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Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton

TAS said:
More than 300 people I believe as hall capacity was nearly 400.

He was impressed with bike infra and the lrt - particularly surprised that Edmonton has underground lrt system downtown, which he rode along with bus when he went to WEM. He playfully joked about our LRT being called 'the LRT'. Branding has never been this city's strong point.

He said the river valley, which is something you read about when searching Edmonton, can't be appreciated enough unless you actually experience it. It was a highlight for him.

He felt our patios are uniquely Edmonton in that they are placed on the sidewalk and then the sidewalk is extended out from there onto the street (noting Whyte Avenue). He's more familiar with the patio being located out on the street space and the sidewalk remains as is. Maybe it's our busier traffic noise or it's done for extra safety?

He noted Whyte Ave is nice but could be better - he was disappointed that it is so wide and takes away from the urban feel. That was a theme of several streets he visited. Another panelist commented that WEM is our most walkable street.

Back to Whyte, transit rep noted that bus only lane is crucial for this area given a couple of Edmonton's busiest routes are along here and they are held up by congestion - oftening running behind schedule.

Overall, he was impressed with Edmonton compared to other US cities of similar size that don't compare in terms of transit/biking. In terms of walkability, maybe not as favourable.

He commented that people here are friendly. And in ordering some food, he was asked what he's doing in Edmonton and he shared about the UofA speaking engagement on urbanism. "Oh like 15 minute cities," his server said.
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His point on the patios was the first time I've ever heard that said tbh. Is it really just an Edmonton thing that has sidewalks extended out for patio space?

Overall, I think the event was great and I think we'll get a great video on highlighting Edmonton's strengths. It's nice to see more urbanists make the trek out here, from Shifter and Oh the Urbanity. It's good transit and urbanist advocacy, but also just good publicity in general. So little is known about us besides the Oilers, WEM and the horror that is South Edmonton Common.

We might get stuck in our own little bubble but hearing outsiders praise our bike network, our underground LRT networks and our underrated urban fabric (despite the tons of work we still need to do) was just a nice lil morale boost.

Shoutout to the guy who bought CityNerd the plane ticket though, we should just start doing that to every major urbanist lol.
 
I would like to see Mikael Colville-Andersen, a Canadian-Danish urban designer and urban mobility expert who has a great series on cities, come to Edmonton for a feature. His videos really go in depth.

 
The MUP on the west side of Manning is going gangbusters. Goes all the way down past 137 Ave. And drove 132nd Ave from Fort Road to 66 St then 97th to 113St. The reconstruction looks amazing. And two new sections being built now 113 St westward and 66 St to Delwood Road.
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Kosy123 said:
His point on the patios was the first time I've ever heard that said tbh. Is it really just an Edmonton thing that has sidewalks extended out for patio space?

Overall, I think the event was great and I think we'll get a great video on highlighting Edmonton's strengths. It's nice to see more urbanists make the trek out here, from Shifter and Oh the Urbanity. It's good transit and urbanist advocacy, but also just good publicity in general. So little is known about us besides the Oilers, WEM and the horror that is South Edmonton Common.

We might get stuck in our own little bubble but hearing outsiders praise our bike network, our underground LRT networks and our underrated urban fabric (despite the tons of work we still need to do) was just a nice lil morale boost.

Shoutout to the guy who bought CityNerd the plane ticket though, we should just start doing that to every major urbanist lol.
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Some pics from CityNerd event at UofA last night. Similar to this forum and the folks on here, great to have so much engagement in making our city better. That point was highlighted last night, too.

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That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.
 
dkazzed said:
That's amazing. While someone who is counted once is likely to be counted to again if they take the same route home, there are thousands of other cyclists who don't cross a counter. I saw City of Edmonton estimates in a cycling infrastructure report that as many as 56,000 bicycle trips are made in one day across the city.
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They could definitely use more counters on some of the multiuse paths in the south, like 111 St, 122 St, 115 St, 23 Ave, and 91 St. It'd be interesting to see data on how many people who live outside of or just in the confines of the Henday are cycling regularly or to commute.

The map of current counters, for reference: https://data.edmonton.ca/Monitoring...-Counter-Locations-Map-Eco-Counter-/7mvp-ivrz
 
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