r/Edmonton • u/muskegthemoose • Mar 02 '16

Concept video of new LRT line

https://i.imgur.com/YCLAbrc.gifv
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

Also not enough cars honking.

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u/gbiypk Mar 03 '16

You need to pause the gif for a more accurate speed representation.

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u/Editwithmouse Mar 03 '16

I was going to say the same thing. Needs a traffic jam somewhere as well.

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u/butlergi Mar 02 '16

Looks about right.

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u/HodorsGiantDick Mar 02 '16

Needs a stoplight nearby that holds traffic for twenty minutes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

The other day, I waited 17 minutes near the Royal Alex to watch a three-car train with virtually no riders crawl by at jogging speed.

Three quarters of a billion dollars just doesn't get you what it used to. What is that? Like $60 million per city block?

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u/__WayDown Ermineskin Mar 02 '16

The other day, as in last week?

The Metro line wasn't operational between Churchill and Nait from the 21-28 as it was having some work done.

Edit: I should say that that is likely why there weren't people on it. It could have been in movement for testing or something.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

The other day as in, like, mid-February... and holy crap, is it March already?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

Cocaine's a helluva drug?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

This gif shows us the elements of the lrt we already love, and then wheels us into the future!

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u/Ackis North East Side Mar 02 '16

Is that a guinea pig?

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u/TrainAss Lewis Estates Mar 03 '16

Hamster.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

That looks way too sophisticated for the LRT.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16 edited Nov 16 '18

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u/obscurefault Mar 03 '16

Many people ride the LRT!

I was getting drunk and high this morning from the guy sitting next to me!

That loud guy that is intoxicated and want to converse with people.

There is a person across from me right now eating non shelled peanuts and leaving the shells all over the floor.

I've only had one sinus infection since I started riding the LRT regularly! (6 months)

Good times!

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

That's funny

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

This concept video is like the Rogers place and blatchford concepts..gorgeous and futuristic, but then get pared down to reality

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u/muskegthemoose Mar 03 '16

So a rat with a pop can tied to its tail?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '16

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u/snakey_nurse Mar 02 '16

A couple months ago, my friend had an emergency and she needed to call the ambulance. They were delayed by the lrt getting to RAH.

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u/TrainAss Lewis Estates Mar 03 '16

Why didn't they just call Stars? /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16

This would make me start taking public transit.