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Originally Posted by ExiledFlamesFan
Calgary's transit is used so much for a few reasons:
-big business downtown. Almost all of the head offices are concentrated downtown. We've got a huge population that works downtown M-F
-parking is unaffordable downtown. Second highest rates in N America after NYC
People take the c train/bus because they can't afford to park downtown, there aren't enough parking spaces.
Take a look at the future growth of the city and almost all of it is concentrated in 2 areas. The deep SE and the far north central. Calgary needs that NCSE lrt line built asap along with the 8th ave underground subway to aleviate the backup on 7th ave.
These projects are going to cost billions.
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Your comment is fair,
But was more saying that crappy public transit seems to be the cry of some middle class north american that will never take transit anyway.
I haven't used the other systems but just based on ridership alone I really doubt that Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver are so far ahead of Calgary that is note worthy. I'm sure they all need big improvements constantly.