Uploaded on 2017-04-15 by Rhianne Fiolka

Vancouver Portland Seattle Copenhagen Reykjavik Walkable Community culture Sanitation Green Equitable Walkability: In recent years new city policy to increase density and become more walkable has become more important, however this is a slow process due to the conservative culture in our city. More education and initiatives followed up by city council will help, over time, to combat the years of sprawl that has built up Community culture: Calgary has increased its downtown art and culture funding so this has improved in recent years. We also have a strong sense of community that was born out of recent floods and, thus, resilience-based projects. However, there is still a lot of unused space and time that could be filled promoting our Calgary culture. Sanitation: Calgary is fairly clean but an increase in recycling and compost program uptake would greatly help reduce our landfills. Green: Calgary places well on many green indices, primarily due to water management, however we are heavily dependent on fossil fuels and have poor transit, so an increase in alternative energy and public transportation could help us become greener in a big way. Equitable: an increase in programming for those who are unemployed and low-income would help any city, and I know that Calgary could definitely improved its accessibility for those who are low-income. For example, with legalizing secondary suits throughout the city. Recently an even lower priced low-income transit pass was approved, so continued programming like this will help. However, similar to my other points, a lot of Calgary’s culture inhibits or slows down these programs so education is important.