Recent content by jhappy77

I'd prefer any new transit infrastructure added downtown be something that connects it to other areas, instead of being a local-only circulator. 7 Ave is already sufficient as an E-W connector in the north side of downtown, and Red + Green line will be sufficient for N/S trips in the east side...

Just spitballing: what if Green Line N ended at 96 Ave, and the communities north of it were instead served by a spur off the nose creek rail line, running frequent automated trains in a s-bahn style service to downtown? This could potentially be done much faster than the centre st portion of...

They would have received the 1st rd pick we got in the last draft from Florida (32nd overall, we drafted Cullen Potter with that pick). It probably would have been much better for our long term prospects to bite the bullet and ship out players like Andersson last year rather than hang on to...

I'd guess Kingsland based on the name and description, lots of multifamily being built there too

My main issue with housing first is there is a significant chunk of the homeless population is unwilling or uncapable of following basic rules, leading to chaos for everyone nearby. Here in Vancouver, some druggies were starting fires in the SROs every couple weeks (via genius moves like using a...

Why should we care about preventing a flood of micro-units? If people don't actually want them, developers won't build them.

Awesome work! That makes me curious which census tracts in Calgary are the strongest candidates for joining the list.

I moved from Calgary to Vancouver ~2 years ago and there is a very noticeable difference in urban feel. There are tower clusters springing up everywhere, most sidewalks are well-trafficked, a huge portion of people my age exclusively use transit or never even learned to drive. Most neighborhoods...

seems they're pretty specific about the concept location.. :p wipe them parking lots out! EDIT: same project?

If Stampede continues to grow and more space is needed, Elliston Park could be a cool option for new events. Works nicely for GlobalFest! and maybe it would incentivize building that purple line...

I don't think we need an amusement park in the same vein as Tivoli. But I love the idea of transforming it into something that is useful and attractive year-round (while still enabling good usage during stamede itself) One idea that I think would work very well in the winter months is a...

https://citypopulation.de/en/usa/ua/ There's a trove of midsize American cities that Calgary could feasibly outpace over the next 1-2 decades to become a top 20 city in US/Canada. Like Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis, Orlando, Baltimore, Austin, Las Vegas.

The SkyTrain is elevated in Metrotown, Brentwood, New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond, etc... doesn't kill development or property values there. Is it the perfect solution? No. But we need good transit more than we need perfection.

While it's nice to see groceries, I wish we had new grocery stores opening in the East Beltline or Eau Claire further from the area already in walking distance of Co-op and Safeway.

I think gondolas are seriously underrated as a transit option. Sure, their top speed isn't as high as a train, but the end-to-end trip time can be way shorter because headways are so high. They are also remarkably cheap to build compared to other forms high order transit. They shouldn't form a...