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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Here's my list:
1. A ton of well planned density in the beltline, Eau Claire and around Kensigton.
2. More LRT spurs
3. Subsidize arts. Calgarians will like the arts ... I think it just needs to be shoved in their face.
4. increase taxes
5. Bury the freaking LRT downtown.
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1. I dont agree with increasing the density in the beltline, Kensington & Eau Claire. I think the city needs to increase the density around the LRT hubs/stations that are out away from the core. Have a bunch of high density pockets throughout the city where residents can walk to the station in 10-15 minutes. Not low rise apartment buildings, but along the size of the London towers at Heritage, larger if possible and more then 2 or 3 towers at each station, 10-15 would be a more appropriate number.
2. The LRT needs to be upgraded. 4 car trains, and expansion of the platorms (the majority of the stations can already handle this expansion, there are a few platforms that can't). More lines are needed but more lines = more problems downtown = more delays
3. Arts? Shovel all you want, they just better not come at the expense of more pressing issues (infrastructure)
4. not touching it
5. A downtown tunnel would be nice, but for the next 50 years it wont happen. Unless they are going to bury it in the bedrock that is 30-40 meters deep, the soil wont handle it. The deeper you go, the more expensive it gets. They also have to integrate it with the current system which has a standards at the slopes these trains can handle, so you cant bury it too deep. It is one heck of a problem to get this downtown tunnel to become a reality.