A Greener Calgary?

A lot of people appear to be enjoying slamming the Peace Bridge, so much so that I would not be surprised to see it as one of the city's top trends in the Fast Forward Best of Calgary survey. What is most surprising is that most of the people critical of the bridge fail to put it in the context of a strategy of making Calgary a greener and more livable city by encouraging more foot traffic and less driving. Yes, the bridge is expensive (and far more expensive than anticipated), but have we looked at the environmental offset costs the bridge might bring? Over at the Calgary's Centre City blog, they ask the question of what a greener city might look like, and I'm pretty sure if we were to begin talking about it, we'd find more foot bridges and more pedestrians at the heart of it.