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I highly (and respectfully) disagree. I think every building owner and CRU along Stephen Ave. would be up in arm about the disruption. Rightfully so. The construction disruption would be a massive blow to the urban realm in downtown...even if it is worth it in the long run.

Yeah. You could do either one. That's the beauty of maintaining the same rolling stock of LRT cars. You could run the red line under 8th and the SE-LRT on 7th ave. Or vice-a-versa. Mix and match. The only problem is that the 8th ave subway is going to be ridiculously expensive. That's why I...

I think a parallel bridge would be needed over the 4th street underpass. Then the train would have to descend to meet up with the Red-line tunnel. I don't know how deep the existing tunnel is, but there is about 180m of 'run-way' to make the descent. Not sure if that is enough.

Yes. It could be used. IMHO the downtown alignment seemed pretty ill thought out. The underground section was way too ambitious...especially when low-floor LRT was to be the preferred technology. It's my understanding that rider capacity is limited on a low-floor LRT as passengers cannot stand...

I think that entire area is prime for redevelopment. But to expand on your points, I think the city needs to invest in sidewalk, connectivity and landscaping improvements before redevelopment can occur. The streets are already built in grids and there's a lot of room on either side of the road...

45 minutes from Tuscany to Westbrook is rough. It's almost faster to take the C-train from Tuscany to downtown, transfer to the Blue line and then ride to Westbrook.

I think the North-Central line is perfect for Low-floor LRT vehicles. The SE LRT could get away with using the traditional high-floor LRTs since much of it utilizes a CPR train corridor as it's right of way.

You proposal would be a massive cost savings. I only see two problems: 1. 7th Ave. in downtown is already at full C-train capacity. 2. South of Shepard, a high-floor C-train doesn't really work so full as there are lots of at-grade crossings and high-floor stations don't integrate into the...

I generally agree with your sentiment. Rapid-transit should be 'rapid'. People living in Seton and North Pointe are going to drive if the train ends up being too slow or gets caught in a traffic accident. However; I think the whole purpose of a low-floor LRT system is that it moves less people...

Bridgeland Continuing Care is also down.

It's kind of disappointing that there's no plans to keep the historic ranch house close to the river. I think it's this one:

Unfortunately, I think the most cost effective option would be: -Surface-run the Greenline along 11th Ave. -Tunnel north under Centre Street -End the tunnel past 4th Ave -Build a surface station in Chinatown -Close the crossing at Centre street and 3rd Ave. to vehicles. It's a shitty...

I think that would be a successful transit route. What software did you use to generate that map? That's amazing.

$8 billions for a 10km line??? $800milion per km? 🤨

Neat! Looks like there used to be a boarding house on that site. It was torn down after 2017.

Agreed. I always thought that building was butt-ugly. It's an eye sore when coming into downtown. The size and scale never fit the context of the neighborhood. It didn't belong there when it was built in the early 70's and it still doesn't fit in today 50 years later.

Could we see a bus route on the ring road one day? The city could use overpasses as stations.

Good points. I'm partially sold on the idea. However, I have a few questions to ask you regarding a surface run train through downtown: 1. How do you propose the Greenline crosses the CP tracks? 2. Do you think there would be excess congestion and increased travel times having three train lines...

Ideally yes. But it's advantageous to future proof our transit system for the next 100 years. I think a surface station at Eau Claire and a surface station at 4th street S.E. would be a decent compromise. Construction should have commenced in 2018. It's very disappointing that it's taken this...

I don't know how the developers got away with this. Usually there are landscaping requirements for greenfield developments. Maybe this project was granted an exception due to the placement of existing underground utilities. You're right. The lack of trees on a south facing sidewalk/façade is...