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I had the exact same thought. Also interesting how more publicly they debated the merits of road expansions. It's easy to assume it was just an unquestioned YES to more lanes everywhere, but it actually seems like there might have been even more nuanced thought about it all than we have today.

So much interesting stuff there. Weird fun fact from the first one: Alderman John MacGregor Husband served Ward 7 from '77 to '80 and made a lot of really prescient points in that article. Google AI tells me his "estranged wife" Elaine Pauline Husband won the seat for that ward in 1980! No idea...

TIL Oliver Bowen was black, and fairly young in the design/construction phase (just 36 in the picture above). Sadly he was only 57 when he passed. My mind too easily defaults to uptight old white guys pushing memos around back then. Pretty cool that he had such a big part in building probably...

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-walking-trails-douglas-fir-trial-proposed-route-concerns I understand why people are disappointed, but I think a new section to replace the problematic part is fine. It's better to have the trail open more often than not at all. If and when the...

I think Kensington Rd is more likely to be some form of bus lane than bike lane (perhaps a bus lane where bikes are permitted like in Inglewood; which I know the paint isn't infrastructure crowd don't love, but I think can actually be decent). I don't think those sidewalk widths are changing...

I wondered if there was a project page. Positive step overall, but plenty to nitpick. I think these wheeling lane designs try to be thoroughfares to cover distance and also serve as 'last meters' access to destinations, but they end up doing neither very well at all. I'd hate to ride those SB...

That's an interesting one...it looks like the wheeling lane just kinda starts/ends there? With nothing on the southbound side? Does it at least go all the way up to 5 Ave? Here's what it was before: I think they made the right call moving the RRFB up to the yycburg corner, but I strongly...

That makes sense. A couple interesting ones that jumped out to me were: Country/Harvest/Coventry Hills. Election day they were roughly UCP +350 over 4500 votes. The other side of Stoney from them (Livingston?) went NDP+120 over 1000 votes. The only convenient advance voting for them all was at...

Have you found data that ascribes advance polls to their specific voting areas? I've just been using this page, but maybe there's a better option? https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/

CGY-Bow also contains Rockland Park, which had very few residents in May 2023, but should have a several thousand by 2027. Lots of young families, but more typically suburban. (actually Rockland Park is in North West riding) Greenwood-GreenBriar should have more, too. I think West District will...

I think the parking lot wasteland on the Save On side is the biggest travesty. I'm sure the parkade drove a lot of it...I've never actually gone into the parkade - how much is intended for retail parking vs residents?

I think converting the north side sidewalk to wide MUP would be the best bet because it benefits all active-modes. A full main-street treatment would be lovely, but probably not a high enough priority here (and if they do it like 37th St SW the end result will be cars driving even faster...)...

Excellent use of that wide ROW. That path should melt better during the winter and makes a lot of sense for people on the south side of 90th

Spot on I think you've hit on the right idea here, but you have it backwards. The unusual thing here is that the employer wants itself to fail - or at the very least has demonstrated no interest in improving 'productivity'. I really don't buy that private unions have any more incentive to deal...

I don't imagine this image is anything new, but it helps a bit with nomenclature. I have not really looked into any of this more than a quick glance before; TAZA Crossing and the TAZA Park stuff on the west side of Stoney is new to me. I noticed today a giant pile of dirt at the latter, so...

Output isn't the only metric to consider - we could build like crazy on the outskirts to achieve a really strong output number and reduce the sticker price of housing, but then living costs would still increase a bunch (personal transportation costs, higher taxes for less efficient delivery of...

If the UCP are any indication, that is exactly what they'll do :rolleyes:

Thanks. By "like Centre St" I mean at-grade down a relatively narrow ROW that is the busiest bus corridor in a city. I really appreciate the examples though and look forward to some street view exploration (particularly Valencia because I spent a couple weeks there 20 years ago). Quick follow-up...

I think it is probably true that Dhaliwal, Wyness, Pantazopolous, and Farkas are the ones most likely to vote either way. I'll be pleasantly surprised if JP turns out to be a centrist, but I suspect he is more of a traditional conservative. FWIW he did use Wildrose/Reform colours, which raises a...

I favour automated, particularly for the north. Wouldn't the Canada Line be an answer to your question? I do think high-floor for SE might have been a better value proposition for the whole system if it facilitated/prompted some of the following: - build 8 Ave subway for red line (would have...