Wow, yeah that is quite new.
Oh, that's amazing, with regards to transit plans for the city, even if they are delayed. I had no idea higher order transit was considered, I simply thought bus service would be considered, mostly for more local routes. Thanks for filling in for me.
The greenline will be the largest civic project in Calgary's history worth multiple billion dollars. It will extend to the North Central part of the city eventually from the SE. Politics keeps stalling it. I've been hearing how service near my home was coming since I moved in 2011.
Wow, yeah that is quite new.
Oh, that's amazing, with regards to transit plans for the city, even if they are delayed. I had no idea higher order transit was considered, I simply thought bus service would be considered, mostly for more local routes. Thanks for filling in for me.
When I lived in Calgary a decade ago the transit ridership was quite high with almost 80,000 more riders/day than Ottawa.
310k LRT riders
306k bus riders
APTA Q12014 https://www.apta.com/research-techni...ership-report/
Back in 2012 I was there for the grand opening of the West LRT expansion West of downtown and that was a big deal. The Bow skyscraper was completed among many other large buildings. The $1.3B South Health Campus hospital was under construction, and the new beautiful $245M Central downtown library underway, etc.
Before the oil & gas market downturn, and downtown office vacancy rates hovering around 30%, it seemed like Calgary was full steam ahead as one of the top cities in Canada with endless construction, development, AND infill of the existing footprint. So many 3-6 storey apartments/condos and semi-detached infill is occurring throughout the city.
I'm sure O-tacular can attest to that driving around. It's not all cookie cutter homes in shades of greys and beiges.
The SE green line will be transformational for Calgary, particularly when it's expanded North of downtown for a full North Central-Southeast line across the city.
Not sure if this is the most recent alignment, but gives you the idea of how large of a line it will be when fully completed.
The greenline will be the largest civic project in Calgary's history worth multiple billion dollars. It will extend to the North Central part of the city eventually from the SE. Politics keeps stalling it. I've been hearing how service near my home was coming since I moved in 2011.
When fully built out North to SE it's only 29 stations, 46 kilometres, and expected daily ridership of 140,000. No big deal
Yeah it's massive. Thanks to the UCP phase 1 only extends from 130th ave to Eau Claire market now. They've dragged their heels for 6 years stalling it.
Yeah, someone posted that house recently somewhere on here I seem to recall. And I posted about that neighbourhood of Grimsby Beach last year in the villages thread. It was the first time I'd driven through it.
On its own, it could be gaudy. But also could be interesting enough to be nice. However, there are double digit number of homes that look like that in that small neighbourhood. None of us here really know how it started, but it's pretty damn cool that so many people contributed to the aesthetic. This fits perfectly there.
If anyone interested in other examples, I believe it was around May of last year in the towns and villages thread I shared examples.
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Oh please no! That thing was approved by the Harper government which I'm glad the the Liberals cancelled quite quickly. I'm against human statues to begin with just for the record.
Definitely municipal building vibes. For whatever price they paid, I’d rather have a home that is welcoming and resembles an actual home. I’d feel like I was coming from work just to return back to work.
Molson just can't help ripping on people's physical appearance, can he?
What a dick.
Takes one to know one. Watch it there, bud.
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