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  1. jhappy77

    Roads, Highways & Infrastructure

    I made a map with all the interchanges planned as part of the forecasting toolbox: https://www.calgary.ca/content/www/en/home/planning/transportation/toolbox.html
  2. jhappy77

    University District | ?m | ?s | University of Calgary Properties Group

    That's essentially what's planned for the University Innovation Quarter: (https://uiqcalgary.com/)
  3. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    The one time I rode Max Yellow I also noticed a lot of time stoppage. I think the scheduling initially massively underestimated the speed its able to make. I have gathered data on trip lengths and headways from Calgary Transit over the past few years and you can actually see the average...
  4. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    Looks to be a rehash of this map from the Calgary Transportation Plan: From: https://www.calgary.ca/pda/pd/municipal-development-plan/municipal-development-plan-mdp.html (I was unable to notice any differences)
  5. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit Fantasy Maps

    I made a new version of my network map. The focus here was stick to the basics, and show what our rapid transit network could look like within a couple years if we cared: (You can also view it here if it's hard to see...
  6. jhappy77

    1900 Marda Loop | 23m | 6s | Sarina Homes

    There's no way a tunnel could ever make financial sense. It would be pretty easy to extend 42nd to Flanders Avenue by cutting out a slice of park space, but unpopular, and I'm not sure how much of the issue it would actually solve. We'd need a study to see the impacts.
  7. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    Yeah it definitely needs to stop there. It's 800m in either direction for the next stops, that's beyond what people are gonna walk to. Since it's already slowing down to use the traffic circle it's not like it's a huge time hit to stop there whenever someone needs to get on.
  8. jhappy77

    1900 Marda Loop | 23m | 6s | Sarina Homes

    How can we speak up in favor of this?
  9. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    Is it really true that they'll be shifting from coverage routes to on-demand? So far I haven't found any description of the exact shift that will be taking place beyond moving from a coverage-focused network to a frequency-focused network. Because of this, it's unclear what kind of sacrifices we...
  10. jhappy77

    Blume | 48m | 15s | Remington | Systemic Architecture

    It's kind of cute that the blue glass on these buildings sort of looks like what you would get if you took the actual Dalhousie station and stretched it out into a tower :P
  11. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    I agree fully, but this was more of a thought exercise in how we fund transit: Right now we look at it as its own thing in isolation, and we try to follow a (completely arbitrary) rule about it self-sustaining to a certain extent. This leads to a mentality of restricting service expansions and...
  12. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    One of the big struggles that our transit system faces is securing funding for better service. Lately, I've been thinking we should think creatively to find funding avenues that have more stability and growth potential than budget debates. I have a few ideas to share, and I'd appreciate some...
  13. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    The RouteAhead updates are here: https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8873da23-c7d4-4882-9639-7027ec4fb48a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=21&Tab=attachments (thanks @accord1999 for posting this in the green line thread) It comes with minor updates to the future rapid transit...
  14. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    Given that the downtown stations are underground, and all the recent concerns about security, I think it's possible there won't be a free fare zone at all for the green line. If they have good fare gates for the green line's underground stations I think that will save them from becoming a total...
  15. jhappy77

    Calgary Transit

    On top of this, most of these intersections with all the empty space are the places where transfers would naturally occur under a more gridded transit system. So it makes a lot of sense to fill them in with development. By contrast, building interchanges at each one would destroy transit's...
  16. jhappy77

    Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    One of the rules for great airport transit is that transit thrives on the diversity of possible uses. I think it would be interesting to see this line extended both east and west, and have a greater focus on TOD. West: Country Hills Golf Club redevelopment, Hidden Creek, Kincora, Sage Hill, 144...
  17. jhappy77

    City Parks, Rivers, and Wildlife

    One time I walked between the two for fun. It's too steep for a road, but a pathway (even a very straight one) wouldn't be a problem at all.
  18. jhappy77

    Scotia Place | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    Copy Ottawa's homework please 😋
  19. jhappy77

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    https://everydaytourist.ca/city-planning-101/calgarys-urban-sprawl-facing-reality Another Richard White article, endorsed by Terry Wong and others on Twitter. It's mostly a reiteration of the same ideas that he's posted about many times before. Here are some thoughts: He treats 1 survey...
  20. jhappy77

    The Nines | 22m | 6s | Opus Corporation | Gravity Architecture

    I think BUMP should be for revitalizing and decorating our existing ugly areas. New developments should look nice by themselves, or they should pay for their own murals if they really want one.

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