O-tac
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No, Dreeshan said they are keeping the low floor trains that have been ordered already.
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No, Dreeshan said they are keeping the low floor trains that have been ordered already.
Ramsayite
Active Member
Where do you see that they've switched to high floor trains?
That would not be a positive thing, imo.
But I can't find anything to indicate that is true.
E: whoops, bit slow y'all beat me to it
Sambo
New Member
Name calling and stereotyping. Your post should be deleted.
Sambo
New Member
No, you can call it a Conservative Party.
Sambo
New Member
Your post has been reported.
O-tac
Active Member
For what?If anything you should be flagged for the conspicuous pattern of only ever posting to defend the UCP or to attack me and others who criticize them. You appear to be either a troll or somehow affiliated with the UCP.
People like you killed SSP Calgary.
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outoftheice
Active Member
Some interesting tidbits from this Rick Bell piece. I laugh at the comment about "some people" suggesting City Hall because I'm fairly certain it was the premier or Dreeshen that suggested it.
...Dreeshen confirmed once the Green Line is at the Event Centre it may not come into the downtown and connect with the existing line at City Hall, as some individuals suggested.
In fact, the Green Line is more likely to go west from the Event Centre through the Beltline and then come into the downtown quite a bit to the west of city hall...
...Then there is the question of what happens when the Green Line connects up with the existing LRT lines downtown. Where does it go?
The line could then go north to Eau Claire because one day people north of the river may get an LRT.
The line will almost certainly go from Shepard to the more-populated southeast communities....
calgaryherald.com
...Dreeshen confirmed once the Green Line is at the Event Centre it may not come into the downtown and connect with the existing line at City Hall, as some individuals suggested.
In fact, the Green Line is more likely to go west from the Event Centre through the Beltline and then come into the downtown quite a bit to the west of city hall...
...Then there is the question of what happens when the Green Line connects up with the existing LRT lines downtown. Where does it go?
The line could then go north to Eau Claire because one day people north of the river may get an LRT.
The line will almost certainly go from Shepard to the more-populated southeast communities....
Bell: Danielle Smith wants Green Line track laid spring 2025
Smith government wants Calgary Green Line LRT track laid this coming spring after Calgary city council approves new Green Line route
calgaryherald.com
Golfing guy
Active Member
If anything you should be flagged for the conspicuous pattern of only ever posting to defend the UCP or to attack me and others who criticize them. You appear to be either a troll or somehow affiliated with the UCP.
People like you killed SSP
What happened to Rick Bell? It’s like he has zero credibility left. He’s just a mouth piece for the UCPSome interesting tidbits from this Rick Bell piece. I laugh at the comment about "some people" suggesting City Hall because I'm fairly certain it was the premier or Dreeshen that suggested it.
...Dreeshen confirmed once the Green Line is at the Event Centre it may not come into the downtown and connect with the existing line at City Hall, as some individuals suggested.
In fact, the Green Line is more likely to go west from the Event Centre through the Beltline and then come into the downtown quite a bit to the west of city hall...
...Then there is the question of what happens when the Green Line connects up with the existing LRT lines downtown. Where does it go?
The line could then go north to Eau Claire because one day people north of the river may get an LRT.
The line will almost certainly go from Shepard to the more-populated southeast communities....
Bell: Danielle Smith wants Green Line track laid spring 2025
Smith government wants Calgary Green Line LRT track laid this coming spring after Calgary city council approves new Green Line route
O-tac
Active Member
Has the Dinger ever had credibility? I do agree he’s basically just the UCP’s propagandist at this point though.
O-tac
Active Member
Some interesting tidbits from this Rick Bell piece. I laugh at the comment about "some people" suggesting City Hall because I'm fairly certain it was the premier or Dreeshen that suggested it.
...Dreeshen confirmed once the Green Line is at the Event Centre it may not come into the downtown and connect with the existing line at City Hall, as some individuals suggested.
In fact, the Green Line is more likely to go west from the Event Centre through the Beltline and then come into the downtown quite a bit to the west of city hall...
...Then there is the question of what happens when the Green Line connects up with the existing LRT lines downtown. Where does it go?
The line could then go north to Eau Claire because one day people north of the river may get an LRT.
The line will almost certainly go from Shepard to the more-populated southeast communities....
Bell: Danielle Smith wants Green Line track laid spring 2025
Smith government wants Calgary Green Line LRT track laid this coming spring after Calgary city council approves new Green Line route
Is there a chance the federal money gets scrapped if there’s an early election in the spring and the Liberals are replaced?
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
IMO the chances are zero. The liberals wouldn’t cancel a transit project and the conservatives wouldn’t want to mess with their western base and will likely be hands off and just hand out things.
Joborule
Active Member
Plus, there's an upcoming round of federal funding incoming in the next couple of years. The current money has been allocated since 2015. The messaging from the feds with the most recent drama was disappointment with the UCP political moves jeopardizing the project. Now that Shepard is back in play for the first phase, can't imagine they'll fuck with the money since there's nothing to be gained by doing so even if the conservatives get in early.
I don't think so - the initial funding in 2015 that started the ball rolling came from Harper.
O-tac
Active Member
And Kenney was the transport minister. But he changed his tune when he became Premier.
I basically don’t trust conservatives at any level of government not to mess with this and politicize it. Logically I agree it makes no sense for them to pull back funding. But there was no logic in what Dreeshan and Smith did either. Poilievre seems every bit as petty and populist as our Premier. It’s unknown how he will behave.
I’ve basically lost all faith waiting a decade for this project to be built. I’ll be in disbelief when it actually gets built.
Ramsayite
Active Member
I'd love to believe that a future federal conservative government would maintain a consistent position vis-a-vis the Harper conservatives, but I'm not convinced. PP seems to be a fan of TOD and densification but his base sure isn't.
The "conservative" ideology has become increasingly inconsistent. It's unpredictable, reactionary populism at its worst. Absolutely chock-full of contradictions and hypocrisy.
It makes it very difficult to predict where a project like the green line will go. Any attempts at understanding it through a coherent a policy framework are wasted. It will be the whims of lobbyists and special interest groups that will determine the future of this and other rail projects. Gone are the days of stable, predictable worldview.
From an ideology of sensible investment and neoliberal pragmatism, conservatives have instead become the overly sensitive, identity-obsessed, pandering, big-government, ideologues that they once pretended to criticize.
Free speech "absolutists" that sure can't handle speech that offends them personally.
I won't attempt to provide any localized examples, lest my post be deleted again.
The "conservative" ideology has become increasingly inconsistent. It's unpredictable, reactionary populism at its worst. Absolutely chock-full of contradictions and hypocrisy.
It makes it very difficult to predict where a project like the green line will go. Any attempts at understanding it through a coherent a policy framework are wasted. It will be the whims of lobbyists and special interest groups that will determine the future of this and other rail projects. Gone are the days of stable, predictable worldview.
From an ideology of sensible investment and neoliberal pragmatism, conservatives have instead become the overly sensitive, identity-obsessed, pandering, big-government, ideologues that they once pretended to criticize.
Free speech "absolutists" that sure can't handle speech that offends them personally.
I won't attempt to provide any localized examples, lest my post be deleted again.