Cycling and Active Transportation in Edmonton

[TAS]

Since I live in Ward O'day-min, I checked out candidate responses in Taproot survey to the active transportation question:

What action would you be most likely to advocate for on bike lanes?

1. Build only what has already been planned.
2. Build more than is planned.
3. Build less than is planned.
4. Skip this question

Anne Stevenson

Anand Pye

Stephen Hammerschmidt (Better Edmonton)

To check out all candidate positions on this issue, here is the link - click on candidate name to see more on their selection.

Taproot Survey - Question Results - 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election - Taproot Edmonton

edmonton.taproot.vote

 

[trevorhayden]

Stevenson all the way!!

 

[ntt1]

The west wide 111 St shared-use path south north of 37 Ave (Greenfield) appears to be approaching, if not complete now.

You can now pretty much ride continuously between Century Park station and Harry Ainlay without crossing the street on a nice, wide asphalt path. Then you can connect to the Royal Gardens shared-use path to go west, or towards the pedestrian bridge over the Whitemud.

 

[thommyjo]

Wolf willow road MUP. I believe it goes all the way to 178st. A massive missing link being filled in.

 

[TAS]

100st curbs in place from 83 to 80 Ave.
From 80 to 76 Ave it will be MUP but that work hasn't started yet.

 

[TAS]

This is in Calgary but thought it was worth posting because the line painting job is baffling. The traffic calming median almost looks too big for vehicles to navigate with parked cars - winter will be more of a challenge.

 

[northlands]

This is in Calgary but thought it was worth posting because the line painting job is baffling. The traffic calming median almost looks too big for vehicles to navigate with parked cars - winter will be more of a challenge.

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@MacLac will get a kick out of this

 

[thommyjo]

100st curbs in place from 83 to 80 Ave.
From 80 to 76 Ave it will be MUP but that work hasn't started yet.
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Why are we not pouring real concrete medians????

Surely this isn’t that much cheaper, especially when you factor in how easily they break.

These will be easier to remove this way…

 

[TAS]

Why are we not pouring real concrete medians????

Surely this isn’t that much cheaper, especially when you factor in how easily they break.

These will be easier to remove this way…

When they did neighbourhood renewal a couple of years ago they could have extended the permanent concrete one more block to 82ave at least.

 

[bodsbods9090]

This is in Calgary but thought it was worth posting because the line painting job is baffling. The traffic calming median almost looks too big for vehicles to navigate with parked cars - winter will be more of a challenge.

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Painted during an earthquake it seems!

 

[TAS]

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Join us for a Cranksgiving Ride honouring the legendary Dr. Darren Markland!

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[TAS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1975405006816715002

 

[TAS]

Some updates from city admin - several delays in the active transportation work.

The MUP along the southside boulevard of 107Ave (from 163 to 131 streets) that was originally scheduled for 2025 has been postponed until 2027 to avoid adding any other construction. (This is certainly understandable).

Regarding the 100st work from 83 to 80 Ave, the wrong pin-on curbs, which are used to delineate the bike lane, were installed by the contractor and had to be replaced which caused some of the delay there. However this same issue, says the city, means the planned pin on curb construction of Victoria Park Rd is on hold until 2026. So it will go back to bikes/pedestrians sharing a narrow sidewalk unless cyclists want to ride on this road during the winter. These curbs that the contractor were going to use do not match specifications and would impede drainage and cause ice buildup in the winter.

Kingsway Ave MUP from 113 to 122st will also be delayed until 2026 - not surprising since it hasn't started yet. I also rode down Fort Rd yesterday and they are still not finished that MUP project from 2024 (south of 137Ave to Belevedere). Regarding 113st/Kingsway Ave - the crossing light will be installed in 2026.

The same faulty pin on curbs also impacts the 96st work as well from 119-124Ave - but the city is still making that a 2025 priority to get the new product there prior to end of construction season.

This city team has had a difficult time meeting many of their construction targets since this funding was put in place.

Depending on the election result, these all may grind to a hault anyway.

 

[northlands]

Some updates from city admin - several delays in the active transportation work.

The MUP along the southside boulevard of 107Ave (from 163 to 131 streets) that was originally scheduled for 2025 has been postponed until 2027 to avoid adding any other construction.

Regarding the 100st work from 83 to 80 Ave, the wrong pin-on curbs, which are used to delineate the bike lane, were installed by the contractor and had to be replaced which caused some of the delay there. However this same issue, says the city, means the planned pin on curb construction of Victoria Park Rd is on hold until 2026. So it will go back to bikes/pedestrians sharing a narrow sidewalk unless cyclists want to ride on this road during the winter. These curbs that the contractor were going to use do not match specifications and would impede drainage and cause ice buildup in the winter.

Kingsway Ave MUP from 113 to 122st will also be delayed until 2026 - not surprising since it hasn't started yet. I also rode down Fort Rd yesterday and they are still not finished that MUP project from 2024 (south of 137Ave to Belevedere). Regarding 113st/Kingsway Ave - the crossing light will be installed in 2026.

The same faulty pin on curbs also impacts the 96st work as well from 119-124st - but the city is still making that a 2025 priority to get the new product there prior to end of construction season.

This city team has had a difficult time meeting many of their construction targets since this funding was put in place.

Depending on the election result, these all may grind to a hault anyway.

Thanks for the update, been wondering why there wasn't any movement on the permanent install on Vic Park Rd.

Spoiler: old man yelling at clouds

Really though HOW does this happen. Seriously. Pin-on curbs are about as basic of a pre-cast barrier you can get. City should have an exact engineered spec in the tender documents that the contractor just has to send to their pre-cast supplier and voila. If the contractor were to use a different spec, it should have never touched a road surface without signoff from the CoE project manager, and it's unclear to me why this wasn't stopped immediately upon install of the clearly wrong pin-on curbs. But even after that, if drainage and ice buildup are an issue just have the contractor bring in a concrete cutting company to saw in some drainage pockets. And more importantly, not sure whose brother-in-law's company was hired to screw this up, but please blacklist them from ever touching another City project.

 

[fromyeg]

I can tolerate delays.

If a bunch of routes do get scrapped though through decisions made by the new council I will be sad.

I guess a reminder to go vote and bug your friends/family to vote for candidates who support active transportation.