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Originally Posted by 1stLand
What does Nenshi know about the SW?
He was/is a lifelong resident of coral springs (NE) and spent many years living abroad. Does he drive on Sarcee, Glenmore Trail, 14th Street and MacLeod Tr. every day? Doubt it.
I dont really think he has much credence on the issue, IMO.
Also, the purpose of the ring road is not to make it easier to get people downtown.
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I don't live in the deep South, nor do I drive down there very often, I avoid it whenever possible, but I've done it, and I know how bad it is. It's not very hard to get a hold of transportation studies if you're following civic issues as closely as Nenshi has. I mean it doesn't take more than a couple of attempts at driving along Crowchild at 6 PM to see that the bottle neck under 16th Ave really kills traffic movement there, or that Glenmore/Elbow/14 ST is a nightmare at rush hour. Living in a certain quadrant of the city has no bearing.
The SW part of the ring road skips having to go along 14th and Glenmore towards areas like MRU/Westhills. Should people in Lakeview lose their houses because of that, or should the Weaslehead be paved over just for that?