accord1999's latest activity

The station spacing is pretty typical for the Red line, at over 1.5km. There's a lot of room left for growth south of Stoney and most of...

The City of Calgary made a new Engage page for 5 transit projects: 1. 144Ave BRT 2. Shaganappi Trail 3. Red Line South Extension 4. MAX...

If you have Google Earth on the desktop, often its historical imagery will allow you to select a newer image set than the default used...

I gotta disagree with the bolded - admin is the only constant through this whole saga, including several of the most senior folks...

Her and the council as a whole I feel have really lost the plot, and my opinion of those who voted against the province alignment...

She should also be careful how she frames the comments about impact on property values. How often have you seen residents appear at a...

Yes. They said it involved an extra billion dollars, and a 50% chance of an extra billion on top of that, compared to an elevated case.

The original schedule (from 2015) was construction to start in around 2017-2018, but the massive plan change in 2017 pushed the start...

If the owners of the towers think elevated is really quite bad for them, they are more than welcome to write a $1 billion cheque (or...

I think what would happen is the province getting out of the city’s business—going back to untied grants. Again the problem with delay...

Addressed mostly elsewhere (I am not sure we can clean these up, as there are multiple threads going, and it is my fault, as per usual...

I get these complaints, but acting like they are 'show stopper' risks the way the city is is bogus. Alberta has 4 elevated stations...

This is an error in risk costing. An assumption that a 60% design of a far more risky thing is less risky than a 5% design of a not at...

So, here is a big thing that Councillor Walcott just posted: $700 million plus of the city's cost differential estimate is the cost of...

Here is a funny one from the report Walcott posted. Only too late did they realize underground stations cost $400 million EACH. My...