BrettB
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Well, without counting a single cyclist in December, it looks like Edmonton set a record for bike usage in 2025: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/city.of.edmonton/viz/YEGCycleCounter/EcoCounterRev2
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thommyjo
Senior Member
Great video on bike/scooter share:
dkazzed
Active Member
Definitely feels like more can be done to make micromobility a truly viable last mile mode of transportation.
It took awhile after snowmageddon but it feels mostly like cycling as usual now.
I did rent a Bunch Bike from Pedego Edmonton while they were servicing my Bakfiets and, aside from the weirdness of three wheels instead of two and feeling like a rollover prone first gen Ford Explorer making tight turns on hills, it was marginally better at pushing through snow but way better at staying upright on it (not that I've had many issues on two wheels). I'm thinking of getting one in a couple of years.
It took awhile after snowmageddon but it feels mostly like cycling as usual now.
I did rent a Bunch Bike from Pedego Edmonton while they were servicing my Bakfiets and, aside from the weirdness of three wheels instead of two and feeling like a rollover prone first gen Ford Explorer making tight turns on hills, it was marginally better at pushing through snow but way better at staying upright on it (not that I've had many issues on two wheels). I'm thinking of getting one in a couple of years.
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IanO
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thommyjo
Senior Member
If only there had been a TON of people that spoke out against this design to the idiots who designed it….
Like, does anyone ever get fired after these projects clearly fail to be safe, functional, and reliable???
TAS
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Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
It’s like our very own Rideau Canal, how lucky are we??
YEG imagineer
Active Member
Driving from 109 St to Walterdale Hill. Sign on top of hill from City of Edmonton “Clear sidewalk is a safe sidewalk”. To put this into context, 30 m or so below this sign on the Walterdale Hill sidewalk begins Edmontons version of Red Bull Crashed Ice all the way to the bottom. This annoys me to no end. 4 pedestrians I saw doing the slide dance up and down as well. I wish the medium was the message instead of the message is just empty words.
ntt1
Active Member
I feel like there needs to be standards set, similar to snow clearing, with regard to icy city-maintained sidewalks during freeze-thaw cycles.