$8 billions for a 10km line??? $800milion per km? 🤨

Neat! Looks like there used to be a boarding house on that site. It was torn down after 2017.

Agreed. I always thought that building was butt-ugly. It's an eye sore when coming into downtown. The size and scale never fit the context of the neighborhood. It didn't belong there when it was built in the early 70's and it still doesn't fit in today 50 years later.

Could we see a bus route on the ring road one day? The city could use overpasses as stations.

Good points. I'm partially sold on the idea. However, I have a few questions to ask you regarding a surface run train through downtown: 1. How do you propose the Greenline crosses the CP tracks? 2. Do you think there would be excess congestion and increased travel times having three train lines...

Ideally yes. But it's advantageous to future proof our transit system for the next 100 years. I think a surface station at Eau Claire and a surface station at 4th street S.E. would be a decent compromise. Construction should have commenced in 2018. It's very disappointing that it's taken this...

I don't know how the developers got away with this. Usually there are landscaping requirements for greenfield developments. Maybe this project was granted an exception due to the placement of existing underground utilities. You're right. The lack of trees on a south facing sidewalk/façade is...

It'd be interesting to see who the big water users are in Calgary. To see a residential vs. Industrial/Commercial split and to see a break down of of water consumption of a high-rise residential unit vs. SFH. In the last 20 years there have been a few golf courses which redeveloped into...

That's the question that I find the most intriguing. The water main is suppose to have a lifecycle of 100 years and yet it catastrophically ruptured at year 49. Did the manufacturer lie about the pipe specifications? Was the pipe under too much pressure? Was the flow rate too great? Was...

So far, U/D has been a smashing for the reasons that you outlined. Especially considering how development in EV appears to have stalled. Every time I visit U/D I'm blown away by the amount of construction and how the streetscape is so pleasant to the pedestrian experience. However, I have to...

The city has updated their website to show the maintenance facility design and low floor car specs https://www.calgary.ca/content/www/en/home/green-line/trains

Why rents are going up so fast in Calgary https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/inflation-costs-rents-high-calgary-housing-reits Steve Pomeroy, a Carleton University professor and housing policy researcher, ascribes the surge in population to “a very unmanaged system of immigration for...

I think we're at 19. You don't like taking cranes off the list, do you? 😛 Residential Bridgeland Continuing Care 1 First and Park 1 Elbow 5 Eight 1 Frontier 1 Barron Building 1 4th Street Lofts 1 Block 15 1 The Quarters 1 The Plaza 2 The Enzo 1 West 33rd 1 The Nines 1 Wing Kei 1 Munro 1...

Those are good points. Although I don't have the data in front of me, I agree that auto travel is probably more dangerous on a per km basis than public transit. I think it's the public perception that matters. When you enter a vehicle, you are usually alone and feel safe (even though you're...

An interesting article on Transit Safety: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/transit-calgary-vcc-homeless-1.7214161 It's disappointing to hear that safety concerns may be stymying transit ridership. I've personally never experienced an issue on Calgary Transit where I've felt unsafe...

Based on the chart, since the year 2000 average wages have almost doubled. From that same time period, the cost of housing has increased more than three-fold

It's sad to see the living standards in this country decline so precipitously. Even in the 1990's the Standard of Living and Quality of Life was far superior than what it is to today. https://calgaryherald.com/business/dream-homeownership-calgary-alberta-fading

To be honest, unless it's a highly specialized industry, I'm skeptical when I hear the term "worker shortage". "Business Leaders" will often lament that there are worker shortages in their industry. My counter argument is that there is no worker shortage when unemployment is at 6.1%. There is a...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller introduced a bill granting automatic Canadian citizenship to descendants of Canadians born abroad, even if the parent spent as little as three years living in Canada. https://globalnews.ca/news/10519355/citizenship-bill-canada/ Sounds like the federal...

In the first four months of 2024, the population grew 47% faster than in the same period in 2023. I wonder why housing is so expensive?