Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton

[ntt1]

Yes, I'm becoming more convinced as a winter city that when building our infrastructure, the wider two-way lanes are a better choice than one-way lanes as the path continues to narrow with snow accumulation. Or is it just a maintenance issue?

I think it's mainly a design issue with the one-way lanes - too many curves, traffic crossings, raised sections for bus stops, and proximity to the vehicle lanes beside them make it hard to consistently clear the snow down to the pavement.

 

[YEG imagineer]

The final two beams are up on the new pedestrian bridge beside the Rainbow Valley bridge.

 

[dkazzed]

Happy Winter BIke to Work Day! Did anyone else make it to Garneau Lamp this morning? There were over a dozen cyclists at the lamp this morning and a couple dozen more I passed by on High Level Bridge.

 

[Airboy]

Regrettably I couldn't make it. Had a Genset Startup this morning

 

[YEG imagineer]

Another reason bike lanes are good. Emergency access. This was Mill Creek MUP between the two south bound connections to Connors Rd. A stalled garbage truck around the bend blocked the whole lane.

 

[TAS]

Winter Bike to Work Day in Edmonton | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Winter Bike to Work Day in Edmonton Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

globalnews.ca

 

[TAS]

Since Lime e-bikes and e-scooters launched in YEG in August of 2019, over half a million riders have taken nearly three million rides, says the company.

All of Edmonton’s riders together have racked up more than six million kilometres, which Lime said was an estimated 720,000 trips away from cars.

Lime brings e-bikes back to Edmonton early for winter pilot program

"Lime loves Edmonton, Edmonton loves Lime. It's as simple as that."

edmontonjournal.com

 

[thommyjo]

Since Lime e-bikes and e-scooters launched in YEG in August of 2019, over half a million riders have taken nearly three million rides, says the company.

All of Edmonton’s riders together have racked up more than six million kilometres, which Lime said was an estimated 720,000 trips away from cars.

Lime brings e-bikes back to Edmonton early for winter pilot program

"Lime loves Edmonton, Edmonton loves Lime. It's as simple as that."

edmontonjournal.com

We need an ETS run & integrated bike share.

Lime can have novelty scooters. But true micro mobility can’t be Lime.

 

[ntt1]

One of our new neighbourhood multiuse paths has become extra street parking because the city can't be bothered to clear it properly (they also keep closing my 311 requests). Sigh.

 

[Gronk!]

One of our new neighbourhood multiuse paths has become extra street parking because the city can't be bothered to clear it properly (they also keep closing my 311 requests). Sigh.

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311 is about as useless as tits on a bull.

 

[TAS]

One of our new neighbourhood multiuse paths has become extra street parking because the city can't be bothered to clear it properly (they also keep closing my 311 requests). Sigh.

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Where is this exactly? What route?

 

[ntt1]

Where is this exactly? What route?

Right here, precisely: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.484...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxOS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw== - right in front of a school, too.

 

[trevorhayden]

This is why renewal needs to include street narrowing with physical barriers like trees!

 

[ntt1]

Most of the city cleared paths are pretty treacherous with the snowpack melting and refreezing every night. In theory, this would be a good time to clear them down to the surface and put gravel down.

 

[thommyjo]

Most of the city cleared paths are pretty treacherous with the snowpack melting and refreezing every night. In theory, this would be a good time to clear them down to the surface and put gravel down.

And to build key MUPs prone to flooding with side drainage, bioswells, etc. I.e. mill creek, Mackinnon, etc.