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I wish we had wider right-of-ways. Some of the best streets in the world are car sewers with super wide sidewalks

Yeah, pretty hostile streetscape for pedestrians all around

No doubt. The NDP barely won the last election. The other thing Victoria has is robust tourism. 300 cruise ships a year and plenty of tourism from Canada, especially day/weekend trips from Vancouver. Then again tourism jobs are hardly lucrative. They tend to be low paying and seasonal. Tourism...

For sure. It helps that a NDP government is in power and they spend more on governance. Victoria is a small town in a big province and most jobs are in government.

It's localized. Victoria is still doing reasonably well, even in the condo market. But yes, Vancouver IS the BC real estate market.

They will become affordable housing eventually, possibly with governments or non-profits buying the suites for low-income earners. Another scenario is that Airbnb rules are loosened and they become vacation rentals.

You do have control over e-bikes and some scooters, yet their maximum speed is capped. Cars aren't really that unique. The only vehicles that should be able to "speed" are emergency services

I don't know. Trains, light rail, elevators, escalators, chair lifts, e-bikes (etc.) all have maximum enforced speed limits and no one ever talks of government over-reach. It's just common sense for safety. Let's bring on the technology to get 100% compliance.

They are unique. And as art goes, that stands for something.

The difference between Calgary/Ottawa and Edmonton is stark. That's why Calgary and Ottawa are often compared while Edmonton is in a different league

Connecting Skybridge / Skypool at 50th Floor? Skyslide down to centre Ice at the new arena?

Calgary CMA with the highest after-tax family income in Canada Calgary = $100,480 Canada = $82,610 Ottawa is 2nd at $93,370 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250718/t004b-eng.htm

Medium growth projections for the Calgary CMA are 2.67 million by 2051. 45,000 for Okotoks, 18,000 for Strathmore, 19,000 for High River, 21,000 for Canmore https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/alberta-population-projections-2025-2051

20 FAR wow

It really feels more like Dallas or Houston or Minneapolis or Denver or Atlanta in terms of downtown vibrancy

Can't wait to tour this one when I visit Calgary. Only real downside is its remote location with little transit. Of course, not a problem for those who get around by car, which I imagine will be most residents.

I'm totally supportive of these 400-some new hotel rooms. It will only add less than 10% (out of 4500) of the quoted lack of capacity in the core. Scarcity is good for hotel rents and hotel owners. It raises prices.

Victoria has taken the approach of putting bike lanes on many arterial streets, rather than side streets. A combination of parking lanes and vehicle traffic lanes have been removed, depending on the circumstance. In the last 5 years the city's streets have been transformed beyond recognition to...

I'm all for many more hotels in the core. I would like to see how we compare to other cities for the downtown hotel shortage. Are there studies like this out there? Vancouver is also crying about a multi-1000 unit downtown hotel shortage, yet they're holding a conference for 30,000 people this...

How many of these people don't want to pay downtown hotel rates? The number is probably inflated to advocate for new hotel construction downtown. It's not like people aren't visiting Calgary because they can't find a place to stay.