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Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton

Other than drivers coming up behind me, I try to make eye contact with the driver. That's if the windows are not tinted.

Varia to let me know if someone is behind me. Plus Cycliq bike cameras. (so my with can see who took me out).
 
Great to hear there is support for accelerating the plan. However, I was really hoping for a shared use path along either Stony Plain rd or 100ave to Winterburn rd. There are quite a few cyclists along this corridor and the access it would provide for alternative modes of transportation to/from the west would be a gamechanger.
 
thommyjo said:
Wow. Very strong support by council today at the Urban Planning Committee for accelerating the Bike Plan. Super exciting.
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Was this not broadcast live on YouTube? I subscribe to council meetings but I didn't see any meeting today. I would love to watch it.
 
Somewhere out there I can hear Mike Nickel's delicious cries of anguish.

Honestly this is fantastic news. I drive to and from work and cross 83 Ave every day and seeing the bike activity there is amazing. If we can get more of that around the city, that's just great news all around.

I do find it hilarious that some people commenting and complaining about this investment veer to "What about the homeless?" talking points when it really is obvious they don't care about them at all. Frustrating to see but nonetheless glad for MOAR BIKE LANES.
 
Hopefully this investment receives full approval when it goes to City Council, as Committee is only the first step. Given the tight capital budget during the upcoming 2023-26 cycle, Council will need to get creative to fit in that new investment, if approved (I hope it goes through!).
 
Which option A or C do you think would be approved? A = $170 million for district routes and C = $130 mil in near term and high priority areas. Ideally, both would proceed, but I don't see there being an appetite for that.

Personally, I think option C presents slightly better bang for the buck and a good politician could sell it "hey, I saved us $40 mil"
 
BrettB said:
Which option A or C do you think would be approved? A = $170 million for district routes and C = $130 mil in near term and high priority areas. Ideally, both would proceed, but I don't see there being an appetite for that.

Personally, I think option C presents slightly better bang for the buck and a good politician could sell it "hey, I saved us $40 mil"
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I think both. In options A and C there is a lot of overlap city admin said so they stressed not to add the two cost projections together.

I think it will go ahead, these council members are proponents of going big now:

Knack - yes
Janz -yes
Stevenson - yes
Salvador - yes
Paquette - yes
Tang - yes
Wright- yes
That's 7 of 13 there.

And Sohi and maybe others.
 
I didn't see many people riding bikes in Toronto. I was hoping there would be 5x more traffic on major routes compared to Edmonton given the population difference, I found it to be about the same.
 
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