Calgarians know where they’re going and now, more of them will know how long it’ll take to get there.
The success of a project that uses available Bluetooth data from vehicles on Deerfoot Tr. to calculate average travel times and display the information on electronic message boards along the city’s busiest traffic artery has prompted an expansion.
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Parkland County council approved a terms of reference for an Acheson Industrial Park Transit Implementation Committee on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
The terms of reference include a membership outline and roles and responsibilities of the committee, with an expected cost of $5,000 for the remainder of 2013.
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Airdrie City council voted in favour of revisiting a proposal for transit service to and from CrossIron Mills mall.
The proposal was rejected by aldermen on May 21 in a 4-3 vote, but a visit from Hyjinx Youth Council members Donovan Ryan and Isaac Cochrane on June 17 got aldermen talking about the concept once more.
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City council has approved a major transportation work plan that paints a balanced vision of cycling, walking, transit and driving in Red Deer.
The Mobility Playbook was approved by a vote of 7-2 on Monday as a planning tool for future road designs, neighbourhoods, trail systems and transportation.
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Council voted to revise the ICE routes returning from Calgary in the morning to increase reverse-flow ridership, attempting to better utilize the service, May 21.
While ICE has been successful transporting people to Calgary in the morning and back to Airdrie in the afternoon, the reverse trips only account for roughly two per cent of total ridership.
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Council put the brakes on a transit pilot project, which would have connected the public to CrossIron Mills mall via a shuttle bus on weekends.
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Provincial and federal politicians joined Strathcona County Mayor Linda Osinchuk to kick off the official construction of Sherwood Park’s newest transit station on Tuesday, May 14.
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The City of Lacombe remains committed to establishing a bus link to Blackfalds and Red Deer despite hoped-for provincial funding drying up.
Mayor Steve Christie said council has asked administration to look at other options to get a regional transit system up and running.
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Metro Line North LRT to NAIT: http://tinyurl.com/4su7896
Valley Line Southeast to West LRT: http://tinyurl.com/bqjj59m
How people get around the city now may not be the same 50 years from now.
A draft of the future framework of the city’s potential transportation network was on display by the City of Red Deer. Jeremy Bouw, City of Red Deer divisional strategist, said the mobility playbook proposes a shift to accommodate balance between walking, driving, transit and cycling.
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