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(What if) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (kept building its streetcar network?) (WIP)

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created 35 weeks ago
updated 35 weeks ago
WORK IN PROGRESS Fantasy map of what Edmonton's streetcar network could have been had we not torn it out in the late 1940s / early 1950s. Methodology: - Start with the extent of Edmonton's historical streetcar routes at their peak before 1940 (see the branch history maps) - Extend those routes with the trolleybus routes (see my other maps) that mostly retraced the streetcar routes - Further extend those routes to major nodes where later bus services continued to expand beyond the trolleybus lines - Use the modern ETS frequent route network to also help determine how routes might have been expanded - Add new routes to connect additional growth nodes and corridors of the city that are able to leverage the existing network as much as possible - Try to rearrange routes to meander a bit less, improve coverage of the core, and reduce routes that would become too congested - Ignore current LRT routes under the assumption we would have continued to build out the streetcar network instead of implementing a new system - Assume growth would have been more focused in the inner areas of the city based on the availability of this transit network - Assume fewer car-centric road widenings and diversions would have occurred
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Ridership
41.3M
Cost
$ 2.71B
Stations
78
Lines
12
Modes
1
Length
140 km
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(What if) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (kept building its streetcar network?) (WIP) by
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updated at 2025-01-17T23:35:52.602Z
WORK IN PROGRESS Fantasy map of what Edmonton's streetcar network could have been had we not torn it out in the late 1940s / early 1950s. Methodology: - Start with the extent of Edmonton's historical streetcar routes at their peak before 1940 (see the branch history maps) - Extend those routes with the trolleybus routes (see my other maps) that mostly retraced the streetcar routes - Further extend those routes to major nodes where later bus services continued to expand beyond the trolleybus lines - Use the modern ETS frequent route network to also help determine how routes might have been expanded - Add new routes to connect additional growth nodes and corridors of the city that are able to leverage the existing network as much as possible - Try to rearrange routes to meander a bit less, improve coverage of the core, and reduce routes that would become too congested - Ignore current LRT routes under the assumption we would have continued to build out the streetcar network instead of implementing a new system - Assume growth would have been more focused in the inner areas of the city based on the availability of this transit network - Assume fewer car-centric road widenings and diversions would have occurred
Map type: local | Total track length: 87 miles | Center coordinate: 53.5489, -113.5085 | * Route C: (Tram, 17 stations) 101 Street / 102A Avenue, 97 Street / 102A Avenue, 95 Street / 102A Avenue, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102A Avenue, 101 Street / 104 Avenue, 101 Street / 107 Avenue, 101 Street / Portage Avenue, Kingsway, 109 Street / Kingsway, 124 Street / 118 Avenue, 127 Street / 118 Avenue, Mitchell Car Barns, 156 Street / 111 Avenue, Jasper Place * Route A: (Tram, 12 stations) Stadium, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 109 Street / 102 Avenue, 124 Street / 102 Avenue, 140 Street / 102 Avenue, 142 Street / Stony Plain Road, 149 Street / Stony Plain Road, Jasper Place, 163 Street / 87 Avenue, West Edmonton Mall / West Jasper Place * Route 2 (White): (Tram, 12 stations) Parkallen, 109 Street / 65 Avenue, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, 109 Street / 97 Avenue (High Level Bridge), 109 Street / Jasper Avenue, 101 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / Jasper Avenue, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, Stadium, 50 Street / 118 Avenue, Abbottsfield * Route 1B (Blue & White): (Tram, 22 stations) 127 Street / 142 Avenue, 127 Street / 127 Avenue, 127 Street / 118 Avenue, 124 Street / 118 Avenue, 124 Street / 114 Avenue, 124 Street / 111 Avenue, 124 Street / 107 Avenue, 124 Street / Stony Plain Road, 124 Street / 102 Avenue, 109 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 97 Street / 102 Avenue, 97 Street / 102A Avenue, 97 Street / 103A Avenue, 97 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / 114 Avenue, 95 Street / 118 Avenue, 82 Street / 118 Avenue, 66 Street / 118 Avenue, 50 Street / 118 Avenue, Abbottsfield * Route 1A (Blue): (Tram, 20 stations) Londonderry, 66 Street / 118 Avenue, 82 Street / 118 Avenue, 95 Street / 118 Avenue, 97 Street / 118 Avenue, 101 Street / 118 Avenue, 101 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 101 Street / Portage Avenue, 101 Street / 107 Avenue, 101 Street / 104 Avenue, 101 Street / 102A Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / Jasper Avenue, 109 Street / Jasper Avenue, 124 Street / 102 Avenue, 124 Street / Stony Plain Road, 124 Street / 107 Avenue, 124 Street / 111 Avenue, 124 Street / 114 Avenue, Westmount * Route 3B (Red & White): (Tram, 18 stations) Windsor Park, University, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, 104 Street / Whyte Avenue, 99 Street / Whyte Avenue, Rossdale, 109 Street / 97 Avenue (High Level Bridge), 109 Street / Jasper Avenue, 109 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 97 Street / 102 Avenue, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, 95 Street / 102A Avenue, 95 Street / 103A Avenue, 95 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / 114 Avenue, 82 Street / 118 Avenue, 82 Street / 132 Avenue * Route 3A (Red): (Tram, 19 stations) Heritage / Century Park, Southgate, 109 Street / 65 Avenue, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, 109 Street / 97 Avenue (High Level Bridge), 109 Street / Jasper Avenue, 109 Street / 102 Avenue, 109 Street / 104 Avenue, 109 Street / 107 Avenue, 109 Street / 111 Avenue, 109 Street / Kingsway, NAIT, 101 Street / 118 Avenue, 101 Street / 118 Avenue, 97 Street / 118 Avenue, 97 Street / 127 Avenue, Northgate, Eaux Claires * Route 4B (Red & Green): (Tram, 15 stations) Gold Bar, 79 Street / 101 Avenue, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, 95 Street / 102A Avenue, 95 Street / 103A Avenue, 97 Street / 103A Avenue, 101 Street / 104 Avenue, 109 Street / 104 Avenue, 124 Street / Stony Plain Road, 140 Street / 102 Avenue, 142 Street / Stony Plain Road, 149 Street / 87 Avenue, 156 Street / 87 Avenue, 163 Street / 87 Avenue, West Edmonton Mall / West Jasper Place * Route 4A (Red & Green): (Tram, 22 stations) 95 Street / 118 Avenue, 95 Street / 114 Avenue, 95 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / 103A Avenue, 95 Street / 102A Avenue, 95 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / Jasper Avenue, 101 Street / Jasper Avenue, 101 Street / 102 Avenue, 101 Street / 102A Avenue, 101 Street / 104 Avenue, 101 Street / 107 Avenue, 109 Street / 107 Avenue, 124 Street / 107 Avenue, 124 Street / 111 Avenue, 124 Street / 114 Avenue, 124 Street / 118 Avenue, 127 Street / 118 Avenue, 127 Street / 127 Avenue, 97 Street / 127 Avenue, 97 Street / 118 Avenue, 95 Street / 118 Avenue * Route B (Red & Blue): (Tram, 7 stations) Gold Bar, 79 Street / 101 Avenue, Bonnie Doon, 99 Street / Whyte Avenue, 104 Street / Whyte Avenue, 109 Street / Whyte Avenue, Belgravia * Route 5: (Tram, 16 stations) Abbottsfield, 50 Street / 118 Avenue, 66 Street / 118 Avenue, Exhibition, Stadium, 95 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 97 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 101 Street / Norwood Boulevard, Kingsway, 109 Street / 111 Avenue, 124 Street / 111 Avenue, Westmount, 156 Street / 111 Avenue, Jasper Place, 156 Street / 87 Avenue, Rio Terrace * Route 3C?: (Tram, 18 stations) West Edmonton Mall / West Jasper Place, 163 Street / 87 Avenue, 156 Street / 87 Avenue, 149 Street / 87 Avenue, 149 Street / Stony Plain Road, 142 Street / Stony Plain Road, 140 Street / 102 Avenue, 124 Street / 102 Avenue, 109 Street / Jasper Avenue, 101 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / Jasper Avenue, 97 Street / 102 Avenue, 97 Street / 102A Avenue, 97 Street / 103A Avenue, 97 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / Norwood Boulevard, 95 Street / 114 Avenue, Cromdale
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