Recent content by lemongrab

If a politician says "by 2026" I'd take it to mean "by December 31 2026 probably maybe perhaps". I may be mistaken, but it looks like there is only one council meeting of any kind before the election and it's next Tuesday. Agenda is pretty much just dozens of land use amendments and a bit of...

IMO 15th and 14th should have been managed with speed humps, diverters, and daylighting. They are inherently slow and quiet streets already. Create the expectation that a motorist should never even have the opportunity to pass a bike on here, because a motorist should never even drive more than...

IMO polls are actually pretty destructive to our democracy. They give pollsters and the media have too much power to shape elections. If I had a magic wand I'd make it illegal to publish poll results.

Looks like they moved into the mall. Lots of bare land and parking lots to redevelop before the mall needs to change

This just sounds like impatient and aggressive drivers struggling to deal with a somewhat unexpected (but usually totally obvious and predictable) event in front of them. Anxious drivers struggle more because everyone is tailgating and blocking space to merge, instead of helping to create...

Ya, that's why I said "or try the bill again in a less hamfisted way." It will actually be very interesting to see how it plays out if the government presents a crappy plan based on dubious evidence (instead of basically no plan based on no evidence). To overcome the decision as written, they'd...

I was just countering the notion that Glenmore used to be congested most of the day; it wasn't even though Elbow has/had more traffic then K&5 The CK5 stretch shows 86k and 88k in 2017 and 2018. Glenmore causeway over 160000 those years (down to 133-138k in 2022 & 2023). It's worth noting the...

What makes it an over broad interpretation? IMO it's a check/balance working as it should. The government is free to appeal this decision or try the bill again in a less hamfisted way. It is certainly clear that there is no real urgency here. I believe Alberta's anti-trans healthcare bill is...

Did you read the ruling? it's all quite logical and reasonable - there are a couple of fairly simple legal tests that the government's bill failed. The government was acting against all expert advice and could not bring anything to justify the bill. The bill even included provisions to insulate...

Really? Take a gander through historical aerial photos at that spot...doesn't seem like any more than a single light cycle could handle until 2005 when it was fully under construction (the 5 St intersection not existing at all at the time of the photo). Various dates and times over the years...

There's even more lanes and fewer lights on Deerfoot and Glenmore, yet they see the most congestion of all. Weird. Surely this latest half billion will solve it, though. Yes. The Elbow intersection was kinda similar to Kensington Rd of today. Now we get to sail through Elbow! ...after...

There's a lot more orange than purple as you go further north. Either way there is a big opportunity cost. You convert fairly valuable land from an asset to a liability in perpetuity, while displacing residents and businesses. All for an ultimate result of shuffling the congestion around to...

E-W will stay mostly flat with a bit more elevation for the bridges. It looks a lot more like Glenmore/Elbow and Glenmore/5 St than Marda (though that interchange is pretty hostile, too). In addition to the car wash + gas station (which are never particularly pretty, but do serve as a hub...

Oh good, we probably just get to pay lawyers on both side as well as the judge and court staff to tell us the same thing.

What would the process for sinking Crowchild look like? Temporary lane(s) on the edges where the on/off ramps and MUP will be? Looks like this basically kills nearly all of the retail along the east side from the law office strip mall at Kensington Rd to the Esso station. Just the Abominable...