Best direction for the Green line at this point?

  • Go ahead with the current option of Eau Claire to Lynbrook and phase in extensions.

    Votes: 42 60.0%

  • Re-design the whole system

    Votes: 22 31.4%

  • Cancel it altogether

    Votes: 6 8.6%
  • Total voters
    70
whatchyyc said:
I'm actually pretty sure this was the preferred solution sought by Green Line, I can't find anything right this second but I remember hearing repeated mentions of trying to integrate station entrances. Would definitely come down to property owners and technical feasibility
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It is something that sounds like a good idea until you actually try to do it and realize unless the building was designed that way from the start it is very hard. Bankers Hall has the under ground conference centre for this future purpose.
 
The city has updated their website to show the maintenance facility design and low floor car specs

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Keep getting this ad on Instagram. Some LED screens in the underground stations could be pretty cool. Skimp on the fancy above ground entries, splurge on LED screens.
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darwink said:
If you did that too many people would be highly irrational and try to take the green line downtown instead of walking to the red line even when going south. That would then drive costs in a myriad of ways.
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How? Event Center traffic will be mostly off-peak so more people into dt wouldn't be a problem. I could see not wanting a direct entrance into the Event Center to avoid security issues
 
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DougB said:
How? Event Center traffic will be mostly off-peak so more people into dt wouldn't be a problem. I could see not wanting a direct entrance into the Event Center to avoid security issues
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People are not entirely rational looking at time tables and google maps and the like. even then, it depends on how much the algorithm seeks to avoid walking.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
Keep getting this ad on Instagram. Some LED screens in the underground stations could be pretty cool. Skimp on the fancy above ground entries, splurge on LED screens.
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LED screens everywhere please
I've said this before but the giant screens at 1 St SW are really cool
 
I saw signs on 52nd just before 130th Ave where the Shepard train maintenance and storage facility is going warning of impending construction for the Greenline. Good sign to me. I drive there often and the signs are brand new,
 
MichaelS said:
I was wondering about that also. There is a Greenline Board meeting on July 4th. Verbal progress reports will be given, then confidential ones as well that will likely contain more details (not that we will know):

Green Line Board - July 04, 2024

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Anyone think it is a good sign for the project?...
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The May update said "Options are being evaluated to address the cost pressures that were identified after the 30% design submissionmilestone in January. This work is being done in advance of the next Development Phase milestone in June 2024 with delivery of the 60% design submission and the Board Decision Gate. The Board anticipates bringing forward recommendations by the end of Q2 2024 for Council decisions."

There hasn't been a public decision to proceed to construction, nor have there been recommendations to Council. Presumably if those were easy, they would have happened already.

The situation looks grim to me. The Crescent Heights segment and the bridge are presumably long gone, but Shepard to Eau Claire seems to be over the budget. They can't make the project any shorter, so either the city puts in more money, or they need to scale back on the size of the stations (which will take months) or the amount of underground construction (which will take year(s).
 
As they say, the silence is deafening. I assume information will come out as we roll into Stampede with perhaps the hope that everyone will be distracted. If they had good news, you would think they would be excited about it...
 
zagox said:
The May update said "Options are being evaluated to address the cost pressures that were identified after the 30% design submissionmilestone in January. This work is being done in advance of the next Development Phase milestone in June 2024 with delivery of the 60% design submission and the Board Decision Gate. The Board anticipates bringing forward recommendations by the end of Q2 2024 for Council decisions."

There hasn't been a public decision to proceed to construction, nor have there been recommendations to Council. Presumably if those were easy, they would have happened already.

The situation looks grim to me. The Crescent Heights segment and the bridge are presumably long gone, but Shepard to Eau Claire seems to be over the budget. They can't make the project any shorter, so either the city puts in more money, or they need to scale back on the size of the stations (which will take months) or the amount of underground construction (which will take year(s).
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It is somewhat of a Catch-22. The Green Line at $6B already was marginal in terms of cost-benefit (only ~$70K riders). If it scraps the section north of Eau Claire and still incurs another multi-billion dollar cost escalation, is the project even worth it? Remember, this project will cripple City finances for decades.
 
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