelines of Edmonton's LRT which may be helpful: http://trolleycoalition.org/pdf/lrtreport.pdf The NAIT expansion has been delayed numerous times, lately because of the signal system. The City is not happy with Thales. The electric buses serving a "free" downtown to NAIT loop are also now gone. Winter-designed versions are supposed to come for testing. A few books: Edmonton Transit System History by E. Campbell (ends at 1978 so maybe not so useful for your purposes) Edmonton's Electric Transit by Colin K Hatcher & Tom Schwarzkopf (published in 1983, so again may be too old) Ride of the Century: The story of the Edmonton Transit System by Ken Tingley (was released for ETS's centennial so a bit "promotional") Just wondering, would you happen to know how to format that (the LRT report) in MLA? I have to cite all of my sources in MLA, and still trying to get used to it! As for the books, sadly my computer/internet at home has crashed... only managed to get this just now. I'm just about to start looking up books in the library here. I got about... 12 Winnipeg documents/reports/books to go through on this campus today hopefully I'll find some stuff on Calgary and Edmonton too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just wondering, would you happen to know how to format that (the LRT report) in MLA? I have to cite all of my sources in MLA, and still trying to get used to it! As for the books, sadly my computer/internet at home has crashed... only managed to get this just now. I'm just about to start looking up books in the library here. I got about... 12 Winnipeg documents/reports/books to go through on this campus today hopefully I'll find some stuff on Calgary and Edmonton too! Ah good ol' University, eh? I would cite it in the style of a thesis / dissertation. I'm not an expert on MLA (I normally use Chicago footnotes/bibliography), but I assume the bibliographic citation should look something like this: Clark, Robert R. "General Guidelines for the Design of Light Rail Transit Facilities in Edmonton." Edmonton Trolley Coalition. The Edmonton Trolley Coalition, 2009. Web. 10. Nov. 2014. <http://trolleycoalition.org/pdf/lrtreport.pdf>. Ask your instructor if they want the URL included, as I believe it is optional for MLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted November 13, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 https://www.citethisforme.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 https://www.citethisforme.com/ Nothing here, just an empty bibliography page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Do you guys have any new service hours planned in your budget ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_harris01 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 they just approved a plan for late night service on 5 routes to run rtes 1,4,8,9,505 from 130 to 330 in Sept 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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