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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/12-year-olds-accused-in-lrt-assault-were-in-province-s-care-at-time-of-attack-1.7058337 Can we finally point fingers at the Province, who has been downloading the burden to the Cities and subsequently blaming them for not doing enough? (The answer is NO.)

Surprise, surprise -- regional municipalities engage in belt tightening in an austerity environment and the blame somehow goes to the City (Council). It's almost as though the City is one voice amongst many, and that cooperation requires participation from both all sides of the table regardless...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/transit-turnstiles-on-the-table-edmonton-to-study-gates-as-way-to-improve-safety-1.7058635 Turnstiles to be studied and re-tabled for discussion in summer 2024.

https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/assets/PDF/City_Plan_Maps.pdf (see page 11). No future freeways (the full City Plan mentions 170 St SW, but that's beyond the 2 million horizon within the Plan's scope).

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/PSA----Upcoming-Metro-Line-closure.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=c0ilEyDOFx0 Getting there...

I don't feel like stepping up to bat for Sohi in this case, his vote against EMTSC didn't sit well with me. All I'll say is that I think it's a mistake to expect the Mayor, or even Edmonton, to take the lead in regional coorporation. There is a sense of wariness from the other municipalities...

I wonder what voters could reasonably expect, electing a former Liberal federal minister in the middle of CPC heartland. On the other hand it takes two to tango, and talking the talk about cooperation is all well when times are good. Right now it definitely feels like every man for himself, the...

May as well just make 102 Avenue transit only then, like what Calgary did with their 7 Ave downtown.

I think it looks fine... kinda like transit infrastructure, the headhouse for a furnicular or something.

It's a secondary events and civic space, except it never gets much use. Most people forget it's even there since it's hidden by entrances to the parkade. In an ideal world it would have been situated in front of the library to complement and extend Churchill Square, and I think there was a...

The current marathon stallfest by the Federal Conservatives is maddening. There are better ways to go about doing this, stop playing US-style political games...

It is something new for Canada but not the US: what people call bus-on-rails, or rather BRT-with-LRVs. Edmonton took a leap of faith in designing the system so that it plays with the rules of the road rather than supercedes them. Even transit enthusiasts seem to have a hard time wrapping their...

Hah! No. Municipalities exist at the pleasure of the Province; if they tried a stunt like that they could be fired en masse. https://globalnews.ca/news/10147788/chestermere-councillors-fired-alberta-dysfunction/amp/

Some context goes a long way here, the St Louis project is almost definitely a lowball figure and will go into the 100+ million mark. They want to add turnstiles and reconfigure all their stations PLUS a new fare payment system. Honestly, I'd say project costs are lowballed to get it approved...

Quite honestly, I'd rather they build ten 8-storey midrises rather than an 80-storey highrise.

You may be unhappy to know that Edmonton treats its roads equally. Things like potholes going unrepaired for months despite 311 reports and insurance claims abound. Remember when Low Level had that lane closure for an entire winter to do emergency repairs? At this point, I'd say the issue of...

It's been very interesting to see how ETS has ramped up service on the 500X. At the beginning of the year it was a one way peak hour service, now it's a full-fledged route. It speaks well to the demand along that corridor, although things may change now that VLSE is open.

As far as I'm concerned, Edmonton has nothing to prove. Last thing I want is people to pick up on the great urban things that are being done, flood the market with speculative money, and drive up prices.

https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/sturgeon-valley-area-structure-plans-approved-shaw-toms-4332803 That was supposed to be the case but Edmonton lost the fight on that one. Sturgeon Valley will be Sturgeon County's version of Sherwood Park, basically another St Albert next door to the...

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/valley-line-southeast-lrt-train-involved-in-crash-no-injuries-reported-1.6668184 Time to collect some bets. Thankfully nobody was injured.