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So with that thought in mind, I would like to ask, what the heck is going on in Calgary? It feels like whoever is designing our roadway signs must only ever ride a bike!! Certainly, if you are a visitor or even a local on an unfamiliar street, it can be chaos.

One of the worst examples of confusion is at the exit of Currie onto Flanders Avenue and Crowchild Trail. If you have not done this, then just go try it and see if you are any smarter than I am. At least three times, I have ended up going south when I wanted to go north. Once I went right around the traffic circle to try to get back to where I started. It isn’t just ludicrous, it is actually dangerous.

Then we have the infamous new interchange from Sarcee Trail onto 16th Avenue. Now first of all, if you are a visitor, the chances are that you have no idea what “Na’a Drive” might be. The chances are also good that you don’t even know what 16th Avenue might be since almost all of us entering that roadway are thinking of it as the Trans-Canada Highway. Apparently, using that common name to identify the road is just too simple. In addition, a huge number of folks are heading to Banff, so why not a great big sign that says BANFF with an arrow.

Now let me take you to any one of our industrial areas. First of all, I think the city should require all industrial buildings to have address numbers that are at least eight or nine inches tall. Having an address number the same size as a house number on an industrial building makes no sense at all. However, I am talking about street signs, so please explain to me why streets like 52ndStreet, for example, are identified with one number sign, the same size as any residential street and often mounted high up in the middle of the intersection. If you are following a large truck or a high vehicle, you are unlikely to see the numbers until you have already passed them.