Or we could emulate Tbilisi and go with the Always Ultra theme ("it has wings!") for our bridges. I've actually crossed this bridge, very lovely setting in an attractive city. But an unfortunate nickname.

The bridge across the Henday is much more attractive than the original eyesore they were proposing.

What's going on with the gas station/carwash/strip plaza site on 100 Avenue (backing onto the AECOM building)? Partial construction of one building has taken place but that's it.

Could be worse. Construction of the first (all-underground) Metro in Quito also started in 2016. It was scheduled to be ready for opening in 2020, but the date was pushed back multiple times. The system was inaugurated in December 2022 and commercial operations began on May 2, 2023. Nine days...

I doubt Whyte Avenue is wide enough for a guideway. It would significantly alter the streetscape and traffic flow. This was the same reason why the Millennium Line was committed to underground running between VCC-Clark and Arbutus (there will be a short elevated section for transition)--Broadway...

After the Valley Line Southeast opens (presumably sometime in the 2050s) and the Valley Line West, Capital Line to Ellerslie, and Metro Line to Blatchford Gate are operational, the priority has to be the Metro Line Phase 2. Castle Downs, like Mill Woods and West Edmonton, has been waiting...

We have that right now: the Valley Line Southeast and the ongoing testing and tinkering with it the Valley Line West construction the Metro Line to Blatchford the Capital Line South Extension Phase 1

The site still falls far short of what was originally promised.

So that means the opening of the line will have to be put off until spring?

It's either that or the line will open and then shut down a week later to deal with another major deficiency. Why do I have the feeling that this line is going to end up like Ottawa's Confederation Line, with start-stop operations and a reputation for utter unreliability?

They would never admit it even if they did. It puts to mind the federal Liberals' cancellation of the federal Conservative government's purchase of military helicopters. The acquisition was portrayed by the Liberals as an unaffordable extravagance during the 1993 election campaign. Over the...

This project has enormous potential given its position in the heart of Mill Woods, not to mention transit access. I just hope that we don't see a repeat of Century Park, where the redevelopment of another failed mall STILL is incomplete two decades after the mall was demolished. Century Park...

If the system doesn't end up opening for years, how soon can we start calling Davies a "ghost station"? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-forgotten-ghost-stations-of-a-once-divided-berlin

Sure, he could have had the ring placed in his date's fries and had the waitress deliver them to the table. But what if the waitress assumed the ring was meant for her? History could have taken an entirely different course. :)

I'm afraid of a 23 Avenue interchange situation here. Recall that the 23 Avenue and Gateway Boulevard interchange was repeatedly put off by the City and its Councils. Meanwhile, the volume grew to the level that the intersection almost failed and became (at the low point) the most dangerous...

I'm still a member of Red Robin Royalty and get their notifications in my inbox. I used to enjoy taking advantage of my free birthday burger. PG is a long drive for that...

Thus the need for a new facility and additional capacity is even more dire...

Interesting. I'd still rather have Red Robin--their burgers and sandwiches were better than anything at 5G or Popeye's. Of course it was the horrifically bad service that killed Red Robin, but when somebody actually bothered to show up at your table to take your order, and somebody else...

The problem is that for at least 20 years under various Conservative governments, failure to spend on necessary facilities was spun as a "win", as a "savings" for taxpayers. And the public bought it. Spending on pretty much anything except the bare essentials was portrayed as an evil. The fact...

Yes but you have the complication of the new Henday bridge at 87 Avenue (an additional span next to the existing road bridge) plus the complete replacement of the bridge over Groat Rd at Stony Plain Road. There are also two elevated stations instead of one, plus Marigold is addtitionally dealing...