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Can we talk about how insanely terrible the TWSIs were done on 33rd??? Left a gap in the sidewalk that was left for months filled with gravel, sand, or literally nothing but a giant gap! Once they finally came around to installing them they were shoddy concrete blocks that aren't level and leave...

Quarry Park YMCA is easily my favorite location in the city. Just the right size for a community and the area around it, not some behemoth like Seton and Rocky Ridge. The library in this one seems to be attached in a similar manner.

The city is starting to warm up to raised crosswalks a LOT lately which is an amazing sign. The Spruce Drive MUP (even though it unfortunately runs along short blocks) has a raised crosswalk at nearly every single intersection along the pathway: The 11/12 St project in Inglewood/Ramsay also...

100,000 more of these, then we can be a real city

I think the actual difference is tunnel boring 7 storeys underground vs a cut and cover tunnel two storeys underground, would probably be shallower than many parkades downtown

I find with city streetscape projects that usually after the concept design has been finalized with engagement, the detailed construction design is created internally then built without being shared

Suckers got too greedy stalling for years to beg for a $30m annual safety net from Joe Taxpayer, and now they're being left behind. Can't say I feel bad for them

Plans are now on DMAP: https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2025-03902

We don't need to get rid of the Calgary Tower, just do what Tokyo did and build a second gigantic observation tower 😂

Guadalajara proper has a similar population to Calgary but is about 1/5th the size, as well as an urban area population of nearly 5 million. Honestly though that just makes the CTrain more impressive that we're at 94 million to their 168 million considering those differences

Fun fact about Guadalajara, its LRT system is the only one in North America that carries more people than the CTrain with 168 million pax in 2024

17th at the tracks has new access boom gates, so I assume the hard barricade will move down then the booms will control access for hotel loading

Excellent.

Btw the tunnel is actually quite spacious, it's just that this guy's 360 camera is mounted on a pole to get far above his head. Also, the pathway running along the border between Riverbend and Quarry Park has a nice crossing with 18th Street similar to what you described—just a regular signal...

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/06/25/calgary-development-creosote-hillhurst-sunnyside/

I think Brightline West is the closest analogue to what "HSR" would be like to Banff A high speed trainset might also have better performance on grades

It's more like HSR is just a "might as well" if they're going to build a new alignment separate from CPKC anyways

When it originally arrived, the city said there were plans to display it for the public in the summer but I guess in the time between the final design review being completed on the LRV and the whole provincial intervention there wasn't a chance to. Hopefully they put it out this summer