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Am I the only one who thinks the current grandstand is totally fine? It's got a climate controlled concourse, a lot of the seats are covered and it has its back to the prevailing wind, and it has upper decks which puts a lot of those seats closer to the action. Maybe the sight lines aren't...

This did a decent job of showing some of the invisible challenges/complexities involved in running transit...but of course it showed the sensational* side of security and cleanliness, too: Sensational may not be quite the right word because those issues are undoubtedly true...tough to strike...

So dumb. Unless you do the meat-grinder style full height barrier then a turnstile isn't much of an impediment without human enforcement behind it. So just do more human enforcement. Turnstiles could also make the experience quite a bit worse in many places. Chinook Station would be very easy...

Given the excellent width I think it's reasonable to have a 'slow down' turn to keep it from becoming a race track. Tight 180s are painful; this looks about perfect to me to encourage appropriate speed

Looks like this will be under threat on Sat/Sun, but the outlook beyond that looks warm again

Another way to phrase this could be: it would be silly to build an interchange at 210th because you'll also need to build one at 194th. It would be interesting to know exactly how much time this saves for Calgarians...seems like the bulk of the benefit goes to parasites. Left turns get replaced...

The locals that take the blue line will be airport workers. People in the NE near the blue line fly less than average. People who fly most often tend to do it for business, where their taxi is expensed. It's pretty easy to talk yourself into a cab unless you're a solo traveller with minimal...

A tweet from Councillor Walcott long ago pegged that property value loss at $200M; and considering the point he was trying to make we can probably take that as the absolute high end. Proving this loss and getting compensated for it is a whole other matter. I'm sure the finances would be...

I think I've posted this before, but it would be a perfect opportunity to do a high frequency one-way loop. Right now the 98 is a 33 minute round trip with up to 39 stops (though I'm sure it skips a lot of them). Google maps pegs this route at about 16 minutes, so probably about 20 mins with...

I'd say move it slightly to the east, starting the platform near 81 St. But of course you keep the platform level, which would set the west end up perfectly for a ped overpass over 17th that would have negligible grade, including the ramp on the north side. Platform would end around the second...

If a politician says "by 2026" I'd take it to mean "by December 31 2026 probably maybe perhaps". I may be mistaken, but it looks like there is only one council meeting of any kind before the election and it's next Tuesday. Agenda is pretty much just dozens of land use amendments and a bit of...

IMO 15th and 14th should have been managed with speed humps, diverters, and daylighting. They are inherently slow and quiet streets already. Create the expectation that a motorist should never even have the opportunity to pass a bike on here, because a motorist should never even drive more than...

IMO polls are actually pretty destructive to our democracy. They give pollsters and the media have too much power to shape elections. If I had a magic wand I'd make it illegal to publish poll results.

Looks like they moved into the mall. Lots of bare land and parking lots to redevelop before the mall needs to change

This just sounds like impatient and aggressive drivers struggling to deal with a somewhat unexpected (but usually totally obvious and predictable) event in front of them. Anxious drivers struggle more because everyone is tailgating and blocking space to merge, instead of helping to create...

Ya, that's why I said "or try the bill again in a less hamfisted way." It will actually be very interesting to see how it plays out if the government presents a crappy plan based on dubious evidence (instead of basically no plan based on no evidence). To overcome the decision as written, they'd...

I was just countering the notion that Glenmore used to be congested most of the day; it wasn't even though Elbow has/had more traffic then K&5 The CK5 stretch shows 86k and 88k in 2017 and 2018. Glenmore causeway over 160000 those years (down to 133-138k in 2022 & 2023). It's worth noting the...

What makes it an over broad interpretation? IMO it's a check/balance working as it should. The government is free to appeal this decision or try the bill again in a less hamfisted way. It is certainly clear that there is no real urgency here. I believe Alberta's anti-trans healthcare bill is...

Did you read the ruling? it's all quite logical and reasonable - there are a couple of fairly simple legal tests that the government's bill failed. The government was acting against all expert advice and could not bring anything to justify the bill. The bill even included provisions to insulate...

Really? Take a gander through historical aerial photos at that spot...doesn't seem like any more than a single light cycle could handle until 2005 when it was fully under construction (the 5 St intersection not existing at all at the time of the photo). Various dates and times over the years...