Rail For Alberta
@railalberta.bsky.social
Non partisan, volunteer-run society dedicated to bringing urban, regional and intercity trains across Alberta.
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The bike rack at the east end of the ship and anchor has disappeared behind a construction fence.
Very visible indication of how many people use bikes to get to 17th Ave!
Very visible indication of how many people use bikes to get to 17th Ave!
September 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The bike rack at the east end of the ship and anchor has disappeared behind a construction fence.
Very visible indication of how many people use bikes to get to 17th Ave!
Very visible indication of how many people use bikes to get to 17th Ave!
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"Dreeshen did not indicate whether the province explored induced demand during the planning process"
What an idiot.
Imagine how much better traffic on the Deerfoot would be if they had invested $600 million into transit instead. calgaryherald.com/news/deerfoo...
What an idiot.
Imagine how much better traffic on the Deerfoot would be if they had invested $600 million into transit instead. calgaryherald.com/news/deerfoo...
Deerfoot construction: Added lanes, new bridges promise traffic relief
Calgary drivers making the daily crawl along Deerfoot Trail are watching a years-long construction project transform the road in real time.
calgaryherald.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Dreeshen did not indicate whether the province explored induced demand during the planning process"
What an idiot.
Imagine how much better traffic on the Deerfoot would be if they had invested $600 million into transit instead. calgaryherald.com/news/deerfoo...
What an idiot.
Imagine how much better traffic on the Deerfoot would be if they had invested $600 million into transit instead. calgaryherald.com/news/deerfoo...
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Hey, Sonya Sharp and Communities First, Calgary’s Climate Strategy isn’t a “costly political stunt”, it’s necessary policy. Ignoring this isn’t going to make these smoke days go away.
Sincerely, every Calgarian struggling because of air quality advisories due to wildfire smoke.
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#yyc #yyccc
Sincerely, every Calgarian struggling because of air quality advisories due to wildfire smoke.
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#yyc #yyccc
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Sustainable Calgary's Executive Director, @celiaravenlee.bsky.social speaks about our work with kids to make healthier, safer communities. With your help we can turn prototype projects into best practices to make school streets safer across Calgary!
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sustainable Calgary's Executive Director, @celiaravenlee.bsky.social speaks about our work with kids to make healthier, safer communities. With your help we can turn prototype projects into best practices to make school streets safer across Calgary!
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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
August 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Calgary has long under-utilized its transit stations and regulated them to parking lots. So why, at a time when everybody is saying build housing near transit, we don't appear to be making progress on this?
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Walking the walk(shed) on transit-oriented development in Calgary
Majority of land near C-Train stations zoned only for low-density housing. This should change to medium and high-density.
calgaryherald.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Calgary has long under-utilized its transit stations and regulated them to parking lots. So why, at a time when everybody is saying build housing near transit, we don't appear to be making progress on this?
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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This is what attempted murder looks like.
* Content Warning *
Video of a driver deliberately mowing down a cyclist in Edmonton. Filmed by the passenger and you can hear them giggling. This is attempted murder and passenger is an accomplice.
🤬🤬
globalnews.ca/news/1132474...
Video of a driver deliberately mowing down a cyclist in Edmonton. Filmed by the passenger and you can hear them giggling. This is attempted murder and passenger is an accomplice.
🤬🤬
globalnews.ca/news/1132474...
‘Disregard for life’: Cyclist deliberately mowed down in Edmonton by SUV - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
'It’s incredibly disturbing to see such disregard for life captured on video simply for online entertainment,' said EPS acting Staff Sgt. Richard Windover.
globalnews.ca
August 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is what attempted murder looks like.
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"Whether it's dubbed ending the 'war on cars' or fighting for 'common sense,' the fight over which road users get asphalt space has sounded similar across the country."
ANALYSIS | Alberta minister threatens to axe bike lanes. Can he make his case? | CBC News
Province claims urban bike lanes worsen congestion. Ontario said the same thing — then a judge found they lacked evidence to back up their point.
www.cbc.ca
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Whether it's dubbed ending the 'war on cars' or fighting for 'common sense,' the fight over which road users get asphalt space has sounded similar across the country."
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“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
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if mark carney wanted a big project in the national interest that would set us up for a better future, he could pour billions into expanding the transit networks in cities across the country and build dense public housing around transit stops. but that won’t directly enrich private investors!
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
if mark carney wanted a big project in the national interest that would set us up for a better future, he could pour billions into expanding the transit networks in cities across the country and build dense public housing around transit stops. but that won’t directly enrich private investors!
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Have you noticed how many people are riding bikes these days? It a really nice way to get around!
The 1970s energy crisis had many unusual side-effects, including the ARCO oil company hiring Charlie's Angels' Cheryl Ladd to encourage people to leave their cars at home and ride bikes.
(Warning: Very ditzy intro)
#greenwashing
#BicycleBirthday Cheryl Ladd
Born July 12, 1951
(Warning: Very ditzy intro)
#greenwashing
#BicycleBirthday Cheryl Ladd
Born July 12, 1951
July 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Have you noticed how many people are riding bikes these days? It a really nice way to get around!
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Some important added context on the current #yycbike lane debate the UCP has decided to stir up. Once it again, it appears "the feels" trumps the facts.
There is also the topic of vehicle-per-day capacity of our built streets versus actual volume.
Take 12 Ave SW, with 3 oneway vehicle lanes it could handle 15 to 32k VPD, but it only had 10 to 15k VPD in 2023.🤔
This tells us 12 Ave SW is currently overbuilt with 3 lanes.🤷♂️
Take 12 Ave SW, with 3 oneway vehicle lanes it could handle 15 to 32k VPD, but it only had 10 to 15k VPD in 2023.🤔
This tells us 12 Ave SW is currently overbuilt with 3 lanes.🤷♂️
July 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some important added context on the current #yycbike lane debate the UCP has decided to stir up. Once it again, it appears "the feels" trumps the facts.
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DYK that despite the population of #yyc growing by over 400,000 people between 2015 & 2023, downtown traffic volume has actually gone done? It's obvious the UCP & Minister Devin Dreeshen don't know that, but less traffic is what investing in alternatives like #yycbike lanes & transit is all about
July 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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24 hour C-train service is back during Stampede. It ends the morning of Monday, July 14.
Every 10 min - 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Every 15 min - 9:30 PM to 12:00 AM
Every 20-30 min - 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM
www.calgarytransit.com/news/stamped...
#Calgary #CalgaryStampede #CalgaryTransit
Every 10 min - 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Every 15 min - 9:30 PM to 12:00 AM
Every 20-30 min - 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM
www.calgarytransit.com/news/stamped...
#Calgary #CalgaryStampede #CalgaryTransit
July 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
24 hour C-train service is back during Stampede. It ends the morning of Monday, July 14.
Every 10 min - 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Every 15 min - 9:30 PM to 12:00 AM
Every 20-30 min - 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM
www.calgarytransit.com/news/stamped...
#Calgary #CalgaryStampede #CalgaryTransit
Every 10 min - 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Every 15 min - 9:30 PM to 12:00 AM
Every 20-30 min - 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM
www.calgarytransit.com/news/stamped...
#Calgary #CalgaryStampede #CalgaryTransit
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Commuter rail or HSR will never be successful without multi-modal options. Europe and Asia should be the examples to follow...
Is it 2014? For a province that wants to create a passenger rail system, they sure seem deadset on making sure nobody will use it and just continue driving. This type of attitude is anti-train and will hurt rail use in the long run, making it dead in the water.
Alberta transportation minister, Calgary mayor trade letters over bike lanes
globalnews.ca/news/1127227...
globalnews.ca/news/1127227...
July 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Commuter rail or HSR will never be successful without multi-modal options. Europe and Asia should be the examples to follow...
Is it 2014? For a province that wants to create a passenger rail system, they sure seem deadset on making sure nobody will use it and just continue driving. This type of attitude is anti-train and will hurt rail use in the long run, making it dead in the water.
Alberta transportation minister, Calgary mayor trade letters over bike lanes
globalnews.ca/news/1127227...
globalnews.ca/news/1127227...
Alberta transportation minister, Calgary mayor trade letters over bike lanes - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
In a letter obtained by Global News, Alberta's transportation minister said he is concerned with the City of Calgary's approach to building bicycle lanes.
globalnews.ca
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is it 2014? For a province that wants to create a passenger rail system, they sure seem deadset on making sure nobody will use it and just continue driving. This type of attitude is anti-train and will hurt rail use in the long run, making it dead in the water.
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A wild fact is that the 1974(!!) AASHTO bike guide had a great deal of what is now considered modern bikeway guidance, which was then lost for 50 years.
June 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A wild fact is that the 1974(!!) AASHTO bike guide had a great deal of what is now considered modern bikeway guidance, which was then lost for 50 years.
There's challenges with bringing passenger rail back to Calgary and other cities. But Albertans have shown time and time again we're here to ride the rails when they're built. Let's build.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
Master rail plan comes with lofty ambitions, major questions
The provincial government is exploring how to bring back regional rail service to Calgary—something that left our city decades ago.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There's challenges with bringing passenger rail back to Calgary and other cities. But Albertans have shown time and time again we're here to ride the rails when they're built. Let's build.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
Alberta is gearing up to build their own passenger rail network, and this is a serious lesson learned moment. When hiring experts to help you with what you don't know, you should probably listen to those experts.
What happened in Ontario is entirely avoidable in Alberta.
What happened in Ontario is entirely avoidable in Alberta.
June 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Alberta is gearing up to build their own passenger rail network, and this is a serious lesson learned moment. When hiring experts to help you with what you don't know, you should probably listen to those experts.
What happened in Ontario is entirely avoidable in Alberta.
What happened in Ontario is entirely avoidable in Alberta.
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A rural Austrian village of 8,000 people gets 31 trains per day, while Columbus, Ohio, with a population of 913,000, receives none.
We don't need a perfect rail system, but we deserve better than this.
We don't need a perfect rail system, but we deserve better than this.
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A rural Austrian village of 8,000 people gets 31 trains per day, while Columbus, Ohio, with a population of 913,000, receives none.
We don't need a perfect rail system, but we deserve better than this.
We don't need a perfect rail system, but we deserve better than this.
Alberta is on the verge of creating one of the largest infrastructure projects in provincial history, a regional rail transportation network. Let's not squander this opportunity by only discussing pipelines as infrastructure.
June 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Alberta is on the verge of creating one of the largest infrastructure projects in provincial history, a regional rail transportation network. Let's not squander this opportunity by only discussing pipelines as infrastructure.
Calgary Transit is running 20-minute headways during one of the largest attended single day events in Calgary. It's not a serious transit service.
#lilacfest2025 #yyc #yyccc
#lilacfest2025 #yyc #yyccc
June 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Calgary Transit is running 20-minute headways during one of the largest attended single day events in Calgary. It's not a serious transit service.
#lilacfest2025 #yyc #yyccc
#lilacfest2025 #yyc #yyccc
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Most cities in Canada: “our housing strategy is for everyone to move to Alberta”
I don't agree with every decision from #yegcc but they are by far the GOAT of all councils across Canada.
Just passed - a decent sized broad upzoning of a decent number of properties around transit and in areas of high demand, aka priority growth area rezoning.
Just passed - a decent sized broad upzoning of a decent number of properties around transit and in areas of high demand, aka priority growth area rezoning.
May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Most cities in Canada: “our housing strategy is for everyone to move to Alberta”
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Road pricing works and we should do it anywhere with regular traffic.
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Road pricing works and we should do it anywhere with regular traffic.