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Yeah, as nice as it would be for the green line to give better access to the Beltline, I really doubt the extra 100m of walking saved from having a station on 11 Ave versus 10 Ave is worth all that extra tunneling money. The cost/benefit ratio of extending further to reach underserved...

Here’s a concept for an alternative downtown green line alignment. My aim was to make something that could be dramatically cheaper without compromising on speed and grade separation. Obviously it seems like the current alignment will be moving ahead (especially given the enabling work being done...

When the Green Line reaches Beddington, you might as well reroute a lot of the northern feeder routes to terminate at Beddington instead of North Pointe too.

Look at sites like Westbrook, East Village, Vic Park, and all the parking lots downtown. The problem there is not zoning – these areas are primed and ready for high density. The problem is not a lack of govt subsidies – these areas should absolutely support market-rate housing on their own. The...

There are rumblings that the Flames are in on Konecny and Duclair, which is terrible news for us if we go for it. It's potentially to appease Murray Edwards and his desire to never rebuild. We need to rip off the bandaid, and if we focus on getting as much futures as possible right now we could...

Toffoli, Backlund, Lindholm, and Hanifin are basically confirmed to be on their way out according to Seravalli. We're gonna be diving head first into a complete rebuild. The Flames could end up with 5 first round selections in this year's entry draft if we play our cards right.

Most land value tax proponents call for a corresponding decrease in taxes to improvements (or other taxes), so I disagree with this characterization as "taxing your way out of an affordability crisis". There is no net increase in taxes, it’s just slightly shifting the setup to encourage...

This reaffirms my belief that land probably ought to be taxed at a different rate than improvements. The current system does too much to incentivize long-term land speculation and not enough to encourage improvements which actually benefit communities.

I bet we'll see Hanifin (or another defenseman) traded for a Top 6 winger. Then if the team does well, we'll try resigning the remaining free agents at the deadline, and if it sucks, there will be a major deadline firesale.

While Florida has won the trade, it can still be a win-win if Huberdeau recovers next year. Weegar is also having a monster tournament at the worlds.

RouteAhead update draft: https://hdp-ca-prod-app-cgy-engage-files.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/3516/8452/8161/RouteAhead_-_MAY_19_2023.pdf It's mostly stuff we've seen before, but the fundamentals are really solid. One thing that I hadn't seen yet is the proposed route for the NW Hub Streetcar...

Here is the map including the institutional site where the hospital would likely be:

I think this is partially an infrastructure problem. In areas where we expect there to be large amounts of foot traffic and cycle traffic, the standard multi-use path is clearly not wide enough. Oulu does it right, with wider paths as the standard:

I don't see why there even needs to be a 6th St Underpass at all. Even with an underpass, 6th St would not even be 800m long in total. Couldn't you save a ton of money and just make a pedestrian tunnel instead? People would then easily be able to scooter, walk, or bike between Vic Park and East...

Found this in the Sirocco ASP from Foothills County: These road layouts are truly horrid for transit and I hope they get re-examined now that the city is applying annex the lands in Cell 2 and 3.

The 30 and 69 still use the stop, but only once per day (from what I can gather). It would be easy to reroute them. As is, it's hardly a good use of urban space.

I don't think the heritage buildings are beyond saving. Here's what we should do: Take out that wide, unnecessary bus pullout, and put the buses on another avenue (with new priority infrastructure for them there). And then replace that pullout with extended sidewalk space, and a bunch of...

Maybe some of those empty parking lots on 9th ought to become parks.. 🤔

In a vacuum, the barriers that surround West Village (and the lack of development potential in the near future) make it a much better location for the kinds of services that the Drop-In Center provides than East Village. I am a little confused by the proposal, however. It makes a big deal out...

@UrbanWarrior Awesome photos, the form already looks amazing. It's looking like this will really help offset the loss of the Saddledome for skyline shots from the east.