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After taking a look at both official and unofficial renditions of Calgary Transit’s maps, I decided to create my own, including all the plans from RouteAhead and some of the plans included in RouteAhead as being beyond the 30 year timeline. I have included several station locations on new routes which do not have functional plans completed. These are, for the most part, pure speculation as to where the stations would lie. I selected locations based primarily on distance and the level of existing development in that area. Grey lines and stations indicate infrastructure that is beyond RouteAhead, including the planned transitway along 162nd Ave in the SW, and a connection from the future Sage Hill transit Hub to the Green Line. In 30 years, I would expect that city limits will have almost reached Airdrie and Chestermere, and have accordingly included those in map along existing or confirmed transit infrastructure. In the future, these links may never be built, and may be replaced by new technologies, like driverless cars, or a regional express network.

In the legend, you will also notice that some lines have “other” as a technology. These are for unique routes the city has designated to be non-specific rapid-transit corridors, including a line to the airport, and a connection across the Bow River Valley from Westbrook to the NW HUB. These may come in the form of BRT, tramways, driverless shuttles, hyperloops (unlikely), or something else Elon Musk has yet to announce.

You will also notice, staring at you from the centre of the map, is some annoying text that says “Created by Unlicensed Version”. I have tried and failed to remove this text. It would appear it is embedded into the software I used to create the map, Edraw Max, for all users of the trial version. Trial version you ask? That is correct. 10 days from the publishing of this page, I will no longer be able to edit the image you see. As I am currently too poor to afford to purchase a full version and product key (and let’s be honest, what else would I use it for?), any errors that you see will have to edited within 10 days! If not, then they are there to stay. I am still looking up other methods of publishing the map, but in the meantime, the ugly-duckling PDF will have to do. For all it’s worth, I would have to say that the software is excellent for producing metro maps, and had a relatively minor learning curve. I would recommend it for other armchair urbanists.

If you enjoyed looking at that map and wondering what Calgary could be in the future, thank you for visiting! If you thought it was a couple minutes you will never get back… Well… I’m sorry. Stay posted for other interesting information and opinions on Calgary’s transportation infrastructure!

-RyuzakiXM