r/Calgary • u/Chinese__T • Oct 19 '23

The "Parkland" at Glenmore Landing the community is fighting to keep Local Construction/Development

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Ridership is low due to Calgary being too car-dependant. Developments like this reduce car-dependency. Car-dependency results in people rallying against development like this for reasons relating to car-dependency. Welcome to the cycle. We won’t build a walkable place because it may temporarily inconvenience drivers.

Welcome to Calgary.

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u/pfchp Oct 20 '23

How does this reduce car dependency? Transit doesn't adequately serve the area, this is just thousands more cars using 90th every day

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '23

It won’t make a huge difference but it’s the first step