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Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton

dkazzed said:
They started this work, line painting looks done it's just a matter of installing the Street Labs style curbs and barriers. https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/40-Street-Hermitage-Road-Final-Design.pdf

As I am often on this corridor, I am excited to see and use the final product. Even if it's just one big Street Labs corridor for the time being.
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This was so due for that kind of upgrade. I used to often bike to a friend's place up by Clareview along the LRT MUP and cut over to catch the then nascent bike lanes on 40 Street. It was always the classic weirdly overbuilt low-traffic arterial where biking along it invited all kinds of high-speed close passes.

All it needs is a connection west to Belvedere LRT through the west of 50th wasteland.
 
Coprolite said:
This was so due for that kind of upgrade. I used to often bike to a friend's place up by Clareview along the LRT MUP and cut over to catch the then nascent bike lanes on 40 Street. It was always the classic weirdly overbuilt low-traffic arterial where biking along it invited all kinds of high-speed close passes.

All it needs is a connection west to Belvedere LRT through the west of 50th wasteland.
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I would've loved to see this full Toward 40 treatment all the way to 137 Ave. Especially where they have that angle parking for the church.

50 St to Belvedere would be nice. Traffic volume on 130 Ave is low so I'm comfortable with riding it but we're trying to get more casual cyclists. 129 Ave is iffy. Best case scenario is that they connect a MUP to 132 Ave/Fort Road with a dedicated bridge over the train tracks but pipe dream at this point.
 
As part of McCauley Neighbourhood Renewal, new bike lanes freshly poured along 96 street, north of 109 Ave here.
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Not sure what plan is at the intersections. Will bikes merge onto road through the intersection?

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TAS said:
As part of McCauley Neighbourhood Renewal, new bike lanes freshly poured along 96 street, north of 109 Ave here.
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Not sure what plan is at the intersections. Will bikes merge onto road through the intersection?

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Oh man. I hope not. These sorts of little choices make such a big difference. Might as well not have protected bike lanes if intersections are forced merges. Immediately makes kids, the elderly, and those less confident riding not be able to use it. Basically leaving only those already happy to bike on the road to use it.

And don’t get me started on winter impacts of stuff like this. So dangerous in the winter
 
danimori said:
The design book shows this design. It looks like it will be protected but jut out around the curb extension. View attachment 584176
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Thanks! Good to see.

The city appears to be adding several one-way streets (like on 96 st above) as part of its neighbourhood renewals - Wihkwentowin has a few new ones proposed as well.
 
How many changes in vehicular direction does the city think 96 St needs? 😅

Jasper Ave to 102 Ave - NB
102 Ave to 102a Ave - Two way
102a Ave to 103 Ave - SB
103 Ave to 106 Ave - Two way
106 Ave to 107a Ave - NB (new)
107a Ave to 118 Ave - SB (107a Ave to 111 Ave is new)

I noticed construction in full force in Boyle and McCauley but didn't look into it until now. Glad to see an improvement in cycling facilties.

Boyle and McCauley renewal:

Boyle only:

96 St overview:

Project website:
www.edmonton.ca

Building Great Neighbourhoods - Boyle Street and McCauley | City of Edmonton

Neighbourhood Renewal construction has started in McCauley and Boyle Street.
www.edmonton.ca www.edmonton.ca
 
40 St is complete and they’re now working on Hermitage Road eastbound. Turned out better than I imagined. Instant protected bike lanes. A couple of pickup truck owners seemed to be annoyed by the presence of these encumbrances.
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dkazzed said:
40 St is complete and they’re now working on Hermitage Road eastbound. Turned out better than I imagined. Instant protected bike lanes. A couple of pickup truck owners seemed to be annoyed by the presence of these encumbrances.
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I’m interested on how this will all feel in the end in terms of value. Currently we’re on target for 1mil per km.

This is awesome. AND, this is still a non permanent, cracked asphalt, pretty unsightly bike lane. Nothing to feel much pride in. Is it cheaper to do this and then make them permanent when renewals come up?

Or should we just “do it right” the first time?

I’m interested on the tradeoffs. Biggest risk being what we’ve seen elsewhere…. A turn in the political majority that leads to the removal of all this work in 3-6 years. If it can happen in Vancouver, we aren’t safe.
 
This is 104 Ave at 101 Street. I can't believe how wide and ugly this beast of a street is (104 Ave) to cross as a pedestrian, which I haven't done for a long while at 101st.

A guy with a bit of a mobility issue was already part way across when I started to cross and two vehicles turned left in front of him (impatient to wait) as he got to the halfway point. It took him almost the full amount of time before the signal turned to get across (and it wasn't a short light and he wasn't that slow) - and this is in summer conditions.

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