After that we get into non grid neighbourhoods with less efficient and less attractive service. East / west service is provided on 12 Av N, 16 Av N, 32 Av, 40 Av, McKnight Bv & 64 Av.
There are bus routes running north / south on 4 St NW, Centre St N and Edmonton Trail. People are able to easily access bus stops from the grid with short walking distances. One of the main reasons that the North Calgary bus routes are so effective is that buses can travel in a direct line from origin to destination both north / south and east /west. We weren’t successful in using the one in Strathcona due to fierce opposition from residents on or near 58 Av SW. The one in North Haven is one of the first examples that seems to work well. These links were used as a way of allowing buses to connect communities while keeping short cutting traffic out. In some of these areas we built bus only links to overcome this but no one wants to live on or near these links. I believe that this concept (designing communities so that they weren’t interconnected) started with Strathcona as a way to eliminate traffic short cutting from outer areas to inner areas (a problem with a grid network as the city grew outward). In areas like Tuscany, Scenic Acres, Country Hills, Harvest Hills buses will have to travel further to serve a similar number of residents compared to a grid network.Īs well, in some of these neighbourhoods, buses cannot easily link between neighbourhoods. Again, more land that can be sold vs deeded to the city for roadways and some lots higher in value because they will have less traffic.įrom a transit planning perspective it is much harder to provide an efficient bus service where streets are mainly curved unless the collector roads are evenly spaced and connected from one community to another. This led to the designation of streets by function - local, collector, major. Newer subdivisions have a varying width of right of way and pavement width with the wider streets intended to carry more traffic. In the older grid streets you will find that just about all streets have the same right of way and pavement width. Non-grid neighbourhoods allow developers to create more saleable land since there is less land devoted to roadways and alleys Some lots will have a higher value because they are more isolated
In the early days (Scarboro and Mount Royal) it was to impart some sort of higher end appearance to the neighbourhoods they were developing vs nearby grid neighbourhoods in Sunalta, Bankview, Glengary, Beltline.Ĭurved streets create a variety of lot sizes which is more difficult with a grid pattern where lots tend to be similar sizes at least in depth. There are numerous reason developers went to curved streets: Neil McKendrick, a retired City of Calgary Transit Planner, provided these insights.
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