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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...

The most challenging part of connecting the SE to N corridor is going from 7th Ave to the Arena. But it would be stupid for either the N or SE lines to not have a transfer station at 7 Ave, so if they both need to go to 7 Ave anyways, connecting the two is really not that much additional work or...

Or you get areas like this near where I grew up: Scenic Acres Blvd never has much traffic, and is only 50 km/h, but it obviously needs 2 lanes in each direction, PLUS slip lanes, PLUS 2 separate ultra wide residential roads on either side. The amount of excess is quite ridiculous. I've often...

I think at this point we just need to see it elevated thru downtown and Eau Claire, using 2 St. That option was dismissed way too early in the review process last time, seemingly by office building owners who were worried about it decreasing their property values. But I really doubt their...

The biggest disadvantage of that alignment is that it doesn't have a direct transfer station with either the red or blue lines. Though you could always walk a few blocks from the beltline. Based on plans from the city, if a line like this is ever built, it would probably leave Crowchild and take...

A simple fantasy: what if the green line was automated light metro (like SkyTrain), and had an airport branch just like the Canada Line? https://metrodreamin.com/view/bEhxdnJoYjc5TGRxcWlCUWY3ZEpJeHc3a2hyMXww Then you can build the North Central Airport branch before going to the SE, with the...

Thanks! I use Paint.NET, it's probably not the best tool for the job but I'm comfortable with it.

Here's what I would do to mitigate costs downtown. Guessing it's too late to go this route? But if y'all think there's any chance otherwise I would happily send this to every city councillor.

1. I've heard the 4 St SE station is now at surface level. Anyone know where the tunnel will begin, then? 2. Is there literally any chance that the scope could be changed further? Because the price-tag for so little actual line is eye-watering. We should be reducing the tunnel length to skip...

Overpasses are terrible stations because often it's 400m or more just to cross from one side to the other. And then once you cross, you're still far away from everything as typically they are surrounded by berms and low density residential. That said, I still think there are some places where...

gorgeous view. Miss living in Sunnyside!

@whatchyyc and I made a video about fixing bus transit in Calgary, centering on the bus network redesign I made a while ago:

I'm very happy with that return. Brzustewicz has big upside and we desparately needed better D prospects, while the first brings it in line with rumored returns from other teams. Adding Kuzmenko is great - I think he'll do better in Calgary with more opportunity, and if he recaptures his scoring...

Why force outer communities to be car dependent? There are still places like Bowness where more growth makes sense, and I'm sure there's many more neighborhoods and areas that also make sense that no one will be able to list off the top of their head. Why not just legalize common-sense building...

Truman is absolutely carrying urban development in Calgary ATM

I am right, CTV just messed up the article big time. The article mentions a new report done by Stantec, the Downtown Community Association, and the Kensington BIA that proposes 3 phases for improvements. That's exactly what the report they linked is. Whoever wrote the article is just very...

Skimmed thru the doc and calling it a "West Village" plan is a misnomer. It's really about Downtown West (14 St W - 8 St W, North of the tracks), not the real "West Village" (North of tracks, west of 14th St)

Macleod's inertia is not a question of city admin or engineers being short-sighted (although they have been), it's a question of politics. How much political capital would the "pro-urbanist" crowd burn trying to fix it? Because of space constraints, there aren't many solutions that don't...