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Edmonton also was much more fiscally conservative in the 80s and 90s than Calgary, and ended up with much less stuff as a result. Pools, what eventually became the Arts Commons, City Hall (with office component), and LRT expansion all happened in Calgary and not in Edmonton because Calgary...

There are many things at play which drove that. It is entirely viable to build on 8th, but the businesses aren't going to like the tradeoffs that enable that, and if council starts imposing criteria on the project without understanding the cost of those requirements, the project would descend...

Exactly in the ultimate stage. so they could build a tunnel on 7th without interupting service, and run it without an OMC or delivery site on the Blue Line, and continue to run the rush hour NW to NE trains.

Image from Page 30 City Hall Area Redevelopment Plan Retrieved from Archive.org "Developments in the City Hall area must provide for the protection of rights-of-way for future below grade L.R.T. facilities as shown in the accompanying L.R.T. Plan. The purpose of protecting these rights-of-way...

I expect the main benefit was if LRT was off of 7th, perhaps many if not all buses could be relocated to 7th. Plus it was going to have a really cool cross platform transfer station under Olympic Plaza.

Yes. The original plan was that there would be enough capacity for both lines, which would allow 7th to then be built as a twin subway eventually. I don't think that would work nearly as easily anymore. due to subsequent building.

some old pipes.

A festival site aligning with the growth of Coca-Cola stage demand seems wise.

Years of it by my memory.

There is real debate. The illusion of parking likely led to the sustainability of 8th as a pedestrian mall while others failed across north america.

Health of people is explicitly a municipal responsibility under the MGA.

Looks like your eye is right. My thought would be that to provide adequate spacing on the piers, the support structure needed to be built not exactly centre under the bridge.

Thinking about this more: the province owning the thing might be what gives the province cold feet about a near perpetual agreement for the CPR corridor. Which it would be hilarious if the province put in a project requirement without understanding the consequences and has spent years trying...

Tbh it all comes around to framing and implementation. Low infrastructure paint lanes with no signal changes imo make it more dangerous for everyone and annoy people the most. By focusing on high quality implementation where there is excess road capacity, you reduce conflict and created...

Have to be cognizant that the person making these strategy calls lives in Airdrie, and they’re all dumbfounded that a conservative as they define it (somehow freezing municipal taxes) hasn’t been elected Mayor in Calgary or Edmonton.

On bikes they want to bait Nenshi to taking one side, pushing more polarization. It also needs to be seen as a project alongside the introduction of political parties to municipal politics. Except for one perennial complainer, is there a bike lane issue outside of Chinatown that generated a...

The province is the one that insisted the province own the thing, which drastically changed the economics of the project. I believe the pre-airport link, post adding things the province wanted on the CABR, the availability payment was to be $6 million a year, about the same as resurfacing 1 km...

They needed more runway and failed to turn it into viable product. On Reddit, insiders make it sounds like their board was captured by the founder(s), who should have been supplemented or replaced at least a few years back.

Weighting construction time as a cost in the evaluation of bids. Prioritizing time can seriously push costs, as it causes sub-contractors to schedule a fair amount of idle time to ensure their workers and equipment are ready when the project is ready for them. A good part of it we can't...