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Took the low floor in Nice to the local Soccer Stadium for a Ligue 1 match. Never felt more claustrophobic on transit in my life. Mostly...

This is kind of where I fall with respect to the green line. I like both HF and LF for different reasons, but the incongruity of the...

The problem with that logic is low floor LRVs are just inherently more expensive all other things being equal due to complexity. Often...

I expect one of the first orders of business will be blanket zoning, as it seemed to be the hottest issue of the election. Apparently 8...

MAX Purple Extension: Looks like there is a transit terminal being planned at 100th street. https://engage.calgary.ca/maxpurple

Defence iDeas is that if perhaps not at the scale you’d like.

Interesting that the most valuable painting by far (more than the other 26 put together) is by an amateur hobbyist rather than a...

All LRVs are bespoke. Calgary has a large enough fleet to not have scale issues even on relatively small orders. Low floor LRVs are...

I doubt they would need to add floors. It would probably work. What is it, 360,000 square feet? Nothing in the interior has heritage...

"The recount will be held at the Big Four Roadhouse at 9 a.m. MT Thursday"...

Yep. Ward 9 was close, but about 5.0% difference, Ward 12 was really close at 0.425% difference. I agree with others though, the...

Shortlists for all the companies who will bid on the bulk of the Green Line work was announced today. I believe the tracks and signaling...

Dense enough greenfield growth can pay for growth. Brownfield and densification of existing residential most certainly pays for...

It isn't a matter of efficiency. Spending is not rising faster than population growqth + inflation. The amount of revenue the city...

Residential taxes don't cover the cost of residential services, plus incremental city wide services for residents, in most...