Calgary - With cycling and transit done, city hall begins work on pedestrian strategy

Transportation general manager Mac Logan told council Monday that early work has begun on a city pedestrian strategy. This comes after a particularly dangerous start to 2014 for pedestrians on city streets: earlier this month, cars killed two people trying to cross at marked crosswalks. “This is an important transportation mode and we often forget about it,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi said. The strategy will likely be ready for release in 2015. Read more.