Surprise! Calgarians spend too much on commuting

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Calgarians+spending+much+time+money+commuting/5299228/story.html

This shouldn't come as a shock. Calgary needs a major infrastructure overhaul (which it's sorta getting with the half-assed West LRT and the 3/4 assed ring road) but more importantly, Calgarians need an attitude overhall. Driving a truck or SUV because you "like to have your own space" is ridiculous and will not help the community at all. We need to band together, get a little more comfy, and really invest in public transit before this city's urban sprawl gets out of control.

New Calgary.ca !

Calgary recently spent a lot of money on a new site. I've had a little look at the new layout and I love it. Dollars well worth it to present a proffessional, world class city to our online visitors, while maintaining usefulness for citizens. To use it, I highly reccommend a quick tour of the available buttons, then try a couple of searches. That's how it's designed to be used.

http://calgary.ca

Interesting And Pertinant TED Talk

Ran accross an interesting video that says that all cities are destined to die and fail over time. Interesting theory with a couple of graphs that contrast some questionable things. But a seemingly strictly mathematical view does provoke questions about how to avoid his predictions.

Diverging Diamond Intersection

Stumbled across an interesting article about "Diverging Diamond Intersections" It seems pretty similar to the setup that we have on many overpasses in Calgary (Shaganappi and Crowchild for example) but with a very different twist. The roads on the overpass are reversed. Read the article for more information - I think that this might be a solution for shitstorms in Calgary like 16th avenue and Deerfoot.

http://www.slate.com/id/2300425/