Silence&Motion
Senior Member
Every other urban forum has a fantasy transit map thread. Why not Skyrise Calgary? Let's let our imaginations run wild.
I created my own fantasy map for Calgary transit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hu86N6Dd2K6PMayT8qpP22i3VCs&usp=sharing
My intention with the map was to use the city's existing transit plan as a guide, then modify routes and technologies to create the basis for TOD. I also focused on linking together major sites of employment and consumption (universities, hospitals, main streets, malls, etc.) and creating connections outside the downtown core.
In addition to the existing LRT lines and the proposed Green Line, I've added:
1. An "Orange" LRT line that basically replaces the North Crosstown BRT, connecting Bowness in the west with Peter Lougheed Hospital in the east. It also connects the three northern LRT lines, two hospitals (Foothills and Lougheed)
2. A "Purple" LRT line that replaces the SE-BRT and parts of the SW-BRT, linking together the downtown core with Forest Lawn, 17th Ave, Marda Loop, and MRU. It partially shares the Green Line track through Inglewood and Victoria Park.
3. An airport "spur" line off the current Blue Line
4. Three major BRT lines. (1) A South Crosstown BRT, which is basically what is currently proposed. (2) A North Crosstown BRT that is based on the city's current (vague) plans for a "West Campus" transitway and then somewhat follows the northern part of the current 72 bus route. Finally, (3) a "Circle" BRT that links the outer suburbs to all of the LRT lines and to the airport and provides north-south transit on the east end of the city.
5. A regional rail system that follows the existing tracks, which is basically what others have been proposing in the regional rail thread: three separate lines respectively linking Banff, Airdrie, and Okotoks/High River to downtown Calgary.
Anyway, I'd be interesting in any comments or hearing other's transit wish list.
I created my own fantasy map for Calgary transit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hu86N6Dd2K6PMayT8qpP22i3VCs&usp=sharing
My intention with the map was to use the city's existing transit plan as a guide, then modify routes and technologies to create the basis for TOD. I also focused on linking together major sites of employment and consumption (universities, hospitals, main streets, malls, etc.) and creating connections outside the downtown core.
In addition to the existing LRT lines and the proposed Green Line, I've added:
1. An "Orange" LRT line that basically replaces the North Crosstown BRT, connecting Bowness in the west with Peter Lougheed Hospital in the east. It also connects the three northern LRT lines, two hospitals (Foothills and Lougheed)
2. A "Purple" LRT line that replaces the SE-BRT and parts of the SW-BRT, linking together the downtown core with Forest Lawn, 17th Ave, Marda Loop, and MRU. It partially shares the Green Line track through Inglewood and Victoria Park.
3. An airport "spur" line off the current Blue Line
4. Three major BRT lines. (1) A South Crosstown BRT, which is basically what is currently proposed. (2) A North Crosstown BRT that is based on the city's current (vague) plans for a "West Campus" transitway and then somewhat follows the northern part of the current 72 bus route. Finally, (3) a "Circle" BRT that links the outer suburbs to all of the LRT lines and to the airport and provides north-south transit on the east end of the city.
5. A regional rail system that follows the existing tracks, which is basically what others have been proposing in the regional rail thread: three separate lines respectively linking Banff, Airdrie, and Okotoks/High River to downtown Calgary.
Anyway, I'd be interesting in any comments or hearing other's transit wish list.