Stevey_G, I agree about the structural issues regarding government funding but using Finland as an example is not ideal. There are too many factors at play, some of the obvious ones are demographics, government structure, economy etc. it would be better to show results from within Canada...

I don't blame them for underfunding the programs when the return on investment is not concrete. They might find a job, they might get off drugs etc. is not good enough. You guys have been saying the same things for over a decade and some action was taken, show me the results instead of making...

They have access to health care, education and jobs yet some still treat our downtown like shit. How is my proposal any different from what bottle recyclers are doing now? Jesus christ! You guys are portraying the act of incentivizing the clean-up of downtown as a bad thing. Trying to make them...

I don't care how it is done, just as long as the homeless work force is employed, or at least given the offer. I am sick and tired of us spend tax dollars on people that don't pay taxes, trying to improve their situation without any effort from them to make things better. We cannot have it one way.

It should be made official instead of having mini-groups and one-timers doing it on a irregular basis.

^^ An army of only 9 people? Hats off to those folks for keeping downtown clean, much respect! The management should do better though, the army is too small. The homeless should be volunteering to help the clean up crew. Those that help should get a warm place to sleep at night, food to eat and...

I like what I see but it doesn't have to be fancy and should be more compact to fit in an urban environment. I wonder how much this would cost?

Send an appeal. Tell your councillor about it, tell the news about it. This kind of stuff should not be happening anymore, period.

The second last photo posted is one of the best skyline shots I have ever seen. A proper panorama from that vantage point just a little lower to hide the parking lot but includes all of the U of A and a little further east of the existing photo would be wonderful.

This reminds me of the situation where someone buys a brand new car and crashes it just before it leaves the lot.

It looks like the view of the parkade in the back will be blocked in 3 months, what a relief.

I thought they were going to reuse some of the bricks from the building that existed before.

9.7 million is a joke.

All the proposals are downgrades.

We still have a bunch of parking lots and vacant land that has seen no change for 20+ years. Change should take no longer than 6 years if it doesn't happen by then then we didn't do enough to facilitate change.

Creating short cuts and other time saving modifications will induce demand.

An idiot is born every day this problem will never go away.

^ How long will it take to get the desired result? 1 year, 100 years?

Thank you for posting that video BrettB. The video fails to mention that only one or two roads out of 10 experience traffic jams. I also want to point out that we will never be free from traffic jams regardless of the transportation modes we use. A good example of what I am talking about is...

Much better location for the gate then where it was before.