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Originally Posted by Cappy
It would be interesting to consider where Alberta could build a new city. Perhaps on highway 22 across for Red Deer? Maybe somewhere closer to the border like McLeod or Pincher Creek?
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I don't think a city is sensible, but I've long sim-city fantasied a planned-town north of TC1 and west of the 1X (ie. just a little past highway 40 turnoff).
Affordable housing to serve Canmore/Banff, while also creating a launching point for Kananaskis. It could integrate to a passenger rail service, but more realistically it would be a parking hub for an efficient transit/shuttle service to the Bow Valley - in a utopian future where parking in Canmore/Banff is really expensive.
Car free central district with hotels and dense housing (think Whistler) - a loop road would allow vehicle access to to parkades from the 'outside'. A giant parking lot buffering the TC1 sandwiching a transit focal point. Big cabin lots a bit further west to help subsidize the whole thing.