Oops... $6M Calgary Bridge doesn't fit...

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Ouch, how's your butthole, EE.

Looks like this.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Ouch, how's your butthole, EE.

Or like this

[4X4]

^ That thing is so hilariously stupid, I almost like it. Maybe because it makes me laugh every time I see it.

[Looch City]

Every time I see that ring, I think how cool it'd be if a holographic image of the city skyline was projected within the ring. Probably thinking too far into the future though...

[para transit fellow]

this price gem is in the middle of nowhere...

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreatio...lein-Park.aspx

[Looch City]

^ that looks like the beginnings of:

Spoiler!

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by 4X4

^ That thing is so hilariously stupid, I almost like it. Maybe because it makes me laugh every time I see it.

I still think it was a joke submission by the artist.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by para transit fellow

this price gem is in the middle of nowhere...

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreatio...lein-Park.aspx

A monument to Ralph Klein giving the finger to all those eastern creeps and bums?

[jaginla]

Originally Posted by 4X4

^ That thing is so hilariously stupid, I almost like it. Maybe because it makes me laugh every time I see it.

Hey it's evoking emotion. ART.

[darklord700]

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...open-to-public

Now that this foot bridge is opened, I find it puzzling as to who the targeted users are. People don't usually go to Northland mall or the Dalhousie mall without cars so who are this bridge built for?

[NSFL]

I think it's for those in the surrounding area who do walk to those shopping centres. I've seen so many people run across Shaganappi trail. Just about every single time I drive by that area I see people running across it.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by darklord700

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...open-to-public

Now that this foot bridge is opened, I find it puzzling as to who the targeted users are. People don't usually go to Northland mall or the Dalhousie mall without cars so who are this bridge built for?

“There are a number of amenities but they’re all dispersed and certainly not walkable. What we saw was people jaywalking to get to school, to get to places of work, to get to shopping. And it was very unsafe,” she said.
“We have a lot of seniors who live right by here in Dalhousie, and they were jaywalking as well.”

as you can see from the turnout this morning, the community really endorsed it and wants it.”

[The Ditch]

Originally Posted by darklord700

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...open-to-public

Now that this foot bridge is opened, I find it puzzling as to who the targeted users are. People don't usually go to Northland mall or the Dalhousie mall without cars so who are this bridge built for?

I'm not sure if you live around here or not but people have been constantly running across the road about right where the ped bridge is for quite a while, and not just every now and then I would see people all the time doing this, it is extremely dangerous and people had been wanting a ped bridge for a long time.

I don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse or just don't know but it has been a dangerous area for pedestrians and drivers for a while.

[jwslam]

Originally Posted by The Ditch

I'm not sure if you live around here or not but people have been constantly running across the road about right where the ped bridge is for quite a while, and not just every now and then I would see people all the time doing this, it is extremely dangerous and people had been wanting a ped bridge for a long time.

And I'm betting there will still be a good amount of people running across because the bridge has no stairs and it would take 3x as long to cross

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by jwslam

And I'm betting there will still be a good amount of people running across because the bridge has no stairs and it would take 3x as long to cross

Usually when a pedestrian bridge like this one goes up a fence will go up along with it along the offending stretch. This is no different then further south along Shagannapi the length of Market Mall. That one also has no stairs.

[Swarly]

Originally Posted by The Ditch

I'm not sure if you live around here or not but people have been constantly running across the road about right where the ped bridge is for quite a while, and not just every now and then I would see people all the time doing this, it is extremely dangerous and people had been wanting a ped bridge for a long time.

I don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse or just don't know but it has been a dangerous area for pedestrians and drivers for a while.

really? I do know the area quite well. yes it was unsafe because the occasional idiot pedestrian would run across at unsafe times, the far better solution would be to put a fence on the median to stop that. there are intersections with a full set of crosswalks about 250m north and 250m south of that bridge. Is that the new rule now? need a bridge or crosswalk every 250m across all roads.

[LanceUppercut]

Also, I believe the plan for Northland is to bulldoze parts of it and put up condo towers along with an outdoor shopping format like Deerfoot Mall is doing. If that happens this bridge will get major use.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Swarly

really? I do know the area quite well. yes it was unsafe because the occasional idiot pedestrian would run across at unsafe times, the far better solution would be to put a fence on the median to stop that. there are intersections with a full set of crosswalks about 250m north and 250m south of that bridge. Is that the new rule now? need a bridge or crosswalk every 250m across all roads.

When darklord says they suggest she/he doesn't know who it was designed for I'd say they're being intentionally obtuse, yes. Lots of people go the two locations without cars and it's been a nasty spot for pedestrians running across for years now.

We never blink an eye at car overpass and interchange costs in this city, 65 million for the new diamond one. Is 6 million for a pedestrian project that bad? It continually shocks me these things even get more then a passing comment.

[Swarly]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

When darklord says they suggest she/he doesn't know who it was designed for I'd say they're being intentionally obtuse, yes. Lots of people go the two locations without cars and it's been a nasty spot for pedestrians running across for years now.

We never blink an eye at car overpass and interchange costs in this city, 65 million for the new diamond one. Is 6 million for a pedestrian project that bad? It continually shocks me these things even get more then a passing comment.

well I would refer you to the rest of my comment. there are places to cross very nearby. seems like a complete waste. it's not obtuse to think the bridge was a dumb idea.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Swarly

really? I do know the area quite well. yes it was unsafe because the occasional idiot pedestrian would run across at unsafe times, the far better solution would be to put a fence on the median to stop that. there are intersections with a full set of crosswalks about 250m north and 250m south of that bridge. Is that the new rule now? need a bridge or crosswalk every 250m across all roads.

"I wont use it, so no one should have it!"