This is a good post on the complexity that cities find themselves now that we've decided it's probably best practice to retro-fit our cities away from ubiquitous car ownership. It's the fact that if somewhere want to be a real city, one where there's interesting places and connected communities...

While we discuss about the cost of bike infrastructure vs. fountain maintenance - I'd like to say that I think this will be pretty hype and become something uniquely Edmonton:

I bike through the area most days and it seems very well used so far. I think it's a bit disappointing because most of the changes in Phase 1 are under the hood. Catching the mist off the fountain on a hot bike commute is nice. Kids are using the pool and having fun and it's good to have the...

All I know for sure is that bombing down the ribbon of steel after work will be much more enjoyable with the removal of this intersection! Both options have slightly janky options heading west but overall the plan for the neighbourhood is exciting. It'll be interesting to see how much goes...

New Map just dropped for the 2025-26 routes! Green is 2025, Red 2026 - It'll be digging into this a bit more but it looks like it'l be easier to get out west/east/north which is all we can really ask for! Hope 2027 brings a better yellowhead crossing

Agree with the sentiments here, it's an improvement but also a disappointment. Also such a small segment of MUP that still don't connect with the rest of the network Also just wanted to remind that this was also the community that fought painted bike lanes in 2014. Was there a worse...