Shortcuts in calgary

[Proboscis]

Anybody got anymore. I can just think of 2 right now. Let's keep these all a secret ;)
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[dj_honda]

it would help knowing what streets they are lol

[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[nusneak]

Those are some of the worst MS paint maps I have ever seen.

Going west on 16th ave from the west side of deerfoot the bridge into Renfrew(8th st) is always faster then 16th ave. Then you can go south on St. Georges Drive or keep going east on one of the back roads over to center or whatever.
Saves huge time.

And the drive home from Glenmore and Mcleoud I always take Glenmore WB and go off on 18th st s.e N to lynnwood and either take ogden road or 50th ave up to or keep going on ogden road to portland street up over the zoo bridge and onto memorial or St. Georges if it is slow, besides that I guess I just try to stay out of thick traffic. Even in the middle of rush hour I can get home in 25-30 minutes.

[ashee]

Why would you take a shortcut all the way through a back alley? That isn't exactly going to be much faster especially because the max in allies is 15km/h and after every block you have to wait until its clear to get across the road to the other block of alley.

[snade831]

A back alley? Have you even tried these?

[Ekliptix]

lol @ the service road beside the LRT tracks.

[CivicTunr]

dont take the 17th ave back alley, just go up one block and take that road. i think its like 18th ave.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by ashee
Why would you take a shortcut all the way through a back alley? That isn't exactly going to be much faster especially because the max in allies is 15km/h and after every block you have to wait until its clear to get across the road to the other block of alley. My car tops out at 15km/h with certain, "obesity challenged" folk. Hence the "no fat chicks!" sticker.

[ashee]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
My car tops out at 15km/h with certain, "obesity challenged" folk. Hence the "no fat chicks!" sticker.

:clap: you're so cool

[barbarian]

53st NW usually gets backed-up in the North bound direction when Crowchild Tr. is already screwed up. Shaganappi Trail is also screwed up at this time. Everyone piles onto 53st nw and backs it up about 10 minutes.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1627/53stvc3.png (http://imageshack.us)

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by barbarian
53st NW usually gets backed-up in the North bound direction when Crowchild Tr. is already screwed up. Shaganappi Trail is also screwed up at this time. Everyone piles onto 53st nw and backs it up about 10 minutes.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1627/53stvc3.png (http://imageshack.us)

FINALLY a good map

nothing against google maps but this is a lot more clear when it comes to short cuts lol

[l8braker]

Originally posted by snade831
A back alley? Have you even tried these?

They're deadly around here. Dips, potholes, debris. I live on 17th and taking a shortcut through the alley's will just slow you down even more stopping for every street, crackhead, drunk girls, etc. It's better to take 15th Ave and skip all of the red mile traffic, while leaving your car intact.

[CalgarySupra]

http://www.westnet.ca/members/calgarysupra/shortcut.jpg

[Tik-Tok]

No offence, but I'm not telling anyone my short cuts. Once they get out, they are no longer short, a handful of people who know them turn into a large # of people pretty quickly.

Besides, I don't think anyone else has a hover-mustang that can ride the rivers like mine :D

(worst paint-photo-shop ever)http://forums.beyond.ca/attachment.php?s=&postid=1657119

[Kona9]

You will no longer be able to use COP as a short cut to Cougar ridge etc.... They say they are closing off access.

[szw]

Originally posted by barbarian
53st NW usually gets backed-up in the North bound direction when Crowchild Tr. is already screwed up. Shaganappi Trail is also screwed up at this time. Everyone piles onto 53st nw and backs it up about 10 minutes.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1627/53stvc3.png (http://imageshack.us)

Yep this is my short cut also! Most of my short cuts usually involve being an ass and cutting people off.

[asuth077]

Originally posted by Kona9
You will no longer be able to use COP as a short cut to Cougar ridge etc.... They say they are closing off access.

I use to work there and they have been saying that for years, when I was there they enforced it with 2 booths that checked passes at the top and bottom.

[seer_claw]

The 'shortcut' up 20th street if you get stuck on Crowchild will only be good for 1 more winter. We are going to take it out next spring and its not going to be open. So to those of you golfing at Earl Grey golf course are going to have to take the long way out.

BTW its the first photograph in the thread.

[rage2]

haha I know exactly what the 1st one is. That's a REALLY good shortcut through "--------".

I also know a handful of really good ones for rush hour, and I'm not giving up my secrets!

[01RedDX]

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[Kobe]

Whenever im driving to sherwood for work in the morning, 16th ave is ALWAYS soo backed up, and its soo hard to get onto shag..

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7130/shag1ej1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shag1ej1.jpg)

Shortcut..

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[scat19]

I dont have any shortcuts because I dont live in the city.

But thanks for the tips guys

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Proboscis
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:thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

I used to live on 10A St SW close to here and I HATED the homos that would use that back alley as a shortcut. They would cross the the streets without looking and I almost got broadsided by a number of them.

IMO Anyone using a residential area or a backalley as a shortcut should be kicked in the nuts.

[rage2]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
I coulda sworn they closed that one off for the... you know.
Still open, I used it the other day. Ya, I thought it would've been closed for the... you know... as well! :rofl:

[sputnik]

Originally posted by barbarian
53st NW usually gets backed-up in the North bound direction when Crowchild Tr. is already screwed up. Shaganappi Trail is also screwed up at this time. Everyone piles onto 53st nw and backs it up about 10 minutes.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1627/53stvc3.png (http://imageshack.us)

Except for the fact that most of the section down Dalhousie Dr is a playground zone and cops ALWAYS sit at Dalhousie and Dalton Dr picking people off.

My friends used to live in the townhouses on Dalton and we saw them there ALL of the time.

[Proboscis]

Those are some of the worst MS paint maps I have ever seen.


I must of been still drunk after comin' home from the bar
:thumbsup:

I'll try to redeem myself
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[rage2]

haha there goes the crowchild to glenmore secret! :rofl:

That shortcut cuts about 10 minutes in rush hour, 20 minutes if traffic is backed up past mount royal. One of the best. Let's see how long it takes before it gets packed up haha.

[seer_claw]

Originally posted by rage2
haha there goes the crowchild to glenmore secret! :rofl:

That shortcut cuts about 10 minutes in rush hour, 20 minutes if traffic is backed up past mount royal. One of the best. Let's see how long it takes before it gets packed up haha.

Next spring it will be gone for good. Only a walking path and a sound wall. There are going to be a lot of ticked off people when we close it.

[88CRX]

Originally posted by rage2

I also know a handful of really good ones for rush hour, and I'm not giving up my secrets!

:werd: there shortcuts for a reason... cause nobody knows about them lol

[Seanith]

Originally posted by rage2
haha there goes the crowchild to glenmore secret! :rofl:


I find the U-bomb at the first set of lights in lakeview works well enough lol.

[rc2002]

Originally posted by Seanith


I find the U-bomb at the first set of lights in lakeview works well enough lol.

Yeah, that's a good one, but sometimes they have cops waiting for you. And the cop will be just standing there, no car or bike (or he's parked it out fo the way). Last time he got 3 guys.

I usually go down to the IGA parking lot and do the U-turn there. I save 5-10 minutes easily when it's backed up. Which seems to be all the time now that there's construction on Glenmore.

[Supa Dexta]

where are you guys comming from and what is it your doing, I sat there one day and watched,there must have been 5 people a minute comming in and doin u'ees in the parking lot.. But why? goign to 14th st? and avoiding the flyover?

[Seanith]

Coming south on crowchild then going east on glenmore... up on that overpass thing traffic gets backed up pretty bad. If you to a U in lakeview you can avoid going up and around.

[Proboscis]

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Use at your own risk

[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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[Who?]

Ashee pigs? WTF?

[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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ashee monkeys

[Proboscis]

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[snowboard]

k dude what the fuck is going on with your short cuts hahahaha..

I the one near puraltor is good fro those going up there. ill make one in a minute. :D

[slickk]

Thanks for the tips. :thumbsup:

What are the risks of taking the shortcut from 37th street through the reserve though? Any stories out there?

[snowboard]

This is for when there is a accident on calf robe.

there used to be a wicked bog in the ditch but lafarge filled it. :(

[DeeK]

Half these shortcuts are completely retarded...

I'm not even gonna hand out my shortcuts, I drove around the city everyday for 2 years, 10 hours a day for my job. I know em all... :)

[NATE0513]

someone post a shortcut to braeside from the deerfoot outlet mall. currently I take southland drive (brutal) to blackfoot then blackfoot to deerfoot... anybody got anything?

[Proboscis]

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[D_2K]

on that 37th shortcut across the reserve, me and my buddy tried it last year. It worked great but took a while cause its a gravel road the whole way...My aunt told me that shes done it once and got caught but the reserve security/police...they told her to turn around and go back....

[whiskas]

There's no traffic and no speed limit on this road and there are never any cops.

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[ercchry]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/proboscis100/ogden2.jpg [/B]

ended up here lost one night and i would not take this road if you have a lowed car or a nice set of wheels

[Gurpy]

Originally posted by Seanith


I find the U-bomb at the first set of lights in lakeview works well enough lol.

:rofl: I always see people pull u-turns there, when theres a cop standing on the side of the road just waiting for that to happen....they give so many tickets from that. It's even funnier when the people do it at the no u-turn sign right infront of them. Go past the first set of lights and do a u-turn in the opening where people go through when they turn left from the IGA parking lot, that's legal.

[powerslave]

I find myself using this quite often. It actually goes further south, all the way down to Anderson. Also, There's been some construction work on Bonaventure lately so avoid that side.
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[88CRX]

I find the only really bad intersection on Mcleod trail is Southland Dr... which is easy to avoid.

@ Glenmore just be in the far right lane and cut in just before the intersection and get all the way into the left lane.

@ Hertiage, doesnt matter cause you just beat the lights at Glenmore.

Couple days where i can get home in 20-30 minutes in rush hour (downtown to deep deep south east):thumbsup:

[barbarian]

Originally posted by Proboscis
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/proboscis100/nat1.jpg
Must be lots of Subarus Outbacks and Volkswagen bugs in those parking lots.

[frozenrice]

Originally posted by slickk
Thanks for the tips. :thumbsup:

What are the risks of taking the shortcut from 37th street through the reserve though? Any stories out there?

I have taken that road a few times. I wouldn't take it if your car is lowered or on 17" rims or you have a new windshield. It's a gravel road that's pretty rough at best. I wouldn't want to break down in there either. Might help if you're Asian though, I think they mistook me for one of their own and waved at me as they pass.

The Lakeview shortcut works good too going east on Glenmore. If Glenmore is backed up to 37th St, I cut south on 37th and through Lakeview to get to that exit by the golf course.

[b_t]

Originally posted by whiskas
There's no traffic and no speed limit on this road and there are never any cops.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4921/shortcutor8.jpg

best shortcut yet A+

[cloud7]

Originally posted by whiskas
There's no traffic and no speed limit on this road and there are never any cops.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4921/shortcutor8.jpg

lol, I know that shortcut well :D

[t-im]

I wouldn't voluntary take any alley south of 17th ave. They are narrow, huge potholes, and often flood during heavy rain. Also, if there is any construction/road crew etc, they're pretty much blocked off without much notice.

I have some secret shortcuts, even though it seems people know them..they still shave time off my drive :) Part of involves knowing which lane to be in and when to cut people off. haha

[cantaffordmytoy]

The cop one is no good, i know i work there and its my job to tell minions to block off the road and boot out shortcutters. :whipped: Its not a very good road for traffic anyway, to many dumbasses on bikes, plus speedbumps and me! On a side note if that is from google maps you can see my car in the parking lot:bigpimp:

[glennc]

Solution to 16th ave problem.

Just don't speed in my neighborhood :P

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[Proboscis]

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[Proboscis]

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my foothills to NE run during the winter

[Sprinter]

Originally posted by b_t
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4921/shortcutor8.jpg

best shortcut yet A+

Where is that?

Looks like Race City but i'm not so sure

[Proboscis]

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[AE92_TreunoSC]

bumped a 5 year old thread for that?

[gyu]

:rofl:

[ExtraSlow]

I saw it mentioned a few times, but St Georges Drive is now closed by the zoo. You can't go from the zoo to 8th ave anymore. Who knows if it'll open up again once the new science centre is open.

[speedog]

Well, a thread bumped for a short cut that won't exist very soon because of Barlow Trail's upcoming closure and for most people, bouncing through a ditch or rough dirt trail isn't really a viable shortcut.

All one has to do is just look at a map of the city and a variety of "paved" shortcuts can easily be seen. 26th Street SE north or south bound to avoid Deerfoot messes - ya just got to know the in's and outs in the Southview/Radisson Heights areas. 8th Avenue NE over Deerfoot from Mayland Heights into Renfrew. 6th Street NE from 32 to 8th Avenue NE. Macleod Trail northbound from the deep south through downtown and up Centre Street when Deerfoot is not moving. Using the 16th Avenue NE flyover as opposed to Deerfoot during those ever existent northbound afternoon slowdowns - but pay real close attention to traffic flow on Deerfoot, sometimes the dual 16th Avenue lights can kill this one.

Even being in the "appropriate" lane on Deerfoot especially in the northbound lanes in the afternoon mess can make a huge difference, stay in the left between Anderson and Glenmore, get over to the right around Calf Robe, back again to the left side after Peigan and then back to the right lane after Memorial - after doing Deerfoot northbound in the afternoons for over 3 years, it becomes quite apparent to an attentive driver which lanes move better at different points along the way.

[Graham_A_M]

When heading out to Medicine Hat or beyond, take 22x if you live in the south of the city. It eventually spits you out just past Gleichen, yet it'll save you 30mins of taking glenmore or 16th ave. :thumbsup:

Unfortunately you have to drive partly through a native reserve a ways past Carseland. :dunno: