Alternate Transportation
Bicycle
The City of Calgary is holding several cycling lectures and info-sessions on June 18th & 19th:
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Bicycle Friendly Cities - Best Practices and Cultures
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Businesses and Bicycles
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North American and European Bicycling Best Practices
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Making Calgary a Bicylce Friendly City - Cycle Track Public Info Session
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Bicycle Friendly Business District Workshop
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Bicycle Culture and Education
7th street SW cycle track construction:
Updated June 6th: Construction is transitioning from work on the cycle track concrete median to installing the signs and paving the road and cycle track. The following work is weather sensitive and may be rescheduled. Further information and a detailed time-line of construction events is available here.
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Calgary has some of the most extensive path and bikeway networks in North America.
The attached pdf provides information on Calgary's bike and pathways.
For more information please visit calgary.ca
Taxi
There is a variety of taxi stops located in the downtown core. They are a common gathering place one should keep in mind when scouting out transportation.
Key locations:
Hotel stops: Marriot, Hyatt, and Westin are a few locations in the core.
- Checker
- Associated
- Black Top
Carpooling
The City of Calgary partnered with Carpool.ca to develop, implement and promote an Internet-based carpool program for the Calgary area. This Internet-based carpool program comes in the form of a web-based ride matching service.
This service takes advantage of the speed and anonymity of the web. Confidential rideshare matches can be established, at no cost to the participants and in just a few minutes.
Visit Calgary.ca, or carpool.ca for more information regarding carpooling.
