Posted Mar 29, 2026, 2:31 AM
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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
Calgary started building its LRT in 1978, when their population was 518,000, approximately the population of Halifax now, FWIW. It’s also a much newer city than Halifax, built on a grid system with lots of room for car traffic, but still their city government had the foresight to build an LRT, when many probably said it was too expensive or they didn’t need it.
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Calgary has three other attributes that help its transportation needs. Very low to nothing Hills compared to Halifax and no Ocean plus Gross Income. Calgary is richer and has been for a long time.
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