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The recent decision of the Alberta government to delay the provision of funding for the Green Line is both a challenge and an opportunity.

As professionals involved in both land-use planning and transportation, in Calgary and elsewhere, we suggest that the time and circumstances are right for a look at alternative ways to provide transit service along the Green Line. We believe that the current phasing plan for the construction of LRT along only a portion of the Green Line route will place considerable strain on the city’s finances and not deliver the kind of benefits that Calgarians expect from a $4.5-billion investment in new transit infrastructure.

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We believe that a more cost-effective transit solution is available that would enable the benefits of the project to be extended along the entire corridor to serve a much larger population and employment base. Our main concerns with the Green Line LRT project as currently envisaged are: