Glenco
Senior Member
The lanes could have been narrower being so wide encourages people to go faster.
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Jasper Avenue New Vision / Imagine Jasper Avenue
- Thread starter Daveography
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ChazYEG
Senior Member
We're bot saying that we should have one lane each way and make Jasper a promenade.
Narrower lanes (to help keeping the speeds at the 40km/h, which is just not happening... People are still driving at 60 km/h all around), wider sidewalks (with trees, maybe?) and replacing the turning lane with a bike lane (circling the block never hurt anyone). We can keep the 2 lanes in each direction, the parking, everything...
Just put it on a diet, make it friendlier to pedestrians an cyclists too...
TAS
Senior Member
Of Canada's major cities
Edmonton
* HIGHEST - city budget per capita
* LOWEST - population density
* HIGHEST - volume of roadway per capita
* LOWEST - commute times
* HIGHEST - carbon emissions per capita
You reap what you sew. We continue to focus on roads for personal vehicles and sprawl and that's the kinds of highest/lowest outcomes you will get.
I just find it puzzling why people get concerned about taking some vehicle lanes away now for other modes of transportation with figures like those above and that the city will fall apart if we do.
Edmonton
* HIGHEST - city budget per capita
* LOWEST - population density
* HIGHEST - volume of roadway per capita
* LOWEST - commute times
* HIGHEST - carbon emissions per capita
You reap what you sew. We continue to focus on roads for personal vehicles and sprawl and that's the kinds of highest/lowest outcomes you will get.
I just find it puzzling why people get concerned about taking some vehicle lanes away now for other modes of transportation with figures like those above and that the city will fall apart if we do.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Exactly! And that wasn't even the suggestion here, at least not mine, Ted's or anyone else's, in the last few posts.Of Canada's major cities
Edmonton
* HIGHEST - city budget per capita
* LOWEST - population density
* HIGHEST - volume of roadway per capita
* LOWEST - commute times
* HIGHEST - carbon emissions per capita
You reap what you sew. We continue to focus on roads for personal vehicles and sprawl and that's the kinds of highest/lowest outcomes you will get.
I just find it puzzling why people get concerned about taking some vehicle lanes away now for other modes of transportation with figures like those above and that the city will fall apart if we do.
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But well, it appears that no one os thinking of the poor car commuters in Edmonton, anymore! Poor little cry babies.
Airboy
Senior Member
97st paving was completed yesterday. still a lot of concrete work to do but looks like this could actually get done this season.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The medians on 100 St are done.
Jasper Ave construction has restarted between 109 St and 110 St as of yesterday - does anyone know why?
Jasper Ave construction has restarted between 109 St and 110 St as of yesterday - does anyone know why?
Airboy
Senior Member
Looks like power and data lines being installed up 109st
_urbanite
Senior Member
Has this statue always been on this corner? The base says 1989 but I can't recall ever seeing this
"The Merchant"
"The Merchant"
archited
Senior Member
It may have been relocated here.
_Citizen_Dane_
Active Member
It looks like it stood outside of Sun Life Place, right across from the Citadel. Must've been carted off into storage when they did its renos awhile back.
From Streetview:
Gronk!
Senior Member
It's the first time that I'm noticing The Merchant statue as well. Where was this located before - inside the World Trade Centre?
David A
Senior Member
That lowest commute times listing may be a bit misleading. It's not like we really have a lot of freeways going downtown, like some cities. Edmonton is not a city with as concentrated number of people working downtown, as many people in the suburban areas often work in nearby industrial ones. However, it does show that travel time is not a big problem here, so we can probably make adjustments accordingly.Of Canada's major cities
Edmonton
* HIGHEST - city budget per capita
* LOWEST - population density
* HIGHEST - volume of roadway per capita
* LOWEST - commute times
* HIGHEST - carbon emissions per capita
You reap what you sew. We continue to focus on roads for personal vehicles and sprawl and that's the kinds of highest/lowest outcomes you will get.
I just find it puzzling why people get concerned about taking some vehicle lanes away now for other modes of transportation with figures like those above and that the city will fall apart if we do.
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I actually think density is perhaps a more important issue. We do seem to have a lot of room to improve on this here and well placed more dense developments such as TOD can reduce reliance on auto travel.
Airboy
Senior Member
Looks like 1 more concrete pour on 97st. but they are really pushing it. I do like the larger sidewalks on the west side
Gronk!
Senior Member
Pics or it ain't happening!
Kurayba
New Member
Only took less than 18 days for some drivers to have a mishap (or two) at 110st.
"No Entry? I'll show you an entry!" and "Yield to Bicycles? No! Let's drop that sign on them!"
"No Entry? I'll show you an entry!" and "Yield to Bicycles? No! Let's drop that sign on them!"