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"In 2011, Calgary city hall rolled out a cycling strategy “to become one of the premier cycling cities in North America.” That strategy...

"McLean says he’d like the Eighth Avenue bike lane taken out, and wants to see others – including the thoroughfare on 12 Avenue –...

Man this is where I have trouble. I drive a pretty low car and I’m totally for raised intersections to slow traffic, but they have to be...

Sounds like the issue on 26th was a truck turned without looking for cyclists. This is something I have experienced in every bike lane...

I could rant endlessly on this, but IMO we have a terribly limited approach for 'bike lanes' in the post-war suburbs. Main street...

I bike that route daily. Pretty hard to protect yourself as a biker if the vehicle turns right into you and drives over you. The driver...

The "I don't use it, why do I pay for it" argument is so odd. You don't drive on every road paid for by your tax dollars. A bike lane, a...

The Communities First block (Taking inspiration from "America First," I presume?) seems to be made up of the same councillors voting...

Yes it’s weird that people, on this of all forums, would be pro candidates whose modus operandi is to bring back exclusionary...

I know this isn't the right forum but while we're on the topic, this is the kind of stuff that drives me nuts about Calgary. So much...

Agreed. Everything is relative. Vancouver feels bigger and more urban than Calgary, and maybe on a ‘ratio’ a higher urban ratio...

Interesting. I lived in Ottawa for a number of years prior to moving to the Beltline (I have since moved) and Calgary always struck me...

Here's my take on densities, a similar but slightly different analysis. I calculated densities with three changes; I used buffered...

What you’ll find is the massive drop-off is often still far denser than Calgary’s drop off. Calgarys early suburbs (1960s - 1980s) are...