Important decisions on the future of Calgary Transit

Today was an important day in our history as a growing city. Your City Council took steps to start building the seven priority projects from RouteAhead--our 30 year transit plan.

Today’s decision allows us to start taking real action on building better transit in every quadrant. With the $520 million Green Line fund (The “Green Line” being the southeast and north central transit corridors) and other funding sources such as investments from other levels of government, we have started down the road to complete substantial new transitway (dedicated bus routes) and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects in all quadrants of the city over the next seven years.

These projects include:

• The Green Line
  (Phase 1 SETWAY and North Central Transitways, which are the first steps toward ultimate LRT) 
• Southwest Transitway 
• 17th Avenue SE Transitway 
• Southwest Crosstown BRT 
• 16th Ave North Crosstown BRT 
• Phase 1 of the NW transit hub project around the U of C and Foothills Hospital 

This is a massive step forward in the realization of RouteAhead and will make an huge difference in ensuring Calgarians can more easily get around our city. You can see more detail about our long term plan, including these transit corridors, at www.Routeahead.ca.

- Mayor Naheed Nenshi