Daryl DC 🚅🚇🚡🚍
@daryldc.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇵🇭 1995, ENTP, he/him. Enthusiastic about cities, housing, and transit. Founder, skytrainforsurrey.org + Co-Founder, Build the SFU Gondola.
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Transit City made everyone think that street-running trams were a good idea as major transit spines
The Valley Line is the same speed as a bus
Eglington will be way over capacity
Montreal wants to replicate Line 6 in its northwest
Just build the REM everywhere please
The Valley Line is the same speed as a bus
Eglington will be way over capacity
Montreal wants to replicate Line 6 in its northwest
Just build the REM everywhere please
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Transit City made everyone think that street-running trams were a good idea as major transit spines
The Valley Line is the same speed as a bus
Eglington will be way over capacity
Montreal wants to replicate Line 6 in its northwest
Just build the REM everywhere please
The Valley Line is the same speed as a bus
Eglington will be way over capacity
Montreal wants to replicate Line 6 in its northwest
Just build the REM everywhere please
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Ughhhh
They’re getting it down to 46 mins… the original scheduled speed that’s already too slow and padded…
They’re getting it down to 46 mins… the original scheduled speed that’s already too slow and padded…
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ughhhh
They’re getting it down to 46 mins… the original scheduled speed that’s already too slow and padded…
They’re getting it down to 46 mins… the original scheduled speed that’s already too slow and padded…
These are the actual times though, Finch West has been running full revenue service demonstrations now for over a month
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
These are the actual times though, Finch West has been running full revenue service demonstrations now for over a month
After decades of misinformation derailing SkyTrain expansion plans since the 1990s, Prasarana Malaysia is about to definitively prove that everyone who said that SkyTrain is a "proprietary system" was wrong.
This is MONUMENTAL LEAP for our region.
#vanpoli #bcpoli
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This is MONUMENTAL LEAP for our region.
#vanpoli #bcpoli
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sk...
Vancouver councillor claims SkyTrain is a 'proprietary technology', but this is false | Urbanized
Many assertions made in Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick's motion on SkyTrain technology and the involvement of Bombardier are not true.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
After decades of misinformation derailing SkyTrain expansion plans since the 1990s, Prasarana Malaysia is about to definitively prove that everyone who said that SkyTrain is a "proprietary system" was wrong.
This is MONUMENTAL LEAP for our region.
#vanpoli #bcpoli
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sk...
This is MONUMENTAL LEAP for our region.
#vanpoli #bcpoli
dailyhive.com/vancouver/sk...
It's going to be an interesting duel this fall between Finch West LRT and the Deux-Montagnes REM...
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We are so not ready for the ridership explosion that the REM is going to bring.
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's going to be an interesting duel this fall between Finch West LRT and the Deux-Montagnes REM...
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The numbers are there in plain sight for everyone to see on the ETSAB reports. 9,000/day, against projections of 31,500.
I'm not saying it won't get there eventually, but if you want to defend the Valley Line, then I think you'd better start talking to other fellow Edmontonians instead of me. (3/3)
I'm not saying it won't get there eventually, but if you want to defend the Valley Line, then I think you'd better start talking to other fellow Edmontonians instead of me. (3/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The numbers are there in plain sight for everyone to see on the ETSAB reports. 9,000/day, against projections of 31,500.
I'm not saying it won't get there eventually, but if you want to defend the Valley Line, then I think you'd better start talking to other fellow Edmontonians instead of me. (3/3)
I'm not saying it won't get there eventually, but if you want to defend the Valley Line, then I think you'd better start talking to other fellow Edmontonians instead of me. (3/3)
If it's not the speed guidelines, it's b/c the signal priority system is not aggressive enough in giving trains the green light right away, so they slow down.
No matter what you say, I think it does affect travel time competitiveness, and has (accordingly) affected the ridership outcome. (2/3)
No matter what you say, I think it does affect travel time competitiveness, and has (accordingly) affected the ridership outcome. (2/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If it's not the speed guidelines, it's b/c the signal priority system is not aggressive enough in giving trains the green light right away, so they slow down.
No matter what you say, I think it does affect travel time competitiveness, and has (accordingly) affected the ridership outcome. (2/3)
No matter what you say, I think it does affect travel time competitiveness, and has (accordingly) affected the ridership outcome. (2/3)
I watched your linked video and it shows me exactly what I remember: VL trains are signed to slow across many intersections, and down to 30 km/h at station approaches—presumably for the ped X-ings @ each end that don't have bells/gates. On most other railways trains can enter at full speed. (1/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I watched your linked video and it shows me exactly what I remember: VL trains are signed to slow across many intersections, and down to 30 km/h at station approaches—presumably for the ped X-ings @ each end that don't have bells/gates. On most other railways trains can enter at full speed. (1/3)
Alright, what is your conclusion then?
What I know is consultants use all sorts of complex population + traffic models to get ridership targets, which justify billions of $ in funding.
Clearly, dedicated lanes and even a full railway ROW (as on 66-75 St-Davies) don't get you to the targets in YEG.
What I know is consultants use all sorts of complex population + traffic models to get ridership targets, which justify billions of $ in funding.
Clearly, dedicated lanes and even a full railway ROW (as on 66-75 St-Davies) don't get you to the targets in YEG.
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Alright, what is your conclusion then?
What I know is consultants use all sorts of complex population + traffic models to get ridership targets, which justify billions of $ in funding.
Clearly, dedicated lanes and even a full railway ROW (as on 66-75 St-Davies) don't get you to the targets in YEG.
What I know is consultants use all sorts of complex population + traffic models to get ridership targets, which justify billions of $ in funding.
Clearly, dedicated lanes and even a full railway ROW (as on 66-75 St-Davies) don't get you to the targets in YEG.
For what it's worth I have been to Edmonton and ridden Valley Line (Aug 2024); I saw that there was signal priority, but it seemed a bit watered down (i.e. only programmed to activate if trains running late, like on Toronto Line 5). I experienced a couple of long red light waits at Bonnie Doon (2/2)
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
For what it's worth I have been to Edmonton and ridden Valley Line (Aug 2024); I saw that there was signal priority, but it seemed a bit watered down (i.e. only programmed to activate if trains running late, like on Toronto Line 5). I experienced a couple of long red light waits at Bonnie Doon (2/2)
RE this, it's long been known that Valley Line will stop at red lights; this was admitted by city planners and Councillors when they were questioned in 2015 during the Metro Line crisis (see: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - I just updated our release to add this link and the appropriate quote)
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Start of Metro LRT expected to stop traffic for up to 16 minutes | CBC News
The grand opening of the Metro LRT line next week will herald some grand traffic delays along the route, city officials warned Wednesday
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October 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
RE this, it's long been known that Valley Line will stop at red lights; this was admitted by city planners and Councillors when they were questioned in 2015 during the Metro Line crisis (see: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - I just updated our release to add this link and the appropriate quote)
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