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Originally Posted by Wolven
For downtown my idea will be especially radical. I think the city should evict the trains from the city. Every time I see those trains full of tanker cars going through downtown I wonder how much damage it would be if it exploded (like Lac-Mégantic).
Instead, move the train yard outside of the city (maybe make it a battle between Airdrie and Okotoks to determine if the new train tracks go north or south of Calgary) and reclaim the land currently allocated to trains within the city. The train tracks that run through downtown would convert into a bike highway and the train yard in Ogden could become a massive density housing project that would immediately add tens of thousands of inner city housing.
Then build all of the other bike lanes to essentially get to the legacy train tracks to then get downtown safely with almost no cars (except for that stupid crossing on 11th street SW).
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Who pays CP the infinity dollars they would want for agreeing to that?