uncertaintraveler

Is it possible to live in Calgary without a car?

Specifically, if your office is downtown (near a C-train rail stop) and you live in a downtown apartment/condo* (again, near a train stop), could you get along decently enough to not need a car?

Or, as an alternative, could you go "car-less" during the week and then simply rent a car** on the weekends to do one's grocery shopping, errand running, vacation driving to the mountains, etc?

I ask because: (i) I may be relocating to Calgary and the prospect of trying to import my car from the States to Alberta appears to be less than fun; (ii) my winter driving skills are non-existent, and so I'd rather not have to deal with driving to work in the winter; and (iii) going car-less, if possible, seems like it would be a great way to save some money.

Thanks.



* I'm assuming that such places exist; I've never been to Calgary, but surely there are high rise apartments downtown, no?

** Again, I'm assuming that Calgary has rental car locations near the downtown area.