02Nov 2020 by pratim No Comments
Infrastructure Ride with Councillor Dr. Jyoti Gondek

Infrastructure Ride with Councillor Dr. Jyoti Gondek

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by Dr. Pratim Sengupta, Infrastructure Lead, Bike Calgary and Professor, University of Calgary - Werklund School of Education When you think of Bike Calgary, bikes might come to mind.  Well, that is not entirely off the mark. After all, as Bike Calgary volunteers, we ride a lot on our bikes. And we advocate for things like Bike Lanes and Bike Pathways.  BUT we stand for a lot more: multi-use pathways, for all ages and abilities, which can be accessed anytime during the day or night and the year. Councillor Dr. Gondek (Ward 3), a doctorate in urban sociology from the University of Calgary, refers to MUPs as Mobility Corridors. Last week, Dr. Gondek invited Bike Calgary to join her on a ride in her Ward so that she could show…
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27Jun 2020 by pratim No Comments

Pathway Detour: June 29th to July 3rd

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The City of Calgary has informed us of a Pathway Detour from June 29th to July 3rd, resulting form the ongoing construction work at the Sunnyside Lift Station #1 at 200 Memorial Dr. N.W., near the Calgary Curling Club, in order to improve localized flooding in Sunnyside and on Memorial Drive. The west pathway around the Calgary Curling Club will be closed starting June 29th to July 3rd, in order to install tie-ins to the building. A detour will be in place around the perimeter of the construction fencing in the CPA parking lot (see figure above).  The city has also requested that "For the safety of all pathway users, cyclists are asked to dismount from their bikes while following the detour, especially around the corners. " Further, following the reinstatement of…
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13Jun 2020 by pratim No Comments

Memorial Drive N.W. Lane Closures and Paving on 5th ST N.W. (June 15 – June 19)

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As you may be aware, the City of Calgary has been constructing a lift station at 200 Memorial Dr. N.W., near the Calgary Curling Club, in order to improve localized flooding in Sunnyside and on Memorial Drive. However, due to unprecedented rainfall during the week of May 18 (the city received the highest amount of rainfall since 1942), construction work had to be postponed. The paving works will commence on Monday June 15th (until June 19), with the closure of the adaptive pedestrian roadway between 5 ST NW and the CPA Lot 59 for this duration. The city also notified us that "a portion of the site at 1724 Westmount BV N.W. is being used for equipment and material storage for the road and building tie-in works until early July.…
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