04-29-2024, 10:07 AM
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#81
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Obviously Chicago is much larger and has denser suburbs.
Im not suggesting we build 11 lines into downtown from the suburbs.
But If Calagry had 4 lines from Okotoks, Cochrane, Airdrie and Strathmore. Everyone's commute and life would be better.
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Lol.. My 20 minute drive to my office is a 3 hour round trip with 3 transfers, and about 25 minutes of walking. My wifes 8 minute drive to her office is 1 hour with 2 transfers, it's all on major roads as well.
Calgary's public transportation system is an absolute disaster that needs to be fixed before anything else.
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04-29-2024, 10:08 AM
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#82
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Calgary to Banff most likely.
But I'm sure a Calgary to Edmonton line would have each terminus in like Crossfield and Wetaskawin making access to the core essentially impossible
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04-29-2024, 10:10 AM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
There's also, like, 10 million people in that Chicago area.
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And how are those people going to get to Banff if we don't connect a line to Chicago?
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04-29-2024, 10:23 AM
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#84
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Not with Sean Chu there.
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There are plenty of reasons to hate on Chu but I don't understand this comment? Chu has been a strong advocate and proponent for the green line in the north as far as I can remember. Are you suggesting that Chu is holding back a viable north green line?
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04-29-2024, 10:30 AM
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#85
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
There are plenty of reasons to hate on Chu but I don't understand this comment? Chu has been a strong advocate and proponent for the green line in the north as far as I can remember. Are you suggesting that Chu is holding back a viable north green line?
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You are kidding, right?
https://www.projectcalgary.org/chu_is_mia_greenlineyyc
https://web.archive.org/web/20171018...the_green_line
Chu did #### all to advocate for the north to get the green line over the south, despite it being identified before the west line as the priority. We may be looking at an entirely different plan of Chu had actually done one ####ing thing in his life to actually earn his pay. Instead the south had strong advocacy and pushed through the project while we had a useless tit doing nothing.
Man, no wonder we have such ####ty politicians. Facts don't actually matter.
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04-29-2024, 10:33 AM
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#86
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Originally Posted by AFireInside
Lol.. My 20 minute drive to my office is a 3 hour round trip with 3 transfers, and about 25 minutes of walking. My wifes 8 minute drive to her office is 1 hour with 2 transfers, it's all on major roads as well.
Calgary's public transportation system is an absolute disaster that needs to be fixed before anything else.
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A line from Airdie, that stops in Balzac, the airport and then the zoo would be very welcome. It might even make your 20 minute car commute into a 15 minute car commute.
The city is only growing. By the time any rail line is built ( 10 years from now) the Greater Calgary Area will be on its way to 3 Million. If not on its way to 4.
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04-29-2024, 10:35 AM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
There are plenty of reasons to hate on Chu but I don't understand this comment? Chu has been a strong advocate and proponent for the green line in the north as far as I can remember. Are you suggesting that Chu is holding back a viable north green line?
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That is not correct. He is single-handedly the reason why the southern section of the green line is being built out first, cause he was too incompetent to do anything but say “no” to anything.
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04-29-2024, 10:36 AM
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#88
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
So word is this is Go Train style commuter rail between Okotoks - Calgary and Airdrie - Calgary. lol
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this is probably more likely given the UCP's rural base.
a train for calgary / banff is just a train for latte sipping urban elites and other globalists
that the commuter rail idea is completely out of left field doesn't surprise me in the slightest with this government.
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04-29-2024, 10:42 AM
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#89
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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If it is Calgary-Banff, I wonder if the UCP advertises this as a way to not have to pay the federal National Park (Trudeau/Libs) fee. True or not (99% not), I bet you they lie with that #### to Albertans since that's usually their M.O. anyways.
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04-29-2024, 10:43 AM
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#90
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
A line from Airdie, that stops in Balzac, the airport and then the zoo would be very welcome. It might even make your 20 minute car commute into a 15 minute car commute.
The city is only growing. By the time any rail line is built ( 10 years from now) the Greater Calgary Area will be on its way to 3 Million. If not on its way to 4.
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I thought Airdrie to downtown Calgary was 10 minutes by car?
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04-29-2024, 10:44 AM
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#91
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Truculent!
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Please please please do a train to banff.
Anything to offload the amount of traffic and parking.
That place is a no go right now. If visitors could train then and back, that would a huge boon for both Calgary and Banff!
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04-29-2024, 10:49 AM
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#92
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
I thought Airdrie to downtown Calgary was 10 minutes by car?
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Maybe if you drive at 5am. Truth is everywhere within an hour drive of Calgary is growing like crazy. There are no brakes on that train, the province is no longer a sleepy little place. There needs to be infrastructure that looks 10 years into the future.
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04-29-2024, 10:49 AM
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#93
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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That millionaire that owns Norquay and the lease at the trainstation in Banff needs to get some sweet taxpayers billions out of his ucp contributiins.
Have these folks never heard of buses?
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04-29-2024, 10:53 AM
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#94
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Originally Posted by Wormius
That is not correct. He is single-handedly the reason why the southern section of the green line is being built out first, cause he was too incompetent to do anything but say “no” to anything.
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This is what being a strong advocate looks like:
Uh huh. I'm really curious now, Calgarygeolgist, where did you get your info/opinion on this from? Because I've never even heard someone claim this before.
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04-29-2024, 11:00 AM
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#95
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Please please please do a train to banff.
Anything to offload the amount of traffic and parking.
That place is a no go right now. If visitors could train then and back, that would a huge boon for both Calgary and Banff!
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How does the train help this? If it works it just creates more tourists and pressure on Banff infrastructure.
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04-29-2024, 11:02 AM
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#96
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Won’t somebody think of the rental car companies??!
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04-29-2024, 11:03 AM
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#97
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Or maybe the southeast lrt just made more sense, which it did and still does.
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04-29-2024, 11:19 AM
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#98
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Or maybe the southeast lrt just made more sense, which it did and still does.
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Are you basing that on ridership?
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04-29-2024, 11:29 AM
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#99
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Are you basing that on ridership?
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No basing it on the North of the city being populated by D-Bags.
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04-29-2024, 11:37 AM
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#100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
No basing it on the North of the city being populated by D-Bags.
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While that may be entirely true, I am envisioning the first leg opening and being so underutilizes that the whole project is decried as a failure and never proceeds, so we’re still stuck on buses.
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