Issue 3 - Transit and Transportation

Issue 3 - Transit and Transportation

The Transit and traffic is city wide issue, and some communities in Ward 2 suffered even worse.  The problem is the combined consequences of urban growth, unwise policies, planning flaws and lack of vision in development.

There are a few things city must provide some solution immediately:

1. It is ridiculous to share one bus route #420 by four communities. Each community should have their own bus route
2. Symons Valley Road is the main access for 4 new communities : Nolan Hill, Sage Hill, Evanston & Kincora, city should speed up the connection of Symons Valley Parkway to Shaganappi and 144 Ave., so drivers can have alternatives
3. Some traffic lights on Symons Valley Road is unnecessary
4. Crowchild to downtown, especially after 24 Ave. NW also need to work on

I am not a traffic control expert, but just wonder the following ideas would help, please comment:

• Investigate the use of flyover bridges to route traffic
• Study on alternative bus schemes. For example, “Residential Coach Services scheme” operate by developers under license to serve residents in those new communities only.  Another example, the Public Minibus in Hong Kong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_light_bus ) can be an alternative to passengers
• Use GPS technology to report the locations of all buses on the road and passengers can use their smartphone to track where is bus and when it will arrive, especially in winter!