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Alberta wants a vote to seperate from Canada, and at the same time wants to ask the rest of Canada for a handout.
Calgary wants its cake and eat it too.
This mystery “Canadian City” is Calgary. Every headline must be a riddle these days.
I’ve said it before, posters should include more location info in post titles if it’s not clear in the original such as [Calgary] before or after the article title.
I assumed that was the publisher, but no. Their headline mentions the city. It was OP’s fault, unless they changed the headline since publication.
You can say it is Calgary. It is a massive problem. There was a 17 year old on a skateboard who was recently hit and killed by a 79 year old lady. This is at least the third time in less than a year that someone has been hit in a crosswalk by an older woman. One of the cases someone was hit by two older women back to back and killed. I wish I was joking, but that actually happened.
I walk in Calgary to work every day and I can confirm that it is dangerous. My walk is only 15 mins, but I had so many close calls that I had to buy a construction vest and a headlamp for when I am walking at night. Some people will yell at me when my headlamp shines on them, but at least they see me and stop.
We need better lighting, we need more frequent reviews of peoples licenses, (Normally people get a license when they are 17 and they are never reviewed again), we need harsher punishments for people who drive dangerously (if you hit someone in a crosswalk, it should be a significant license suspension, 6 months to 1 year), and we need more investment in protected bike lanes and pedestrian over/underpasses so you don’t need to always risk getting hit to just cross the street. Too many people in Calgary are entilted drivers and act like they have a right to drive as fast as they want.
More people will die and I could very well still be one of them despite the precautions I take. I would also argue that 1 million won’t even scratch the surface of addressing how widespread of a problem this is in the city. That one guy who was hit and killed by the two older ladies and died was at a crosswalk that is unlit and was frequently complained about for being unsafe, but the city said it was too expensive to put in a light system. People have still been hit in lit crosswalks, but the fact that the city has a price where they won’t prioritize pedestrians lives is apparant.
Too many people in Calgary are entilted drivers and act like they have a right to drive as fast as they want.
Thank you for saying it out loud. It might seem like age discrimination, but if someone in their 20’s or 30’s drove like the majority of 80+ y/o’s that I know, they would have their licenses revoked. If you’re not already carrying a chunk of porcelain in your pocket, arm your self appropriately. I used to use handfuls for small change, but it’s just not the same since the mint stopped producing pennies - a handful of tiny stones doesn’t carry the same day-to-day, or do nearly as much damage as porcelain to someone wanting to act aggressively with their car.
If a major city has to beg for one million dollars to save lives, then there’s a major problem going on here.
The same city would have no problem spending tens of millions on road widening or some other car-centric bullshit “improvement”.
Some of the road project costs I see for my municipality would easily cover the next 15 years of active transportation infrastructure. Yet, we throw it away to single, useless projects designed only for the convenience of motorists.
The city needs to start buy not subsidizing all car infrastructure. Shopping malls and car parks need to be paid for by the developers. The city should only subsidize up to the curb ideally.
Streets in new developments don’t need to be built extra wide with a “future expectation” on traffic flow. The maintenance of roads usually falls on the city, and a one lane extra wide street that fits 4-5 cars accross costs much more to resurface every few years. In most cases these wide streets never see the expected traffic.
Traffic lights also costs money to maintain and operate. Cities spend a ton of money here alone. Proper roadway design with a clear destination between a street, a road, a highway, and interstate highwhighway can cut down on this. Not everything needs to be a “strode” with lights at every intersection.
More proper width low speed streets, with proper traffic calming equal less requirements for signalised traffic lights. Most intersections could get away with stop signs or small traffic circles.
Proper higher speed roads designed with no curbs or driveways. This cuts down on conflict zones between higher speed traffic and pedestrians. Properly paired with roundabouts which are cheaper to maintain then signalized traffic lights.
City design that is people focused first as opposed to car first. Less maintenance for a pedestrian zone street then a high flow “strode”
Totally unsurprising. Calgary is a car-centric urban sprawl of the worst sort. Entire urban districts are completely cut off and surrounded by either large stroads or actual highways. There are some houses near my grandparents place that literally live on a highway exit ramp. My sister came with us once while we were visiting and I took her for a drive around the city - she was in awe at how poorly planned the city is, and we are both from Vancouver which is a circus even on the best days.
$1mil isn’t even going to make a dent in this. Not even make a scratch. It won’t even pay for 1/8th of the initial investigation to determine where to best place the scratch. Calgary has sunk billions into horrible urban planning decisions and they continue to do so every day. That entire city is one giant web of stroads.
I’ve visited Calgary a few times but been over a decade now, one time I recall a turn lane being backed up like a km before the turn, was probably rush hour for that direction so maybe not overly usual, though I wasn’t there long enough to find out. What I saw back then was a need for better planning of roads but guess they make do with what they have. This may be completely irrelevant to the entire issue but figure if they lack on some road planning expands to other areas.
I love here and This is why I’m afraid to drive. IA car accident I can handle, but a hitting a person…
