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Originally Posted by Locke
The kind of stuff on Calgary Transit is tame.
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Again, I'll have to ask: How often have you taken the C-Train after 9 pm in the last few years? Because 6 years ago, I would have absolutely agreed with you. But the train at night has a very different vibe now.
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Originally Posted by tvp2003
On somewhat of a tangent -- how many kids still walk to school these days? For the sake of argument I'll limit it to elementary and junior high school (i.e. under 12/13); are the suburbs that under-served that the need to bus kids is the now the majority and not the exception?
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IIRC, it's something like only 25 per cent walk. A few reasons for the dramatic decline in the last 20 years:
* Many new communities do not have schools. Alberta Education limits the number of new schools that can be built by the CBE while there are still older schools that are under-subscribed.
* Something like a quarter of students in the CBE now go to alternative schools with specialised programs. The students at these schools come from every corner of the city.
* Parents today will often drive children 3 blocks instead of letting them walk.