Changes to Calgary Transit, improvements to customer service at city hall and building a new relationship with the province are on the Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s to-do list for 2012.

Nenshi and his council colleagues have now served more than a year in office and the mayor said he believes Calgarians are already seeing the impacts of their collective work.

“I think most Calgarians would agree that the snow removal off the roads is so much better,” said Nenshi. “Or that Calgary Transit users will find the experience of taking transit is so much better from the signs that tell you when the next train is coming to the machines that give change.”

Moving forward, Nenshi said he plans to get the wheels turning on a new plan for Calgary Transit along with easing the process for planning and development.

“We’re going to have a provincial election almost certainly, and that is going to be a really good opportunity for Calgary to assert ourselves as how important we are for this province and for its future,” he said.

“From a non-political perspective, 2012 is going to be a really, really good year.”

From Stampede to the Calgary Public Library, centennial celebrations will be abundant as Calgary takes on the role of Culture Capital of Canada.

“It’s going to be a year that people remember.”