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Originally Posted by Policy Wonk
But this is what is funny to me... it is somehow unthinkable that future Calgary will find the resources to build a 7th Ave Subway in the name of increasing capacity and restoring surface traffic, but it is just a given that an "administration not yet born" will pull out all the stops to build an impossibly expensive Centre Street LRT alignment instead of Nose Creek. All for the opportunity to fight the residents of established communities block by block over TOD and intensification instead of shooting a damn near straight line to ridership rich Northern suburbs.
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That groupthink strikes again; I remember someone on here pretty recently strenuously protesting the perception a Centre Street LRT is the urban alternative and the Nose Creek LRT is the suburban one.
I would still honestly appreciate a number or relative capacity that you think would be the maximum appropriate for 7th Ave (if you want a horizon, March 18, 2076 -- although seems to me that the maximum train capacity is relatively horizon independent). If we're having a discussion about whether there would be sufficient capacity for the demand, we need to actually talk about what we think the capacity and demand might be, not baldly state "never enough capacity". But maybe you don't want a discussion.
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