After many years of not knowing how Calgary Transit should evolve, the city now has a blueprint to follow — at least for the next 30 years.
A city hall committee this week approved in principle the almost $13-billion plan for the transit system, which was drafted after consultation with the public in an initiative called RouteAhead.
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CALGARY — As Calgary moves toward a “late-night economy” — driven by a younger, inner-city-loving, vehicle-averting demographic — the need for late-night transit increases, say business and taxi advocates.
On Wednesday, a city council committee passed a draft of its ambitious 30-year transit blueprint: RouteAhead.
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The Town of Cochrane is moving forward with the next step in the transit initiative, anticipating an alternative plan before council by April.
With a plethora of information following the recently concluded public engagement phase, administration intends to sift through all the data they have before them in an effort to come up with a handful of ‘alternative’ transit plans that they hope will address some of the concerns of Cochrane residents.
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One thing made clear by the City of Grande Prairie’s public works committee Tuesday is that the Montrose Cultural Centre is the most suitable location for the new transit terminal.
While administration is still working out design details, the public works committee made a motion to move forward with the location, which pins the new transit terminal on 101 Avenue near 98 Street, just to the south of the Montrose Cultural Centre.
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FORT SASKATCHEWAN – Fort Saskatchewan city council happily climbed aboard a Capital Region study to develop a business case for a regional transit operation.
The $250,000 study will outline the costs, benefits and merits of a commission structure to oversee the management of a regional public transit operation.
Fort Saskatchewan Mayor Gale Katchur described the step as “significant” given the slow pace of bringing all the major transit players in the region together.
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It will take a while longer before Okotoks residents can hop aboard public commuter transit buses to and from Calgary.
The Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) is currently investigating whether it’s better for commuter buses to be owned and operated by a regional transit committee or by individual municipalities. As a result, Okotoks council voted on Monday to postpone the second phase of a study looking into the feasibility of transit in Okotoks until sometime next year when the CRP’s work is complete.
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St. Albert Transit’s proposal for a rapid transit master plan never got on track Monday afternoon.
StAT director Bob McDonald came before city council on Monday to make a case for a rapid transit plan, which was voted down because councillors felt it was a little too early to deal with.
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CALGARY— It’s one thing to be the only new Calgary community its size without a single transit stop.
In the city’s far southeast corner, Mahogany residents have had to trudge — trespass, actually — across the ring road construction zone to catch a bus ride.
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Edmontonians got a glimpse into what the future of the city’s public transportation could look like Wednesday as city council got ready to debate the latest options for LRT expansion. But as smooth as the eventual ride may be, there are still a few bumps in the road to completion.
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City politicians endorsed a future blueprint for the Northeast LRT line Wednesday, but no money or timeline have been attached to the project.
The plan is part of a move to provide a high quality airport transit service connection in the future.
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