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Originally Posted by Muta
Fun tidbit - it's not a high priority right now (obviously), but when I was on the West Calgary design committee, I found out the City was studying the idea of putting streetcars (similar to those in Toronto) on 17th Avenue - from MacLeod Trail all the way to 45th Street SW. I think that would be an absolutely terrific idea, and a great way for people to move down this important artery. There used to be streetcars on 17th way back in Calgary's early days too.
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If we could do it over, the West LRT should have run all the way down 17th to 1st St SW, and then straight north to Centre Street for the North LRT line. These are the most 'urban' lines that would make sense for low floor. The SE line is more classic Calgary LRT and high floor would suit it just fine.
This idea doesn't totally make sense for 7th ave, though.
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
There is likely a breakup fee in that LRV contract. I don't get the sense that this project has passed the point of no return.
It would be one thing if they are biting the bullet and putting in the hardest most expensive section of the line, but that simply isn't the case.
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More ideally you'd simply delay receipt of the LRVs (or just store them) until the North LRT is ready to go. Which wouldn't have to be much later than 2031.
Just gotta convince the feds/province that the original idea pre-2015 has always still made the most sense; sorry for bull####ting you for the last decade about how wonderful the SE train will be.