Dang. This is a good reminder for me to finish Curb and Succession and then cancel Crave.

Wouldn't the easiest answer be to make sure each N-S road has space for taxis/ubers? Especially on the north side of the block, to help bridge any gap to a ghost-town feeling on 7 ave... April 1-Nov. 1: Closed to vehicles 22/7 (delivery vehicles 5-7am)

Leave the funeral home as is and we've got a ready-made haunted district! That old Mill St house looks super creepy, plus the thousands of pet souls that must be haunting the animal hospital next door...

I agree this is all true, but I might challenge the timeline and what the 'path-not-taken' would have actually looked like. Walking through Vic Park to hockey games in the mid-late 90's I recall seeing hookers and drug-deals. If left to evolve organically, isn't there a strong risk of a...

I'm not sure money is even a big part of the equation. Tons of people still act like taking away a lane on 12th ave was like shooting their dog or something. It's not really an opportunity for a political win; with only 2 urban wards vs. 9 classic suburban (+ the 3 easternmost wards which using...

Still miles better than Jasons...

Ok Boomer.

No doubt it could be done, but I think about the humans in the jobs that would make it happen...even if it's what they really want to do, how far does it get before someone in power quashes the idea because of 'optics'? How many news stories did we see of business owners complaining about how...

Since the guidebook fiasco is going to mean a few years of radio silence on big urban-development issues, the next place for a broad/progressive/controversial conversation in this city should be around the societal values/costs of parking (everywhere). I don't think this is very likely and...

Yup, all of the issues have found solutions long ago, it's just a matter of priorities. I think sometimes we are guilty of cycling infrastructure 'theatre' by trying to build as much stuff as possible that is visible/somewhat physical, when there are a lot of opportunities to create functional...

It's a good route that needed cycle lanes, but I have many nits to pick here. There are 2 not-so-obvious criteria I have for evaluating bike infrastructure: 1. Can I ride it and pay as much 'attention' as I would driving a similar route? (ie. in a car you'd be on the lookout for...

It definitely could. Business owners would lose their minds...which shouldn't necessarily matter, but it would require an unlikely combination of courage from both admin and councillors. A simple improvement would be to eliminate as many left turns as possible (3 rights = 1 left) as they are a...

100% agree - I just don't think totally car-free is practical on 17th (though totally possible on 1st). I'd make the 2 southern lanes 2-way traffic and use the north-most lane to extend sidewalk and maybe add a slow-speed wheeling lane. Make the remaining lane a seasonal/flex lane: bus...

Ooooooo I like it. Let's go a step further and loop around MRU then back north through Currie, east on 33rd through Marda Loop (as was tradition), and north on 14 St to SAIT (or beyond). From 17th go through Stampede Park and up 5th St SE (hitting the green line) then west along Riverfront...

The sad/frustrating thing is that we've really blown our shot - after tearing things up to make marginal improvements it's hard to imagine any support to do it again the 'right' way. Same with my 1 St SW underpass example. It's a tough balance between getting things done [relatively]...

But how would dudes demonstrate their inferiority complexes ripping by the Ship? 17th could definitely re-evaluate it's relationship with cars, but I think it would be a tough sell, and I'm not sure how well the surrounding roads would support the idea. Limited transit; 17th is the southernmost...

For starters, can we push car-free Stephen Ave out a few blocks further? There's already a fair bit of retail, restaurants, and Globe Theatre up to 6 St SW. There's a parkade in the middle of the next block (not sure if it has alternate access), so maybe you have to ease into 1-lane 1-way at...

1. They got the blue/red lines mixed up in the west...Boy I Really Hope Somebody Got Fired For That Blunder. 2. TIL that Palliser One has an outdoor hockey rink?!? Is it just a public option for sticks and pucks? Is it anything in the summer? 3. What is the cost of adding all those balconies...

I rode this section today - it's now slushy and easy to cross, but there is definitely a signage failure. Coming from the east there is a sign at the rail crossing 200m west of the Crowchild bridge - it currently just say 'Open' for the trail heading west...which is true until the gate right...

They also use it for the zip-line...I think they used to do tours of it too (I remember going as a kid...not sure if it was a field-trip or what). I hope it remains in the skyline for a long time, but they should give up any hope of using them for ski jumping. I'm sure something could work...