I think this is the best place to put this. The City held another community engagement about the 14th street SW bus way. Naturally the group that opposes the project got the spotlight, and based on the quotes from the article below, I don't think they come across looking very bright. Included in the article:
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The project has since been discussed repeatedly at city council, covered in the local news, approved as part of the city budget, and awarded $26.7 million in funding from the provincial government, but numerous area residents continue to say the city failed to adequately inform them about what's going on.
"We were not engaged properly whatsoever," said Don Hughes. "The city is trampling this through."
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Tom Spenceley said city officials didn't advertise the earlier engagement sessions well enough and once he got a look at the plans he had serious concerns over a lack of parking for people who want to drive to rapid-transit stations and catch the bus.
"The response is from the city that all people are expected to use the nature trails and the pathway systems to get there," Spenceley said.
"So what have you done? You've just eliminated half the planet from ever getting on that bus, because no woman – self-respecting or otherwise – is going to get on a nature trail to go to a bus."
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City transportation spokesman Sean Somers, who at one point during the meeting was yelled and sworn at by an older man who said people along the southwest route won't use public transit because they can afford to drive Mercedes-Benz vehicles, acknowledged the mood of the crowd was, at times, hostile.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ting-1.3461754