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4th St SE doesn't link to either line very well (550m+); a 10 Ave/1st SW Station would essentially link to the same red/blue stations as current plan (330m). The bigger concern would be overloading the sidewalks at 1st St and 9 Ave. But seeing as 3rd St doesn't really exist, the smart move might...

They've built nice MUPs connecting the whole neighbourhood, set back nicely from the residential roads which are designed pretty well to keep cars slow. So the idea is you can travel actively if you want to the grocery store, gym, restaurants/cafes, spa, liquor store, etc. Topography makes it a...

Apparently terminating south of the CP Tracks could still generate about 80% of the ridership of getting to the core, so I think doing a beltline loop wouldn't have been the craziest thing in the world. It's worth noting that the ridership data was established in 2020 - before shifting...

Interesting. Do you happen to have a link to the granular details of the federal program? I've searched before but its a maze of longwinded pages for similar but different programs, including the next phase replacement program. Everything you wrote makes a ton of sense, but I will say that the...

Not sure elevated on 7th could work without significant disruptions to the red/blue lines? It's gotta be Calgary's busiest street...

Its unclear if their full analysis to reach that 20-30% follows this flawed logic, but using the max capacity of train cars is almost always a silly metric to base the comparison to BRT. Actual ridership projections are what matter, and what fleet/frequency you need to serve them. What is...

No profound point, the broader commentary on this is just interesting (moreso reddit/etc; the discourse here is quite thoughtful). Many of the very same people who scoff at NIMBYs against rezoning or other developments are strongly taking up NIMBY talking points here. I completely understand the...

This isn't any different than NIMBYism with other developments. The final and lasting outcome is never anywhere as bad as imagined. The construction phase sucks, but it passes - though it truly does suck for small businesses. There was a recent article where Bottlescrew Bill's complained about...

This seems encouraging that they might complete the Tsuu Tina Parkway-Westhills Way link sooner than later (which would be a nice cycling link). Currently this does not actually link with Stoney to the west (ie. you can't get there from Stoney SE bound, and you can't get back onto Stoney NW bound)

Drove by this today; predictably half of this new "pathway" was a snowbank, and the other half looked impassable for anyone with the slightest mobility challenge. It's discouraging that this is the result of decisions within the last 15 years, and particularly disappointing that this outcome...

Realistically, this should be the 'build it right' goal for the north, where the efficiencies will actually pay off. It might also be a bit of a 2 stoned birds situation, considering the challenges of land acquisition to achieve the presumptive at-grade option. The initial capital is probably...

This might be a bit of a stretch, but the alternative to building more mass transit will impact everyone directly physically. More gridlock everywhere. Like I say, a stretch...but we could probably zero in on a few corridors in particular (say 9 ave through Inglewood?) that will suffer greatly...

10th and 2nd already suck today. We're not ruining anything: Am I cherry picking the bad? Yes. But it's already a dark+narrow concrete corridor nobody would choose to walk down again if they discover the more vibrant streets nearby (had to pick an old date for when the roads weren't...

But I thought the first part of that (the whole not collapsing thing) wasn't part of the $300M? But it sounds like they wouldn't do all of the other digging for egress/elevators/etc until later? Can anyone ELI5 how the worst case tunnel scenario would play out? Is it kinda like they'd be in...

That makes sense. Still seems...kinda nuts? Escalators, elevators, proper HVAC, lighting, mezzanine level, platforms...I'm sure I'm missing dozens of things, but how the hell do you get to $300M? And at that price tag, how does that ever get built in the future ahead of pretty much any other...

Those numbers seem a little funny, too. Not building a deep(ish?) station = $300M less for doing nothing Building a surface station instead of a shallow station = $400M less for still doing something...

I'm still trying to make sense of the city's cost comparisons. City plan involved a smaller (temporary?) MSF in Millican. Does the $700M needed to get to Sheppard also include the full size MSF instead of the small one? Or is it just the extra stations, and the full size MSF would still be...

Only skimmed a bit so far, but I'm pretty impressed with how open and creative they were. Even the idea I've suggested before to interline the red line underpass tunnel (Option 7)

I've wondered about this before and haven't been able to find precise details as its confusing because the feds keep re-announcing the same Public Transit Fund idea, but I'm not sure that it actually has to go through politicians at this point. I think it just needs to pass a certain score card...