The idea of a crosstown freeway through the middle of the north part of the city is dead. And really isn't necessary anyway. The roads in place that carry heavy loads of traffic can be upgraded to improve the flow of traffic. 16th is a weird one though where it's trying to be two things at...

Good reply. I had my opinion that the BRT should go down Bow, and turn onto Kensington RD/Parkdale BV via Crowchild for the time savings even at the expense of skipping the density of Hillhurt to avoid redundancy with the route 1. This is with an assumption that West Calgary residents would...

Speaking of route 305, when they give it the MAX upgrade, I think it should take a different routing than it does currently. Instead of turning off 14 Street NW to go into Kensington, it should continue down Bow Trail, and get to Parkdale Blvd via Crowhcild instead. And then when it gets to...

Going back to the 16th ave discussion, I wonder if giving it the 17th Ave SE treatment would help the area? 16the Ave in that area would probably be better suited having two through lanes rather than three. Having the MAX Orange have it's own median transitway could be something that would make...

Speaking of CO-OP, is it intended for the store, and the parking lot, to become a mixed used residential tower in the future?

Transit this year (and last) has been back on 17th. And there is discussion on having a transit route go into the Stampede Grounds via 17th Ave.

Service to Chestermere via Max Purple begins August 30th. https://www.calgarytransit.com/content/transit/en/home/news/service-to-chestermere.html

I wonder about the Blue Line travelers for this. Wouldn't it make more sense to just get off at City Hall station, and walk to the NW entrance of the arena? The time to walk from City Hall or Victoria Park/Stampede Station is gonna be essentially the same. The SW corner still overall will...

First impressions on the exterior renders is I think it looks fine. I appreciate the Little Ceaser's Arena approach, and with how constraint the site was due to the shift away from inverted bowl, as well to keep costs reasonably within budget, I think this does well enough from the outside. I...

It's not just you. Link on that isn't working for the drawings portion it appears.

This post here is why I'm okay with at-grade crossing for 16th since the low-floor trains are designed for this, and the area around that station as a whole is intended to be a urban corridor both to the north/south, and east/west. It's a case where at-grade is likely just as good as being...

I get what you're saying and I do hope that 16th is grade separate so then the LRT has complete priority within that corridor, and is protected from possible vehicle/pedestrian collisions. But depending on how much vehicle traffic is reduced on Centre ST in lieu of the LRT, it may end up being...

Initially I wanted this too, but I get the impression that it's not going to happen, and will be at-grade, and I'm content with that. The costs to make it grade separated may be significantly more, and what's the trade off benefit? Will it really improve traffic on 16th avenue which is a traffic...

I would what the costs would be to eliminate the 14 street interchange, and make it an at grade intersection? The wasted space around that area could be developed into something better as a result.

Agreed. I rather 11th have vehicle lanes, and if it's possible to reduce traffic volume at 8th street, go for it. This is what I would like to see. Having the 7 Street cycle track go all the way into Upper Mount Royal somewhere would be great. This could be the pedestrian/plaza style underpass...

So I saw some workers at this site today. Don't know if it means much, but interesting nonetheless.

Agreed. Considering the city is focused on the next phase of downtown, changing the names of the main streets/prominent streets back to their original names should be done to give it more character and make the area more distinct from the rest of the city. International Avenue, Bowness Road...

This is a case where I actually think council made the right call here. McDonald's has all the leverage here. This is not a case of where a new drive thru is being added. If that was the case, then it wouldn't be approved whatsoever. This is an upgrade on one that's already there, and is going...

Didn't see this followed up. It has passed first reading and been carried to a second and third reading on September 13th. General sense from council seems to be that the proposed option is a better drive thru operation than what it currently is. And rejecting the application could just lead to...

Get married in front of it?