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Originally Posted by logan5
I'm not sure if The Canada Line will need expansion even in the next 70 years. Ridership depends on the high employment density downtown, but that employment density can't grow too much more as the peninsula is close to being built out.
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Nope, plenty of room for high rises, especially in the West End. The number of low-rises actually is a bit surprising, considering it's constantly compared to Manhattan and all.
And if worse comes to worse, they can always build East and gentrify East Hastings.
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Originally Posted by cganuelas1995
I think Ladner and Tsawwassen would be too far away for rapid transit to remain rapid. It would be better served with a regional rail connection.
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The issue is if
that's worth it. We would need a new rail George Massey to connect Lander to Richmond.
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Originally Posted by Metro-One
Grass is always greener.
We have had this same conversation before many times.
The Canada Line can still expand to 2.5 times its current passenger volumes via previously planned expansions (50 meters, more frequent trains, third C car).
Given that the current ridership is already well over 100 000 daily and the region that it services, doubling the current ridership is far more difficult than people think. This is not an LRT currently moving 30 000 people a day, where the idea of ridership doubling with a few tweaks to land management is far more achievable.
The only mid-term improvement I would like to see that were not planned expansions would be a new South entrance onto Robson street from VCC, a new entrance at Bridgeport, and Spanish solution 2nd platforms at YVR and Brighouse (YVR looks to be already considering this).
Outside of that, the Canada Line won't need any major expansions until it is older than the current age of the Expo Line is now (and seeing how major upgrades are being done on the Expo Line at this point, that makes sense).
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And if it gets too close for comfort, they can always revisit Arbutus for Rail, and hope the NIMBYs have moved on one way or another in a few decades. It can't go on forever. The City will live on without them, with not a tear shed.
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Originally Posted by Alex Mackinnon
The number you need to worry about between double and triple the current ridership. If it doesn't triple the ridership, then it's not a big problem.
The Canada Line can still fit a lot more people, but at a certain point the stations will probably need additional escalators and stairs. Not the biggest problem. If the Canada Line ever gets near Expo Line levels of ridership, something has vastly changed in the region.
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At double, I would think you would need to at least extend the Canada Line Stations by 10m at minimum.
At triple, you would need to rip up Cambie to extend the stations, and rebuild the Sea Island and Richmond Spurs.
or am I missing something?
It could get that kind of ridership if there was a Skytrain to Steveston. Also, Chinese Immigrants really like Richmond. I wouldn't be surprised if it literally becomes 90%+ East Asian by 2050.
Also:
www.richmond.ca/discover/about/demographics.htm
http://www.surrey.ca/business-econom...ment/1418.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Vancouver
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Surrey has had an average growth rate of 2% over the last 10 years.
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[Richmond] 2006 to 2011 population change (%) 9.2%
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[City of Vancouver] 2011 603,502 +4.4%
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I don't think the Canada Line will reach future Expo Line usage, but I do think it will hit current Expo Line usage.
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Originally Posted by TransitFreak
Get to two minute headways on the trunk first (extra train orders will do that)
Waterfront can activate both platforms - one side Richmond, one side YVR, that way it can recover and reset to two minute headways
Once the frequency is locked down and maxed out - Phase II would be ordering middle car 10-15 metre extension and extending the platforms to 50M for all elevated stations except Richmond, which is built out
I suspect the middle car with be nothing but bench seating and bike/wheelchair space - this allows max loading at the centre with dispersal to the sides
15M middle car can work if they go with the cab overhang, and all doors land on platform
I think people will really notice the increased frequency first, that will help sweep away the congestion and improve station circulation. Also, I think you'll notice at Landsdowne the Waterfront bound train will use the first switch to move over, which allows the outbound train to leave Landsdowne and queue up to enter the single track section. The reverse will happen after Sea Island, where the Airport bound train will queue up at the last switch, wait for the Waterfront train to clear, then go into the single track portion.
Lastly, I wouldn't be surprised to see the spanish solution on both the YVR (as officedweller mentioned) as well as the Richmond-Brighouse station as a means to help offload the train faster. I think that comes next if the increased frequencies don't alleviate station flow
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What about dual tracking both YVR and Richmond Spurs?
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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Sure, but a No. 3 route lets the Canada Line connect to Riverport, and possibly Ladner, instead of just confining it to Richmond; Steveston might be better served by a tram down the Railway Avenue corridor.
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As I said earlier, Lander has had very little historical growth (largely due to the lack of land- there is some, particularly along the river coast, that isn't ALR, but only a bit more than Fort Langley had before it was redeveloped).
Even if we did, a Skytrain to Lander would have so little potential for growth, and so little current usage, it would essentially be a very expensive bridge to nowhere. Such a Skytrain would connect to Tswassen to be viable, and at that point, you might as well build commuter rail there, and build a BC Ferry terminal at Iona Island and save everyone an hour (
literally)
Commuter Rail or even BRT makes more sense- we have the rail for the headways on both ends, just no bridge (and there is SFPR land if we want to extend to Tswassen)
You can also still
technically connect to Lander from Steveston, though a bit of a detour.