Recent content by jhappy77

Excellent proposal. Let's spin up a new organization to look into this, we will begin preparations in 2027. Before we publish our report, we will send it to the province for review, and if their opinion clashes with ours we will spend another 3 years to adjucate the differences. Expect to hear...

which would make this 4.2km route 14 minutes end-to-end.

Gondola transit is actually very underrated for short-medium routes without crushing demand because the speed isn't that much worse than a train but the frequency means you'll never be waiting long, meaning the total travel time can be amazing compared to alternatives

I feel like you're underestimating how much the government explicitly prescribing "Reduced Driving" in that way would piss people off, haha

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...