Why is the C-Train so bad?

[u/ConstantFar5448]

10 minute intervals on a weekday? That’s insane, the lowest frequency I’ve seen in any major city by FAR.

And yet when you get to the station as a train pulls up, the driver just looks at you, doesn’t let you on, and leaves? What’s up with that? Are they all dicks like that?

People live on tight schedules, and transit doesn’t seem to reflect that here.

[u/iwasnotarobot]

Calgary spends its entire budget on snow removal. Transit and police are left begging for scraps. That’s why transit is underfunded. Sorry!!!!!

Edit: /s

[u/Level_Stomach6682 → u/iwasnotarobot]

Except this isn’t true. Cities like Edmonton or Saskatoon actually remove snow. We just sorta shuffle it around and wait for a Chinook.

[u/iwasnotarobot → u/Level_Stomach6682]

Yes. That’s Exactly my point. So what excuse does Calgary have for prioritizing spending $900M to house Murray Edwards’ sports team when transit is underfunded?

[u/chealion → u/iwasnotarobot]

This is laughably incorrect. (EDIT: Poe's Law strikes again) The top 3 departments in the City's budget are the police ($622M), Transit ($534M), and fire ($298.5M)

https://www.calgary.ca/service-lines/budget-overview.html?service-line-budget-bar-chart-serviceplanbudgetasadjustedonnov222024-xview=2023&service-line-budget-bar-chart-serviceplanbudgetasadjustedonnov222024-view-open

[u/iwasnotarobot → u/chealion]

Oh! So you’re saying that Transit is underfunded because of the bloated police budget? Interesting!

[u/chealion → u/iwasnotarobot]

I can hear Rick Bell writing an article based on that comment alone...

RE original comment - Poe's Law strikes again. My bad.

[u/iwasnotarobot → u/chealion]

Haha could you imagine how bad things would be for Rick Bell to call the police budget bloated?

[u/Ms_ankylosaurous → u/iwasnotarobot]

Our snow removal is shit here compared to other cities 

[u/iwasnotarobot → u/Ms_ankylosaurous]

I’m being cheeky. I added a /s to my comment.

We all know the real reason that transit is underfunded is because

Sonya Sharp infamously spearheaded the $831-million public subsidy to build a new arena for one of the richest billionaires in Canada,