UPDATES
EDITORIAL CARTOONS
- Jim Gray’s presentation: Why do so many big projects like Calgary’s Green Line fail? May 15, 2024 (PDF)
- July 2023 Update to Rethink the Green Line (PDF)
- What You Need to Know: To Calgary West Rotary Club, by James K. Gray. December 4, 2023 (PDF)
PRESENTATION TO CITIZENS
- Slide Deck: To Calgary West Rotary Club, by James K. Gray. December 4, 2023 (PDF)
- Slide Deck: To the Stampede Rotary Club, by James K. Gray. Sept 28, 2023 (PDF)
- Slide Deck: Time to Rethink the Green Line, by Steve Allan. September 2023 (PDF)
AD HOC COMMITTEE
- Letter to City Council May 2023 (PDF)
- Letter to Mayor Gondek January 2023 (PDF)
- Letter to Mayor Nenshi & Green Line Board Chair, Don Fairbairn May 2021 (PDF)
- Presentation by Jim Gray to Green Line Committee June 1, 2020 (PDF)
- Letter to Mayor Nenshi & Jeff Fielding February 2019 (PDF)
EXPERTS
- What You Should Know About Megaprojects and Why: An Overview. B. Flyvberg, Oxford University (PDF)
- Calgary’s Green Line LRT in a post-COVID World. Pollara Research (PDF)
- The Delivery of Public Transit Rail Projects. Pierre Lortie, Dentons Canada LLP (PDF)
- Neil McKendrick, Retired Transit Planner: Is There a Business Case for the GreenLine? (PDF)
- Cost Overruns on Infrastructure Projects. M. Siemiatycki, Monk School of Business, University of Toronto (PDF)
- Intelligent Transport: Controlling cost overruns on rail projects (PDF)
- Bow Transit selected as Development Partner May 2023
- Letter from Mayor Gondek January 2022 (PDF)
- Letter from Jeff Fielding, former City Manager February 2019 (PDF)
- Letter from Jeff Fielding, former City Manager February 2019 (PDF)
- Councillors seek clarity on SNC-Lavalin involvement with Green Line
99.5% of these projects go massively over budget, over schedule, or under-deliver benefits.
A study of 3500 projects from all over the world in several industries revealed that cost overruns are the norm, typically between 40 and 200 percent.
Put simply, a third of the LRT could be under construction before it becomes apparent that Calgary cannot afford to build the rest.
$4.65 Billion
44 Km + 29 Stops
$4.9 Billion + $500 MILLION
20 Km + 15 Stops
$1 Billion spent
Upgrading Utilities
$5.5 - $10 BILLION
20 Km + 13 Stops
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