New SW BRT Line: Woodbine to Downtown

[Aleks]

I don't think I've seen this anywhere in the news or on here. Construction is planned to kick off this summer. If you take 14th st SW between Southland and Glenmore this may affect you with construction over next number of years.


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http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...ransitway.aspx

Cost projected around $40 million. 14th street looks like it will have 8 lanes after it's done.

[jwslam]

Hmm does that even make sense to build that way?

[Aleks]

Originally posted by jwslam
Hmm does that even make sense to build that way?

Nice Ninja edit

And yeah I don't know how much sense this makes or where the riders will come from. It's much quicker to get to one of the LRT stations (Anderson, Southland, Heritage). You're basically DT in 15-20 min. It may serve some portion of MRU students well and people trying to get to Rocky View hospital.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Aleks
Nice Ninja edit

Haven't had my coffee lol

http://www.scribd.com/doc/203727347/...nsit-Corridors

Seems like approval was 2 years ago though.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/01/31...tral-lrt-lines

[Aleks]

Originally posted by jwslam

Haven't had my coffee lol

http://www.scribd.com/doc/203727347/...nsit-Corridors

Seems like approval was 2 years ago though.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/01/31...tral-lrt-lines

Yeah they approved it before the Ring Road land agreement was reached.

[speedog]

It's been in the news, there's that group of people who have banded together and are making some noise, Eagleridge residents and the leader is the owner of a taxi company if I recall correctly.

[killramos]

Just what we need. More bus only lanes for bendy buses with 4 passengers on them 90% of the time.

Also how long is that route? Like an hour and a half each way?

[Neil4Speed]

The project is only going to cost $40 Million? that can't be right, west LRT was over a billion.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by Neil4Speed
The project is only going to cost $40 Million? that can't be right, west LRT was over a billion.

This is just BRT, not LRT.

[jwslam]

*edit* was beat by MB

[89coupe]

Originally posted by Neil4Speed
The project is only going to cost $40 Million? that can't be right, west LRT was over a billion.

Bus route, not LRT.

[vengie]

As someone who grew up in that area, it's about time. 14th has been an incredible bottleneck forever. If there is a single drop of precipitation your commute time quadruples.


In fact I moved out of the area due to accessibility issues. Hopefully this will alleviate congestion for those still in the area.

[schocker]

There were some stories about this last week. There is a group lobbying against it, set up by the head checker cab. Just go ahead and read the issues they have outlined

http://www.readytoengage.ca/

Metro story on checker
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary...ays-owner.html

Other story on CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...onse-1.3395439

[Ca_Silvia13]

Originally posted by vengie

In fact I moved out of the area due to accessibility issues. Hopefully this will alleviate congestion for those still in the area.

Me too, Woodbine is a tough area to commute in and out of on a daily basis.

[Xtrema]

This is all about Mount Royal University.