Calgary Public Transit Discussion Thread

[bjstare]

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I personally blame the consultants.

That's a significant portion of the value add a consultant brings

[killramos]

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That's a significant portion of the value add a consultant brings

The ability to blame them? Haha

[bjstare]

edit: you might think I'm joking, but I'm not. haha.

[killramos]

Preach

[SJW]

I don't want the green line anyway. It'll just bring more vagrants to the south.

[dirtsniffer]

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I don't want the green line anyway. It'll just bring more vagrants to the south.

Good news for you! The green line doesn't go to the south. Only to Lynwood, half of the stations have been removed to keep the project only $700 million over budget!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ions-1.7280360

Council members voted 10-5 in favour of the changes to the project, with councillors Sonya Sharp, Dan McLean, Jennifer Wyness, Sean Chu and Andre Chabot voting against.

[max_boost]

lol that so weird
Wtf going on

[rage2]

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Good news for you! The green line doesn't go to the south. Only to Lynwood, half of the stations have been removed to keep the project only $700 million over budget!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ions-1.7280360

wtf? So basically it’s more than doubled (plus another 700m) in costs? How the fuck does something this big get mismanaged so badly?

[dirtsniffer]

If you ask reddit, it is all the UCPs fault!

[killramos]

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wtf? So basically it’s more than doubled (plus another 700m) in costs? How the fuck does something this big get mismanaged so badly?

Well that’s what happens when you hand the keys to city hall to do literally anything

[ExtraSlow]

As someone Sho uses centre street north daily, I happy with anything that delays the south side, because that north construction is going to be terrible.



It is too bad the train won't get to Seton, because there's a lot of folks down there with very little and/or poor public transit. Whereas the centre street corridor is already the busiest transit corridor in the city.

[mr2mike]

Agreed!

They should be building train stops out in the poors investment lot areas. Strathmore is another idea.
If the plan really is to allow affordable housing for people and reduce emissions, this is the way. Get people out on cheap land with a method to efficiently get to the area by transit.

[ExtraSlow]

Bild trainzzz here kthxbie

[firebane]

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Bild trainzzz here kthxbie

Fuck that. Don't need more degenerates showing up out here.

[killramos]

Trains where the poors live seems to make a lot of sense to me.

[ExtraSlow]

Airdrie to new horizon to airport to whitehorn.

[Xtrema]

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As someone Sho uses centre street north daily, I happy with anything that delays the south side, because that north construction is going to be terrible.

I am happy that north side wont' start well into my retirement years.

[msommers]

If someone is wondering what a clusterfuck means, look no further.

Read somewhere the BMO Centre was done on time and on budget. So if it involves affecting the Stampede directly, shit gets done properly, but otherwise it's unlimited money and vague timelines.

[Tik-Tok]

Maybe we should just cancel the whole fucking thing at this point? Lynwood to Downtown? The fuck is the point of that? The city should just turn the entire thing into a bike path and call it good.

[ExtraSlow]

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I am happy that north side wont' start well into my retirement years.

I may not retire before construction starts, but I do plan to be out of my current neighborhood in 4-6 years.