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Speak of the devil...I think we just got the google maps update in the last few days! West Ring Road is now current instead of just dirt (pretty sure it had been an image from '22 or '23 until very recently). I think the google maps for this area in the south must be ~June 2024, as all the...

That's super slow with a bunch of speed bumps...a pretty uncomfortable ride, and would wear out brakes pretty fast. Not sure it would even save any time compared to Stoney...Google Maps puts them within a minute of each other

I don't know enough about the area (we could really use a google maps satellite update!), but would a single station at 194th make more sense? The active only link across the slough/Macleod suggested here would be much nicer, but this seems a classic case of letting low priority 'city building'...

And even after all that it's still right beside freight tracks and in a flood plain!

I gotta disagree with the bolded - admin is the only constant through this whole saga, including several of the most senior folks. Carra, Demong, and noted rapist Sean Chu are the only councillors who did all three terms (and all three voted in favour of these latest motions) . A bunch of...

I've always been fairly neutral on Gondek, but I've been happy to defend her against an absurd campaign of bad faith criticism. But she has finally lost me. https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/30/mayor-says-calgary-taxpayers-likely-to-carry-the-burden-of-green-line-cost-overruns/ Now my legal...

No argument here, but we've backed ourselves into a bit more of a corner with the parkade (demolition cost for redevelopment), and this lot almost certainly has more revenue per sq meter than any other P&R, so it should be near the bottom of the list for TOD. Sirocco lot would be a good one...

The business case would be interesting here - I wonder how many new customers it would actually generate, or how many park and riders would become just riders? There's about 670 free P&R stalls on the west, with another 570 reserved stalls. A reserved stall can currently generate $1080 per year...

That Rex/Group 2 design is interesting...and terrifying! Does anyone know of any real life stacked clusters with that scale of overhang? I found some good examples here: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/01/buildings-that-look-like-stacked-boxes.html - but nothing looks quite as ambitious

When was this? 2017? 2019? 2020? 2021? 2022? 2024? There was an announcement that construction was ready to "start soon" each of those years

Are we sure that two contracts wouldn't have worked out even worse? Maybe some more smarter people can elucidate the process, but would it have been something like: South procurement more/less successful; DT procurement fails. So they have to find a lot more money, trim the DT wherever...

Probably some unprecedented vote combinations on these motions. Unfortunately the most progressive councillors are coming out guns blazing here with a lot of ironic hyperbole: https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/28/calgary-approves-and-carries-all-the-risk-on-new-green-line-alignment/

Actually looks like they are out and voting. Looks like a green light passed 8-6, but I just caught the vote and didnt get to read the motions closely

https://bsky.app/profile/adammacvicar.bsky.social/post/3lgtcqagnjk2i

Not sure where best to put this, but an interesting situation in Durham around a possible aerial cable car instead of BRT As of Dec 11 2024 they had prices pegged at: An interesting point about BRT making traffic worse, but they anticipate ACCT generating more revenue than BRT. I haven't...

I've ruminated on this a bit before and have a lot of thoughts, but I'll try to keep it to a few brief points: It's totally fine - if not ideal - for families to live in low density housing with lots of green space/etc. (this is all from a bit of a privileged lens, but I think it can still...

There may be truth to this in some cases, but not this one. Let's remember what we're talking about: expensive tower units. Nobody is paying a huge premium to live in one of these with school age children. But there are a bunch of nearby SFH developments that are going to contribute to school...

Well one would have to unpack the numbers, but I suspect at a certain level of density there is an inverse relationship between density and school enrolment. So high density should go where schools are already full, because adding more low density is actually more likely to exacerbate that problem.

I'm also curious if you could elaborate. Maybe one idea would be building towers where very few school aged children will live?

Can anyone summarize the legal liability issue with Harvard? How big could the ultimate cost really be? Could the just city expropriate and move on (though I'm sure there are many downsides to this)? Or tinfoil hat: is the city worried about certain details that would come out in the discovery...