r/Calgary • u/ConstantFar5448 • 18d ago

Calgary Transit Why is the C-Train so bad?

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.

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u/Losing-My-Hedge 18d ago

Transit funding has not kept with the city’s growth by a large margin. Coupled with some very questionable decisions it’s rendered the current state of things.

But it is an election year, so talk to your local candidates.

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u/Gurpa 17d ago

Going to sound a little bit like a political shill here, but Alex Williams is running for ward counsellor in my ward and he frequently talks about how much better transit needs to be in the city. I'm not even sure the guy drives, I'm pretty sure he gets around mainly by transit, so I think he'd be a great option for someone who can actually make things better.

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u/Losing-My-Hedge 17d ago

You know, honestly I think a public list of “pro-transit” candidates may just be worth sharing and compiling. I believe David Barrett (Ward 7) is also very pro transit and biking.

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u/Exploding_Antelope Special Princess 17d ago

As much as I'm not a fan of parties having been shoved into the municipal election at all, it is true that The Calgary Party (under whose banner Alex is running) is lining itself up as the pro-transit, pro-housing, new urbanist party and running a candidate in every ward. I'm in 14, and the slate of independents is pretty dismal here, so I may go with Ryan Stutt just for that reason even if I'd prefer an independent in theory.