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For what it's worth I don't think everyone in the community is against it, but the people who live directly on those streets have been pretty vocal they don't support it.

What's the relative density of these European cities in comparison to Calgary though? I suspect there's a bit of a difference there, you have less people here with longer distances so travel time becomes an important factor in whether or not people take transit.

My favorite part is when you have a rich oilman representing a "citizens" group 🤣

It just seems to me that the current system has such a heavy council component. Elected officials are always going to have a tough time with the current system going against the potential opinions of citizens that they're trying to get votes from going forward. The system seems to treat mega...

Procurement isn't even done yet if you're talking about the Deerfoot improvements. The equipment by the Ivor Strong specifically is just Enmax putting in some manholes and conduit to support substation upgrades.

Bit of a mix but I didn't take any screenshots unfortunately... The basic plan is the road will connect through to 24st with another set of lights, two pieces zoned for buildings similar to the Deville towers (~13 stories) with some mid rise in the middle towards the top facing Quarry Rise North...

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/river-run-townhome-residents-formally-object-to-green-line-expropriation

https://skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/calgary-riverpark-18m-6s-m2sc-casola-koppe.33117/page-2#post-1953420 This one I think.

Could be some more movement in Quarry Park finally away from office space... too bad it's not the existing stairwell hunks weathering further north.

I suspect there's a degree of "holding costs are just so low"... just based on a bunch of relatively "inner city" parcels that have sat for 2-3 decades with no development. The assessed value of bare land keeps the property taxes low-ish and the taxes only go up once they build something on it.

Maybe I just had a bad experience, but I wouldn't wish living in a wood frame apartment on my worst enemy. Maybe building codes are better now but I could hear EVERYTHING above me, lol.

Honestly just a wild ass guess, but I always thought they'd build Deville and fill it with tenants and then sell it to someone else... then re-deploy that capital on the other projects as the greenline gets closer. I think mixed use would fit nicely for the huge parcel south of the YMCA, but...

Haven't seen any movement on this yet but looks like BP was issued recently.

Didn't the West LRT go from 700 million to 1.4 billion? I don't think it's that shocking that they were overambitious with the original project scope. We'll see what the next 16 months brings but I really hope there's not too many major changes from here on out or we'll never get anything built.

https://www.calgary.ca/green-line/green-line-news-and-resources/article-engine/apr-28-2023-green-line-bow-transit-connectors-development-partner.html

One step closer again I suppose... https://newsroom.calgary.ca/green-line-moves-to-final-negotiations-for-the-development-partner-agreement/

It literally made no sense to me, it connected nothing to nothing. Something like this that continued on (proposed pathway in red) would have made a lot more sense to me, but obviously doesn't fit the scope of a pilot.

Just anecdotal... but there are often a lot of lights on when I drive by in the mornings and evenings.

DP for fourth building was released today.

According to the RFP its for vehicles... apparently there's ALSO a tunnel closer to the station, weird wording used I guess. https://vendor.purchasingconnection.ca/Opportunity.aspx?Guid=79d29116-8e0e-0a64-08e4-39c2ed480000&