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I am amazed Truman can financially support the level of development they are. Thinking back to their size only a decade ago, that's a wild amount of scaling up they have done. Add another $1.5B to their portfolio with these hotels. Impressive stuff. To see this one through, just got to hope we...

Lol - so much for my theory on some sort of correlation between height and unit count. Units and heights are just random numbers :) 69 Storey tower = 157 room hotel + 239 residential units = 396 units total 62 Storey tower = 248 room hotel +120 residential units = 368 units total 14 storey...

Cool stuff - that would probably push the towers over 200m I think? If Toronto condos with residential floor heights are any indicator, 60 - 70 stories seems to be 200 to 225m range (weird roof points and mechanicals add some uncertainty of course)

Ah the memories... the saga of the 1st Street SE idea dates back to the original cycletrack debates in the late 2000s. It was proposed as a key corridor, but ultimately, it was sacrificed as a corridor to win over a few Council votes, resulting in the cycletrack being approved (and continues to...

I mean that is clearly not the case in practice or it wouldn't have take 3 years of arguing to fix a 40+ year old issue. And this quote from the article is perfectly sums up the 1984 level of double-speak that goes into the traffic engineering world. Does this sound like walking and cycling were...

Awesome - that solves a suprisingly long detour from Bridgeland and the LRT to access St. Patrick's Island, it's about a 15 minute walk today. This would shave off ~13 minutes, plus address that awkward pinch-point on the north side of the river.

I think it always comes down to design and context - pedestrian bridges, tunnels etc. can be better for pedestrians by creating direct routes and saving brutal time-wasting detours from the path of travel. Key word is "can". Not downtown, but the simplest example I could find is some of the...

Love census mapper, really can see the redevelopment wave opening up areas to new families (while older areas that didn't have few toddlers and new families). I like the census data because it can create counter-intuitive counter-points to prevailing themes and vibes that people think are true...

Exactly. using the existing CPR track is the "cheap" route to do it, which is why that strange bid from Banff kept proposing it. It's only real advantage is it's a cheap and quick to do. Ultimately you could run trains very soon if you don't care about reliability and speed, and save a ton on...

As demonstrated the world over in countless ways, beyond a certain concentration, cars are too inefficient of space users to provide mass mobility. First question is often forgotten but important - "should we do something at all when dealing with congestion at this park?" Is it important that...

Widening of the pathway is a key thing they need to do in a bunch of places, this area is near the top of the list. I support that kind of thing, because it actually is addressing the park's problem - it's very popular and can get crowded. The response to increase in park demand should be build...

The pay for parking was the least offensive part of the package for me. As part of this they were also putting in a giant overflow parking lot that would have tripled the amount of parking spaces, eating up the grass and park space. The whole exercise is a good reminder of just how amazing the...

7th Ave is interesting - it's got to be near the top of the list for highest capacity at-grade rapid transit lines around the continent. How they achieved this is was absolute signal priority, not just on 7th, but for downtown as a whole to keep LRTs moving including across all the major...

did they ever publish or engage on this? I don't recall ever seeing a concept or plan - I know they talked a lot about the opportunity during the pandemic to reallocate road space to buses downtown, but never got around to it.

It's like the 1990s suburbs but walkable, multi-family style! Reminds me a bit of contemporary German suburb, lots of same-ness but walkable and multifamily.

I would have a hard time seeing how businesses would prove harm through "injurious affection" here, which I think the Municipal Government Act is the clause they are referencing. I am no lawyer so take all this as a "hot take" from an uniformed casual observer: Generally, cities can't be liable...

I also ride in from the area on most days - cycling is for sure the way to go for that distance. It's the only mode of travel that is reasonably short and 99% reliable for expected trip time. Next time I need a new bike it will be an e-bike and that eliminates the hill to get into Marda making...

The reason was there was a plan to have Max Yellow cross through Richmond Green into Currie at one point. That would have required the bus to turn onto Crowchild at 33rd, so the stop had to be on the on-ramp. That plan - and most of Currie - never materialized. Which is why you have the bus...

If I was to improve the Max Yellow in context of supporting more development in Marda Loop and creating a more functional system. I don't think I'd add a Sunalta stop until Bow Trail was redesigned more generally, but I'd do a few things below. Probably would save about 10 minutes per trip with...

A main street from scratch - awesome to see. I am curious on the math for this single block - all but a couple of houses turned over to apartments in about 5 years. About 20 houses to 200+ homes? Huge increase, right adjacent to the LRT. Plus all the retail, it's quite a node forming.