It would be difficult to nail down exactly which initiative contributed most to the 5.2 percent increase in ridership the Edmonton Transit System (ETS) experienced in 2011. It must be part of the overall increasing trend that’s been ongoing since 2002, when Edmontonians were taking almost 300,000 bus and LRT trips every weekday. In 2011, [...]
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Recently, Edmonton Transit System (ETS) teamed up with local musician Colleen Brown and Councillor Don Iveson to create “a concert in motion.” The initial goal was modest: Showcase ETS’ new commuter tools for ETS Trip Planner and promote their upcoming Twitter take-over. The result was something a little more amazing than your average advertising spot [...]
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The task was two-fold: create a video promoting Edmonton to an international audience of thousands, while at the same time explaining the most cutting-edge aspect of the City’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), to play repeatedly on a big screen at the 2011 ITS World Congress held in Orlando, Florida in September 2011. The first part [...]
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Anyone living in Edmonton last winter probably remembers that we saw enough snow to last a lifetime. Does the term ‘Snowmageddon’ ring any bells? Between November 2010 and April 2011, nearly 160 cm (or 63 inches) of the white stuff fell throughout the city. And just to compound matters, we were hit with a number [...]
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Last spring, Brad Smid, LRT Design & Construction Project Manager, took a helicopter tour of downtown and northwest Edmonton. The purpose? To get a bird’s-eye-view of the future North LRT route and bring back footage to help residents and City administration visualize where the North LRT to NAIT will run less than 2.5 years from [...]
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