Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

Go Elevated or try for Underground?

  • Work with the province and go with the Elevated option

    Votes: 58 69.9%

  • Try another approach and go for Underground option

    Votes: 22 26.5%

  • Cancel it altogether

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Go with a BRT solution

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Total voters
    83
lemongrab said:
I assume 196th Ave is now Seton Dr? A little funny that they presume an underpass there...2017...simpler times! This next image indicates 196th might be further south, aka Seton Ave?

From the link you posted it looks like there would be ROW (as of 2022) to turn around the catholic HS and run ENE along Union Ave

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That makes no sense given that green field development should have allowed optimal rounding of the Green Line. It should have a stop immediately next to the hospital. It also should have the optionality to extend further south. What were they thinking?
 
lemongrab said:
I assume 196th Ave is now Seton Dr? A little funny that they presume an underpass there...2017...simpler times! This next image indicates 196th might be further south, aka Seton Ave?

From the link you posted it looks like there would be ROW (as of 2022) to turn around the catholic HS and run ENE along Union Ave

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Thank you for this map, I see the ROW possibilities now along Union Avenue. Not in my lifetime, but I do think the city will grow more to the east here rather than south over the bow.

YYCguy said:
If they could find a way to connect the Green and Red Lines at 212 avenue, that would be ideal!
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I did a rough estimate for the length of a Gondola from 210 Ave SW to the Green Line Station.

For reference the Banff Sunshine Gondola is 4.5KM. So 9.15KM is realistic if....
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You have a transfer station at the 4KM mark at the bottom of the hill near Wolf Willow, this would also allow residents of Wolf Willow to use it to get to the Red Line or Green Line. People could also use the Gondola to get to the river pathways. (Not Pictured) Another transfer station would be required between Legacy Village Link and Legacy Boulevard.
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Across the river, you could do a transfer station at Cranston's Riverstone for the same reason you have one in Wolf Willow.
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It is realistic but is it necessary, I don't know?
 
DougB said:
That makes no sense given that green field development should have allowed optimal rounding of the Green Line. It should have a stop immediately next to the hospital. It also should have the optionality to extend further south. What were they thinking?
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Welcome to Calgary, where planning doesn't include infrastructure.....
 
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