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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
I'd love to see a street cart system in Downtown Calgary, nothing major, just something touristy.
Do circle through Stephen Ave, up center street through Chinatown, go West down Riverfront through Eau Claire then back down 4th street Connecting with stephen Ave again.
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Nah, something actually functional for inner city residents. Most transit routes are oriented towards carting people from the suburbs to downtown, but there aren't many great routes to go from one inner city community to another, or within the centre city.
The Beltline Community Association (Beltline takes its name from the streetcar route that looped through the community) has been crafting a plan to try and get a streetcar system going again.
Stories on the initiative:
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/colum.../13963031.html
http://communities.canada.com/calgar...-beltline.aspx
The Centre-city plan also puts forth the idea of potentially creating a few routes.
Toronto was incredibly smart to keep its streetcar system and it is a huge component of the city's transit system. In fact it was the only North American city to really keep its extensive original streetcar system intact. Now other cities are trying to reintroduce them. Portland Oregon, is a great example of a city that has very successfully introduced a modern streetcar system. It's fantastic and has been a huge catalyst for its downtown's revuventation.
TriMet on Flickr
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