TAS
Senior Member
So you're suggesting ride up on the sidewalk to get around a bollard that serves no purpose ?
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Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton
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So you're suggesting ride up on the sidewalk to get around a bollard that serves no purpose ?
ntt1
Active Member
North Edmonton residents baffled by 'improvements' to neighbourhood road
The work on 132 Avenue west of 97 Street will accommodate the addition of adjacent paths straddling a decorative brick-patterned rumble strip.
edmontonjournal.com
*groan*
Why do news outlets constantly run these types of stories against anything that remotely challenges the supremacy of the automobile?
thommyjo
Senior Member
Such annoying articles. Why do we feature random citizens whining about things they know nothing about? How is that news...North Edmonton residents baffled by 'improvements' to neighbourhood road
The work on 132 Avenue west of 97 Street will accommodate the addition of adjacent paths straddling a decorative brick-patterned rumble strip.
*groan*
Why do news outlets constantly run these types of stories against anything that remotely challenges the supremacy of the automobile?
Kosy123
Senior Member
“They want to replace them with a racetrack” in reference to a multi-use path but not the you know, 4 lane road that makes cars go zoom zoom.
Bruh I want whatever these people are on.
Bruh I want whatever these people are on.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Looking at North Edmonton, how many roads are perilous four-lane roads (118, 127, 132 Avenue, 66, 82, 127 Street) for bikes? There aren't many roads in Edmonton that are bike friendly.
trevorhayden
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dkazzed
Active Member
As someone who often drives and sometime bikes on 132 Ave, 144 Ave, and Hermitage Road whether during rush hour to late at night, there is no reason those two roads should have ever been designed as four lane roads to begin with. There is never enough volume to justify the capacity so the wide open roads just encourage drivers to disobey speed limits, especially school/playground zone limits. So in theory, the roads should be safe enough to ride bicycles on because of the low volume, but the few people who treat the roads as expressway alternatives to the proper arterials make it scary.
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ntt1
Active Member
And collector roads that are wide enough to accomodate street parking/have a curb lane but only have one central dividing line (technically two lanes going each direction). Much too wide, encourages speeding, and people treat is as if it's a single lane and swerve all over.
dkazzed
Active Member
If there's no dashed white line, it's one lane in that direction. So Hermitage Road is technically a really wide single lane in each direction. There was someone speeding up that parking lane the other day and abruptly moved into the driving lane because there were parked cars. The Towards 40 project will help.
ntt1
Active Member
I recall being taught in driver's school to treat it as two lanes - a curb and travel lane, to stay closer to the centre line divider if in the travel lane, and make right turns from the curb lane/left turns from the travel lane.
I think you and I are referring to the same thing with your latter point. In my neighborhood it can be a literal free for all with 5 different vehicles all taking a different road position on one stretch of road. Or someone straddling the parking lane and travel lane around a curve, usually while speeding. Curb extensions definitely would help in many of these cases.
TAS
Senior Member
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Wow, I know we love our cars here but I didn't think it was that crazy of a number.
TAS
Senior Member
Mexico wasn't included in the North American number so that would move the needle on public/active transportation - but it really highlights US/Canada.
Have to keep in mind the size of our countries although at the same time the large majority of people live in cities.
dkazzed
Active Member
I can believe most of those numbers except motor scooter loving Southeast Asia.
According to the Canadian 2016 Census, 12.4% took transit, 12.1% carpooled, and 6.9% walked or cycled.
www12.statcan.gc.ca
According to the Canadian 2016 Census, 12.4% took transit, 12.1% carpooled, and 6.9% walked or cycled.
Census in Brief: Commuters using sustainable transportation in census metropolitan areas
This article in the Census in Brief series examines the proportions of commuters who used sustainable transportation (public transit, walking, cycling or carpooling) to get to work in 2016, with a focus on differences across census metropolitan areas (CMAs).
TAS
Senior Member
City will publicly release 2025 and 2026 active transportation network routes on May 30.