Talk:Calgary

<Iain says>

There is a need to update the new downtown Cycle Tracks. I am also having trouble removing the "calgary bike way" designations on streets where these designations have been removed.

Cycling Legal on Nose Hill

Re: the comments about Nose Hill and cycling being illegal on unpaved trails. I believe this is innaccurate. There is a "multi-use zone" on the "top" of Nose Hill that allows off-trail riding, and I also believe ANY "designated trail" (paved or not) allows cycling. The only source I can find is a map on calgary.ca and it's not explicit about this latter.

<Iain says>

You are correct. All pathways are multi-use, and cyclists have a right to all roadways except Deerfoot Trail, where it is explicitly prohibited and signed.

Source: http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation/TP/Pages/Cycling/Cycling-Education-and-Safety/Roadway-laws-and-etiquette.aspx

http://bikecalgary.org/node/2490

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Pathways/Pathway-routes.aspx

Differentiating Expressways

Calgary has some higher capacity roads, and I’m wondering if they should be better shown as highway=primary? They do not have highway numbers, but these are major roads/expressways have 70-80 km/h speed limits that are higher priority than the average arterial street – which by definition could be Trunk roads. Presently they are shown as highway=secondary. Candidates for upgrading to Primary could be:

• Anderson Road (Deerfoot Trail SE to either 14 Street SW or 37 Street SW)
• 14 Street SW (Anderson Rd to Glenmore Tr)
• Glenmore Trail (non-Motorway section between Deerfoot Tr SE & Stoney Tr SE)
• Beddington Trail (Deerfoot Trail NE to Country Hills Boulevard NW)
• Country Hills Boulevard NW (Beddington Tr NW to Shaganappi Tr NW)
• Shaganappi Trail (Either 16 Avenue NW or Crowchild Trail NW to Stoney Trail NW)}}

Other possibilities, but less likely:

• Macleod Trail (Anderson Road 5 Avenue SE)
• 1 Street SE (4 Avenue SE to Macleod Trail)
• 5 Avenue SE (Macleod Trail to Memorial Drive)
• 4 Avenue SE (Memorial Drive to 1 Street SE)
• McKnight Boulevard / John Laurie Boulevard (Stoney Trail NE to Shaganappi Trail NW)
• Metis Trail (McKnight Blvd to Stoney Trail NE)

Thoughts? --MuzikMachine (talk) 05:56, 12 August 2017 (UTC)