UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Haha yeah I’m surprised @Surrealplaces hasn’t already done it!
Is there a price that would be considered too high for you? Or do you think this project should happen, even if it cost $1 Trillion?Ah yes. Let's abandon mass transit development and just embrace a completely car-oriented city with ever worsening gridlock because... gotta keep our already low taxes even lower.
I'm guessing she got a bunch of advice from some of her own people after she made a point of saying her cabinet would be 'more rural and less Calgary', or she read some of the several articles in papers around the country, pointing out what a mistake that was. I realize her voting base is largely rural, but it's plainly obvious that she needs Calgary to win the election. Hopefully Calgarians see past the sudden change in tactics and see her for what she is.First sign of credible political strategy that I’ve seen from Smith since she took office. Vote for me and Calgary will get an arena, airport LRT, and a train to Banff. All stuff that middle/ upper-income ex-PC voters like and can imagine themselves using.
Hopefully Notley sees her tactics and raises her a fieldhouse and a green line extension to Seton.I'm guessing she got a bunch of advice from some of her own people after she made a point of saying her cabinet would be 'more rural and less Calgary', or she read some of the several articles in papers around the country, pointing out what a mistake that was. I realize her voting base is largely rural, but it's plainly obvious that she needs Calgary to win the election. Hopefully Calgarians see past the sudden change in tactics and see her for what she is.
Totally agree with everything you've said but its funny to think middle/ upper-income ex-PC voters would ever see themselves on a train.First sign of credible political strategy that I’ve seen from Smith since she took office. Vote for me and Calgary will get an arena, airport LRT, and a train to Banff. All stuff that like and can imagine themselves using.
Totally agree with everything you've said but its funny to think middle/ upper-income ex-PC voters would ever see themselves on a train.
I've ridden airport trains in Chicago and Atlanta, and vast majority of traffic seemed to be airport workers, with no passengers sporting luggage. Which makes sense give the size of those airports. I've used the Hong Kong airport train, and that one had a lot of travelers, but that's a different situation. Here in Calgary there is still a lot of parking for airport employees, and probably enough bus service to get employees there. I'd much rather see money go to the Green Line or to putting the Red Line underground downtown.I don’t think those voters see themselves riding the green line to Ogden, but my understanding is that airport rail is conceptually very popular - more so than in practice. Airport rail is actually used mainly by airport workers and a small share of air passengers but it is the kind of thing that even non-transit riders “think a world class city should have”.
I've ridden airport trains in Chicago and Atlanta, and vast majority of traffic seemed to be airport workers, with no passengers sporting luggage. Which makes sense give the size of those airports. I've used the Hong Kong airport train, and that one had a lot of travelers, but that's a different situation. Here in Calgary there is still a lot of parking for airport employees, and probably enough bus service to get employees there. I'd much rather see money go to the Green Line or to putting the Red Line underground downtown.
that's the city's current planWould a separate line that just runs between the green and blue lines with a stop at the airport work? That could be the beginning of an e-w north LRT in the distant future.
One of the rules for great airport transit is that transit thrives on the diversity of possible uses. I think it would be interesting to see this line extended both east and west, and have a greater focus on TOD.Here is the approved plan for the Airport People Mover. It is expected to be built in phases with the eastern phase built first.
Eastern Phase:
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Western Phase:
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