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Southern Alberta Section In May and June, the Southern Alberta Section (ITE SA) held two additional luncheons. Both events were well attended with the excitement of in-person events still going strong. The May event involved year-end project (i.e. capstone project) presentations by the student chapter to the membership. Both presentations were on Calgary Transit’s Electric Bus Pilot Project that is expected to launch this Fall! Each group’s objective was to develop a block schedule for the program that used 14 electric buses while maximizing ridership and staying within the battery capacity of the buses. The June event included a presentation by Alana Getty Somers, P.Eng. from ISL Engineering. She shared the details of and lessons learned from two major projects that ISL has been working on: Crowchild Trail Short-Term Improvements and 17 Avenue SE Stampede Crossing. For our upcoming July event, we have planned a bicycle tour. The tour will take attendees on a trip around downtown Calgary to see the recent active transportation network improvements. With various stops planned, we will discuss specific design choices and their advantages and drawbacks. We plan to end the tour with some ice cream and informal networking!
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