ntt1
Active Member
Not sure how I missed the earlier public engagement, but it looks like portions 106 St south of 51 Ave (where there are painted bike lanes) will be included in the Towards 40 program this year:
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TAS
Senior Member
Looks like a draft design is coming in the spring.
ntt1
Active Member
Should be interesting to see what they come up with. It is probably not popular as those roads have been under construction for at least the last 2 years due to the sewer replacement, but lots of those stretches can really use a complete reconstruction as the surface is crumbling, and the sidewalks are pretty old. The painted bike lane portion of 106 St south of 51 Ave to 40 Ave can be straight up dangerous, as it is quite busy and wide, with what feels like 80% of vehicles going 10 over at any given time.
trevorhayden
Active Member
If those bike lanes remain unprotected, that project will have failed.
Yegmonton
New Member
Noticed something on the Activate Transport Expansion page, for east Edmonton.
Last year it showed 106ave getting new lanes, but now they've switched it to 101ave. Maybe to align with priority growth areas?
Last year it showed 106ave getting new lanes, but now they've switched it to 101ave. Maybe to align with priority growth areas?
degrandprix
Active Member
Glad something is planned here!
I live in Duggan and often use 106st to get to Whyte/DT, but I always detour up 111th to 63rd ave because that section is so poor. In summer it's passable on a quiet day, with the risk of getting doored by the parked cars. In winter the bike lane disappears completely so you're sharing one lane with traffic.
dkazzed
Active Member
Hermitage Road is essentially 106 St 2.0, so this will be 106 St 3.0?
Works a bit better. I wish there was a better connection to Connors Road.
TAS
Senior Member
This is broader than just active transportation, but thought I would post here. Another well known international urbanist is coming to Edmonton for a few days.
Planning group still looking for a few cool urbanist/community-building activities for Mikael Colville-Andersen to participate in while he is here if anyone has suggestions.
Bike groups will be taking him for a ride. Will be nice to highlight O'day-min Park and residential construction taking shape as a result.
Like many Danish urbanists, he is a big fan of human scale residential like 6 storeys versus high rises, so he will probably at least appreciate that.
www.michaeljanz.ca
Planning group still looking for a few cool urbanist/community-building activities for Mikael Colville-Andersen to participate in while he is here if anyone has suggestions.
Bike groups will be taking him for a ride. Will be nice to highlight O'day-min Park and residential construction taking shape as a result.
Like many Danish urbanists, he is a big fan of human scale residential like 6 storeys versus high rises, so he will probably at least appreciate that.
City Hall Talk #3
In this keynote, Mikael Colville-Andersen draws on his urbanist observations about pandemic response and from living and volunteering in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion to explore what cities reveal about themselves when systems fail. When the power goes out, when supply chains fracture...
www.michaeljanz.ca
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mcr
Active Member
Much prefer the 101 Ave option as a nearby resident. Connects better for commuting downtown / central, easier build out without having to focus on the bridge over Wayne Gretzky Drive, and there's already a shared use path just north of 106 Ave through the river valley, plus service roads along a good portion of 106 Ave. 101 Ave isn't bike friendly at all as is. I do wish this meant the re-imagination of 101 Ave was happening too, but I'll take this for now!
TAS
Senior Member
Save a parking stall, ride a bike!
Cyclists had High Level Diner full on Good Friday - some of those bikes geared up to accommodate 2 people.
Cyclists had High Level Diner full on Good Friday - some of those bikes geared up to accommodate 2 people.
Airboy
Senior Member
Nice to see, Weather was so much better on Sat though. That said I did get another 100 laps on the track instead. Next week The gravel bike is out.
All those racks need is a nice Tandem. ( Have one for sale).
All those racks need is a nice Tandem. ( Have one for sale).
TAS
Senior Member
Just sharing the 2026 routes the city has planned as part of $100 million Active Transportation Network Expansion program.
Some big routes on Southside through Bonnie Doon, Forest Heights etc that are still being planned out - thought they would have finalized those details by now as we are in 4th year of program.
Some big routes on Southside through Bonnie Doon, Forest Heights etc that are still being planned out - thought they would have finalized those details by now as we are in 4th year of program.
TAS
Senior Member
One of last year's routes along 124 Ave (Westwood community) was purposely littered with doggie bags when I rode by this past weekend.
TAS
Senior Member
Shout out to NAIT for their safe storage bike boxes.
Gronk!
Senior Member
We've waiting for ages for this
