CBBarnett's latest activity

Nice and to the conversation in the other thread about the pros/cons of free transit, here's the line item for the low income subsidy...

Calgary's proposed 2026 Budget is out... https://www.calgary.ca/our-finances/2026-budget.html?redirect=/budget $14M is earmarked in...

The problem with free transit is that someone has to pay for it. To expand the free fare zone to the most popular destinations nearby...

Residents not being happy because a publicly available good they have been using us now going to be used by others, just to be clear.

I really hope that the future phases of MAX Green upgrades do a meaningful job of prioritizing buses downtown. It would be great if the...

I thought it was due to the Suncor construction, where intermittent construction closures restricted vehicle capacity so the bus signal...

Yeah I kind of like it - and solve this problem that many of these places have around outdoor amenites being too piecemeal or divided up...

Unfortunate cladding (ass ugly) but a really interesting build with having what are row-houses but a shared courtyard of sorts with...

This could be said for any of the city's stroads. None of which are actually targeted for "Main Street" work. Our actual Main Streets...

Closer to Okotoks (16km), than the city centre (20km). The "unicity" approach creates some weird investment distributions once you get...

It would be hard to do worse than the current streetscape, Centre Street south of 16th Avenue is one of Calgary's best stretches of road...

Fantastic post and analysis. In a warming world shade/shadows need to start bein considered for their positive applications as well. A...

Have we seen this one yet? Called Nari, in Marda Loop (34 Ave and 14A Street SW). 44 units, and a bit of retail, replacing two small...

Final top level paving in Marda Loop goes from Sept 7-24. All done at night to not disrupt business. Businesses are still complaining of...

I am increasingly skeptical of shadowing concerns for most redevelopment, such as 12 v. 8 v. 6 stories on Riley Park. Mostly this is...