It's not just the green line, the entire Max purple BRT was built into a right-of-way that's designed to be converted to LRT in the future, with low floor being the only option there too. Because low floor LRT is genuinely better at providing service in urban areas. You only have to look at...

Maybe it's my bias or my background in botany, But that elm was uniquely large and healthy and I'm good with efforts to preserve its genetics by cloning and seed prop. As with anything, the layers of procedure and bureaucracy make it seem silly and over-done, but the intention is a good one.

This is "redesign the whole system" and quite honestly, I think this sort of thing is just likely to cause substantially more delays, costs, and no green line. The answer to me is clear. The cost of the line has escalated. We pay the escalated cost just like we were willing to do (?) for the...

I'd call this an archaic, decrepit, or out-of-date perspective if it wasn't for the fact that people in the 1950s would have, on average, exhibited a more nuanced understanding of collective actions than you appear to. So I think this is really just evidence of how effective capitalist...

HSR would be perfect for Alberta but you're right there's too many car-brained people in this province for it to work easily.

I'm just going to comment on the strange fact that you created this account recently just to post these kinds of cryptic messages of outrage and opposition. You've posted like 10 times in this thread to say basically the same thing.

Oh my condolences. That sucks. I'd be pretty bummed out too.

Park and ride here is about 250x300ft of parking. That's about 278 stalls by my math. Not a ton. A bus transfer here will probably account for the greatest ridership. I think it's reasonable that a transfer would ultimately save time. Average speed on Ogden Rd is going to be much slower than...

Controlled burns in late winter / early spring are the traditional indigenous practice that would have been used strategically for thousands of years before a variety of bans and restrictions reduced its use in Canada. Seems like there's a recent renaissance for this particular management...

The point isn't a comparison like-for-like of service, otherwise, I would have included the hundreds of billions of dollars of road infrastructure and the additional billions per year in maintenance and the additional billions per year in ecological destruction, and the additional billions per...

Or grow a spine, form a union, and advocate to improve their job through collective actions.

Just some rough napkin math to go with my post above: Average cost to own a vehicle per year is about $15,000 (The Star says $16644) Assume 400,000 cars in Calgary, that's $6billion annually. In other words, Calgarians are collectively paying for an entire green line every year, just in...

I agree that this new scope is a huge bummer, but I'm still on the side of rooting for the completion of this core section with the hope that more funding will emerge during construction to expand. All the dilly Dowling and uncertainty about this project has been awful for just getting it done...

Okay I'm mainly bullshitting, but hear me out. Green line station is underground, parkade is underground, community rink is underground So connect the three with a heated/AC concourse and mall with connections to future developments. Add a second street level. Not as a replacement above but...

Completely useless Little patches of Kentucky bluegrass, ruined further by a dumb sign. There's a kind of cultural commentary to be found here.

Trying to get a sense of scale.... I think this is right The streetscape surrounding this is more important than the overall look. Glad to see lots of activation to the street, Great pedestrian spaces and street furniture. Very happy to see they haven't forgotten about the 12ave bike lane...

In the same tone, why do we give a shit about some loser in a car on an ugly flyover? What material impact does catering to the momentary aesthetics of a car commuter have? It does have a material impact on actual humans who are looking for affordable housing. Some douche in a lifted suburban...

Updated views from the hill. It's quite blue on this side. Nice colour pop. Curious to see how it looks once balconies, flashing, trim details are done.

Gorgeous. Perfect execution.