MF YYC Politics - there, I mega did it

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Slava

Sure, let's just boost everyone's commute by 5-10 minutes, because who cares? I mean that's fine if you're cool with that for you, but I'd rather not thanks.

It's not just about the commute though. This has been a hub in the community for 40 years. Clearly residents who frequent this consistently are going to have opinions and should be consulted. Particularly, when the city is selling more land to the developer for the project.

No building anywhere in the city along anybody's commute, got it!

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

If we want to prevent sprawl, we really should be densifying from the inside and moving outward.

More high density throughout downtown and Beltline (including surrounding areas). We don't even have to touch Elbow Park and Scarboro yet for how much space there is.

Except if the inner city neighborhoods you mention only want moderate high rise blogs... insteD of major skyscrapers..

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by Slava

Sure, let's just boost everyone's commute by 5-10 minutes, because who cares? I mean that's fine if you're cool with that for you, but I'd rather not....

Wait a sec... you actually thought your commute would actually stay the same? as calgary grew and grew?

[Slava]

It’s not that though, why would you knowingly create a bottleneck there?

[btimbit]

I really like that proposed development, but it's desperately going to need another access point

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by getbak

Looking at those numbers, it's hard to imagine that 90th Ave wouldn't be able to handle a traffic increase from the new development.

In numbers, sure. But Southland @ 14th street is a four-way intersection, while 90th @ 14th street is a T intersection. I’m not a traffic engineer, but I’d assume a four-way intersection with eastbound traffic going 40/40/20 left/straight/right has better flow than a T intersection with an 80/-/20 split.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

In numbers, sure. But Southland @ 14th street is a four-way intersection, while 90th @ 14th street is a T intersection. I’m not a traffic engineer, but I’d assume a four-way intersection with eastbound traffic going 40/40/20 left/straight/right has better flow than a T intersection with an 80/-/20 split.

A T intersection has higher capacity because you eliminate 2 left turning and 1 through movement.

100% of the green time on 90th services every car on 90th.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by GGG

A T intersection has higher capacity because you eliminate 2 left turning and 1 through movement.

100% of the green time on 90th services every car on 90th.

This doesn’t seem right. The Southland and 14th intersection has 5 lanes (I’m just going from memory?). Heading easterly, there is one that goes south, two to make the left hand turn and two to continue east. At 90th, there are three; two to turn north onto 14th and one to go south. The capacity can’t be the same.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

In numbers, sure. But Southland @ 14th street is a four-way intersection, while 90th @ 14th street is a T intersection. I’m not a traffic engineer, but I’d assume a four-way intersection with eastbound traffic going 40/40/20 left/straight/right has better flow than a T intersection with an 80/-/20 split.

A 4-way intersection like Southland/14th has 4 signal movements. Probably closer to 35/15/35/15 (minus a percent or two between each change).

The T has 3 (you could kinda say 2.5 at 90th since NB-NB gets a green while NB-WB. It could be more like 45/15*/40 (NB-NB would be 60%)

I'm not sure what the actual timing is like, but I'm pretty sure I've never had a multi-light wait for any movement at that intersection. It just 'feels' slow to make two consecutive LH turns in short order to get from Glenmore Landing to NB 14th

Originally Posted by Slava

This doesn’t seem right. The Southland and 14th intersection has 5 lanes (I’m just going from memory?). Heading easterly, there is one that goes south, two to make the left hand turn and two to continue east. At 90th, there are three; two to turn north onto 14th and one to go south. The capacity can’t be the same.

90th has a triple LH turn lane for EB to NB. No movement at Southland/14 has more than 2 lanes.

You can tweak the timings however you'd like within reason and 90th/14th will almost certainly have higher throughput for each movement than the equivalent at Southland.

[Slava]

^ Oh right, I can't believe I forgot about that 3rd turning lane.

Anyway, it is coming regardless, so I guess we'll just see how much of an impact there is to things.

[timun]

Updated residential parking fees coming to some Calgary neighbourhoods next month

Starting in December, new fees for residential street parking in select Calgary neighbourhoods will come into effect, but the costs will be less than what was initially proposed.

Calgarians were frustrated when the increased fees were first announced back in March.

This prompted an online petition against changes to the city’s residential parking permit program that garnered more than 15,000 signatures, and led to a delay.

[...]

Under the newly proposed pay plan, one parking permit in residential parking zone will cost $30 per year, $45 for a second, and $70 for a third.

Visitor permits are now $45 each.

Cowards.

[Fuzz]

Just in time for Christmas!

[Bigtime]

Adjustments to the City budget coming to council today, believe they are proposing about a 3% tax increase.

[Bigtime]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1721940103344578625

[Slava]

On Twitter, Dan McLean says the increase is about 8%. Is that right, or is it the above figure?

[fotze2]

Is it me or is traffic now much worse than pre-pandemic?

[MrSector9]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Is it me or is traffic now much worse than pre-pandemic?

WAY worse

[timun]

Originally Posted by Slava

On Twitter, Dan McLean says the increase is about 8%. Is that right, or is it the above figure?

C'mon: why would anyone believe anything Dan McLean says at face value?

[Faust]

Calgary residential property taxes could rise by nearly eight per cent

https://livewirecalgary.com/2023/11/...ight-per-cent/

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Slava

On Twitter, Dan McLean says the increase is about 8%. Is that right, or is it the above figure?

I think it's a 5.7% increase overall, but residential increasing its share of the tax burden makes it more like 8% for residential.

I think it makes sense though to re-allocate, because otherwise we're going to kill all our small businesses.