I hate transit so much. After riding the tube in London and seeing how easy it is to get around the country on a train Calgary has a long way to go with their transit system.
More info on the underground station - which now magically seems to be a go.
Interesting story, but why the hell is the mayor wearing a climbing harness is that first bit while exploring the tunnel? It's not like he had any repelling to do to get down there.
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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I'm just impressed that there is that much of a tunnel underground already. I would love to see the Ctrain head under ground. It would get rid of the issue of 4 car trains not fitting ans the Dalhousie train heads north from downtown. Plus it would speed everything up if only one route is using 7th ave. A number of times the slowness downtown has more to do with waiting for the train in front of you.
Meaning less stops but longer walks and more reliance on buses.
I know this is an old post, but I want to chip in $0.02 on it...
A couple post below this post, someone mentions that one stop could have a common platform. Yes. That is the first thing. Second thing to consider is that when the stops are underground, you can have multiple walking tunnels to surface entrances/exits.
So I see what you're saying here, but sometimes a longer walk could actually save time. In Rome, for instance, most metro stops that are around busy intersections have 3,4,5 or 6 entrances and exits that will take you under the intersection and put you on the corner you want to be on. It'd be like Heritage LRT station having a walking tunnel that goes underneath Horton Road and McLeod Trail and puts you right on the London Drugs corner. No waiting for lights at McLeod to cross the street.
Apply that thinking downtown and it's easy to picture a few scenarios where less stops combined with more access tunnels to the stops would actually translate into faster commutes for transit riders than would more stops.
Of course, there are alot of gypsies and bums in those hallways. Gotta have a thick skin, you do.
Interesting developments... having used the subway in Toronto, the bums/crime don't seem like too much of an issue. Not sure if it's because of good design or security, but I didn't really have too many problems.
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Originally Posted by Madman
More info on the underground station - which now magically seems to be a go.
Man, I hate it when they tease with the North Central LRT line. There is a sign on Harvest Hill Blvd. that says "Future Home of LRT Park & Ride". However, the time frame on that leg of the LRT is what, 15-20 years away?!?
Man, I hate it when they tease with the North Central LRT line. There is a sign on Harvest Hill Blvd. that says "Future Home of LRT Park & Ride". However, the time frame on that leg of the LRT is what, 15-20 years away?!?
I remember as an 8 year old seeing a sign in Crowfoot that said "Future Home of Crowfoot LRT station"
Now that I'm in my mid-20s the wait is almost over! Be patient, your only two short decades from being 20mins from Downtown!
My transit pet peeve as that there are three buses that go by my house, and all of them arrive within one minute of each other. And the first one always gets me to Anderson just in time to watch the train that starts there and has open seats pull away. It would only have to get to my stop about 1 minute earlier to get through the lights at Macleod one light cycle ahead of when it does, and then I'd have a seat.
My transit pet peeve as that there are three buses that go by my house, and all of them arrive within one minute of each other. And the first one always gets me to Anderson just in time to watch the train that starts there and has open seats pull away. It would only have to get to my stop about 1 minute earlier to get through the lights at Macleod one light cycle ahead of when it does, and then I'd have a seat.
Be glad your bus actually shows up on time on a consistent basis
People!! When the train is packed like a can of sardines and you are standing by the door. DO NOT STAND STILL and expect people to walk around you like you are royalty. Is it so hard to walk out of the train, stand by the doors and then re-enter once everyone get's off?
I just thought that was common courtesy, clearly something half this city lacks!!
People!! When the train is packed like a can of sardines and you are standing by the door. DO NOT STAND STILL and expect people to walk around you like you are royalty. Is it so hard to walk out of the train, stand by the doors and then re-enter once everyone get's off?
I just thought that was common courtesy, clearly something half this city lacks!!
In a city that lives and dies by the price of a single commodity combined with the continuing degeneration of society's sense of accountability and consequences, its not really surprising to me that Calgary can sometimes feel like a giant High School. Complete with the maturity and consideration level, too.
Is it so hard to walk out of the train, stand by the doors and then re-enter once everyone get's off?
But if they do that the doors will slam shut in 1.2 miliseconds and the train will speed away leaving them stranded!
Idiots.
I got off the CTrain downtown yesterday and when the doors opened was greeted by a wall of people all trying to get on immediately. I don't even care anymore, I just plow into them and move them out of my way.
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