Doesn't sound like its the case, but it would probably be better for the GL team if a ridiculous price tag and scope reduction rumour were floated out there, so that the actual adjustment doesn't seem so awful.

Certain lobbyists will lose their minds, but how about we state up front that certain new communities will not get transit service, ever. And we state now that certain communities with low density and low ridership will also lose transit altogether in 10 or 20 years. Of course this would be...

Oh great for him - just 12 minutes to downtown now!

Hopefully this works. But as others have mentioned there is still plenty of risk here. At this point it's kinda hard to imagine extra funding coming towards this perceived white elephant before it is up and running. And even then, will it be there if its anything short of a smashing success? If...

The realistic catchment sizes are very similar, despite the SE being much longer. Hell, the north line will have a station about 1.25 kms from Deerfoot City...but apparently that's too far to be part of the catchment. I'm sure there will be plenty of warehouse workers elated to solve the last...

Yes, this is a very big challenge for the SE. It is not a challenge at all for the North. Again, these are primarily challenges for the SE moreso than the North. If we've accepted that running on the surface down Centre St is fine (I'm ambivalent), then it could simply* run all the way down the...

Only because they decided on Shephard instead of Aurora (or a few other options). And everything scales to length of line (train cars required and size of maintenance facility). The full scope build out of the North is shorter than this first phase to SE.

I'm pretty darn anti-car, but I can acknowledge that roads are effectively a public service, too. I'm anti-car and think the Ring Road was a reasonable project. I'm pro-transit, but do not think the Green Line is terribly sensible in its current form. I'm good with spending tens of...

They are tearing out the median on 85 St most of the way from Bow Tr to OBCR. I can't find any info on any city maps about what its for. Doesn't seem to be anything to do with mobility as there are still some crappy ped ramp designs that don't appear to be part of it. Anyone know?

I don't think the RR is necessarily antithetical to reducing auto dominance...it could/should be a justification for a whole bunch of road diets. We'll never be able to flip a switch overnight; I don't know what proportion of RR is induced demand, but I'd venture that the majority is simply...

It has been incredibly demoralizing. No job is fun when the top leadership continually pushes a moronic agenda

I don't understand how this is a BRT weakness? Hell, a bus wouldn't even have to stop if nobody wants to get on or off...is it really any slower (with a proper full ROW that could eventually be rail)? We're only building downtown and that middle stretch. The active mode options to get to the...

You choose 5 traffic lights instead of 1?

I'm glad to see they are embracing side roads again. I far prefer a slightly less direct route with fewer cars and fewer stop lights. I'll have to go through the engagement, but at first glance this plan is missing out on E-W connections, like maybe 50th and 75th (but the map also doesn't show...

Oh Good. One more lane oughta fix it.

Well, at least maintenance and repairs should be a lot more expensive with these designs, which will be great for the local trades economy. So there's that.

Can anyone explain why the A option 'North' costs are only $6M while the other options are significantly higher? My guess would be the for A that is simply the LRT OPEX north of 7 ave (ignoring bussing costs further north on Centre)? While the North BRT options probably aren't terribly...

Sign me up! I've always been on team SEBRT + NLRT. One of the biggest arguments against this was how much land acquisition and design work was needed for the north and that it wouldn't be able to begin construction until the mid 2020s...which happened anyways. Of course there are also some...

Ahh, I missed those two little words. I've ranted about this before, but if you want to keep the lines connected, save a chunk of tunnelling, and use Centre St across the river, you could go up 1st St SW (using the existing CP underpass) instead of 2nd. Then at 3rd Ave there is a surface lot...

Couldn't it simply run down the middle with one car lane on each side like it will to the north?