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Old Posted Jan 8, 2018, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by milomilo View Post

'Activating ground level' is BS. This LRT will close the majority of intersections (so that it even has a hope of being reliable), which is going to make Centre St. a much less walkable place. It's also going to force two lanes of traffic into one, which despite what some would like to believe is not going to reduce traffic, it's just going to cause a long line of gridlocked cars - not my idea of a pleasant pedestrian experience.
https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings....cumentId=13290

If the maps in this document are to be taken as accurate, it looks like Centre between 16th ave and 40th ave will go from 10 ped crossings to 8 (3 closed, one new). So for ped movement it won't change too much, but my bigger concern is the LRT potentially stopping 10 times in what might normally be a 9 minute 'drive'.

Although I share the idea that underground to 64th is best, at the least it should probably be underground until 32nd or 40th.
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