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I suppose the one thing with Cochrane is that you'd want higher frequency and connectivity than you'd get from the Banff line, so a red line extension makes more sense anyways? I imagine you would create a movement for it to turn due west at the 12 mile coulee eventual interchange and then run...

It's hard to imagine how HSR works for Banff? How long could you really get up to speed for? That slide indicates it might cut out communities...like Cochrane? Canmore? It almost certainly has to go through the reserve at some point...I'd think having a stop there would be important to the...

At the very least we could at least implement it on new builds: But also use it as further impetus for traffic calming projects. They might become a lot more popular if they were 'local flood mitigation' projects that just happened to bump out the curbs in places...you know...to hold more water...

Whenever I want to see a full transit system map for whatever reason, I always go to the official page and download to see if they've finally updated it. As of a few weeks/months ago it was still from 2023, but it's finally been updated...

Nobody is arguing that fast headways are impossible with human drivers...they just aren't realistic. In the real world, automation increases frequency compared to what we'd otherwise do. Which leads to higher ridership, which has many downstream benefits (more fare revenue, decreased traffic and...

DT definitely could be. My point is that if they go to the expense for a complete crossing of CPKC+8Ave+7 Ave then they are not breaking up the north leg to be automated. And IMO there is 0% chance they switch the SE to automated at this point. So the only remaining hope for north automation is...

Thanks - I knew about the 78 ave tunnel but couldn't recall the implications Highfield Blvd (aka 42 Ave) is definitely a level crossing. It won't touch Highfield Cres (aka 46 ave aka 15 St) - I thought that road might be higher on the bluff but didn't check until now. 29 St SE is the other...

Does this include pedestrian grade separation? Google tells me 100% grade separation is not necessarily required for automation, but obviously you want to be as close as possible. What about remote monitoring? Human(s) watching CCTV of the few spots that can't be sensibly grade separated... And...

Oh for sure, I definitely expect them to end up 'looking' like most other stations, but with a few differences we don't really see anywhere else (except maybe 7th ave): - actually taking away car lanes - you'll cross a one lane on a 'street' to get to the platform instead of a multi-lane...

I would think that the cheaper station thing is most true when you're actually running the line down a road and effectively upgrading sidewalks into stations. The entire SE leg will be brand new stand-alone stations. Savings have to be pretty marginal when it boils down to a little less...

Which is basically what we've achieved here, minus the 7 Ave stretch. I'll never understand the reluctance/outright opposition to using the GL as a catalyst to achieve that massive upgrade. Building half the 8 Ave subway was actually considered as a negative point FFS!

IMO HFLRT is the optimal compromise for mid-size cities that may never have a metro, but want to strive for efficient transit operation with as much grade separation as possible (which these days should mean striving for automated) . Low floor can also make a ton of sense, but the key...

I don't see why the terms of the "donation" need to be confidential here. Normally individuals/organizations are quite happy to include numbers related to "philanthropy". This whole thing stinks. I suspect "improving" a park is pretty far down the city's list of reasons for doing this. I'd...

For the SE it seems like it shouldn't have been too hard to have the best of both worlds, by sinking the tracks a bit as they approach stations. Perhaps they aren't the fairest examples because they are on hills, but the ramps at 45 St and Sirocco stations are pretty subtle. I don't think I've...

Does it make sense to do separate lines from Calgary to both Lethbridge and Medicine Hat? As the crow flies Calgary to Med is about 250km; going via Lethbridge is 320km Scenario A: 170+250 = 420km of track (crow flies; actual number higher) Captures Brooks and Strathmore (each about 14k) and...

A lot of this project was bass ackwards, but by the 2010s it was clear that some sort of transit project would go through that SE ROW, be it BRT or LRT. So there was little chance that anything from the Elbow River south would turn out to be wasteful or unnecessary. OTOH, the downtown section...

Spot on. Not just the tax-density, but I'd think Manchester is a much more effective recirculator of money in the local economy - more likely local ownership for starters, but I'd also think more local b2b throughout the supply chain. I'd imagine mega-corp mega warehouses are more likely to...

Going back about 15 years when park expansion/redevelopment ideas were a bit different (though 17th ave and BMO expansion were pondered in the long term), the idea was to consolidate to one main gate using the BMO Centre lobby - just as you would for entering a tradeshow right now. I think...

I also meant to link this article - it is a much more succinct summary than I gave! And shows the amendments in better context within the land-use bylaw than the attachments for the council meeting https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/05/31/developers-builders-calgary-city-council-land-use-amendments/

I did a deeper dive on this than it probably warranted, but I find city council meetings oddly entertaining. https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=324004 (pdf) . Mostly little tweaks to clarify/cleanup language in the land-use bylaw. it was a Public Hearing...