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Originally Posted by SebC
Something like Downtown -> 17th Ave -> Marda Loop -> MRU -> Lakeview/North Glenmore -> Rockyview -> Chinook -> Ogden if I were SimCitying this thing.
Probably unions.
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In my opinion, long term the west line should loop around from the current end of line along the new ring road to 37th street and then run underground to MRU/Currie Barracks. From there they could take it back above ground across the reservoir to the Rocky View and to Chinook. The city should annex the land between 1a Street and Centre Street at Chinook and make that area into a big LRT hub. I would run the SE line from that Chinook hub as well and take it through Deerfoot Meadows underground, under Deerfoot and into Quarry Park and further south to the new hospital.
If I'm not mistaken, there is talk about doing a flood mitigation tunnel from the reservoir down to the Bow around Deerfoot Meadows. Maybe these two projects could be combined into one mega "big dig" project for a LRT and flood tunnel (obviously separate tunnels but running along the same route.)
In terms of LRT planning, the city really needs to start looking at looping lines in the future instead of having all sorts of individual lines running from downtown. This is especially try because we don't have a central station downtown where all the lines can terminate and can easily facilitate system transfers (ie. Grand Central Station, Otemachi in Tokyo, Les Halles in Paris, etc)