Oh the Urbanity posted a video about transit ridership in the 12 largest metro systems on the continent. Putting it into perspective, Edmonton being at 75% of pre-pandemic ridership is pretty on par with other transit systems in Canada (bar Calgary).

What better way to snub those filthy Torontonians than taking the title of tallest building in Canada from them. Actually wait hold on, someone tell Danielle Smith, we can actually get funding for this lol

Burj Edmontonlifa lol Weirdly enough, I'm sort of optimistic that they do get government funding of sorts to Phase 2. $330 million or equivalent is a significant amount of money, and I'd be curious what the province, OEG and the city agree on.

Yeah which is why I got confused by that statement. Unless we missed something or they know something else we don't (which I sorta doubt)

https://blog.remax.ca/edmonton-commercial-real-estate-expected-to-flourish-as-population-surges/ Did we miss something here? Good to see some positive remarks about downtown though for once.

Welp, Anne Stevenson wasn’t really lying or being a super optimist when she said there was gonna be more momentum at Blatchford this year. Let’s goooooooo. Build it alllll

Honestly seems like educational institutions were an overlooked pillar of demand until now. Norquest seems to be growing immensely, and transit usage in Jasper Ave and Corona corresponds with this too.

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2024/06/fad-press-release-2024-06-05/ IT'S RATE CUT TIME wooooo Any indications if this would spur more multifamily development?

Gotta spread these stats because my god I am sick and tired of hearing complain about "useless bike lanes" when they're not even near the bike network or, even worse, live outside of Edmonton and keep spewing nonsense about city issues.

Ooh damn I didn't know Calgary had that. In that case, we should emulate that then. The less powers and responsibilities EPS has on our transit network, replaced by transit police, the better.

Whoever in the COE is reading this forum, it would be amazing to make this into a map of sorts along with fancy graphics so there's an easy to share infographic that informs people of the genuine growth in cyclists with the network. This chart is a great tool though still...

I'm not gonna lie the ambient city sounds on the above ground Valley Line stations make it so much more comfortable than blatant silence. The underground stations can be eerily silent if there's not a lot of people taking it, so if there's music? Probably a good step forward! Plus more jazz is...

Could be cost maybe? I'm sure that some of the current Transit Peace Officers could be transferred to that. EPS pushback for reasons, and I'm not sure if the MGA actually allows the city to run a transit police force under its jurisdiction separate from EPS. On the plus side, it's probably...

This is a pretty interesting video that addresses LA Metro's safety issue, with a lot of points made that we in the forum have already brought up. Personally think it's worth a watch, despite the LRT here being milesss ahead in terms of safety compared to LA Metro. I'm extremely curious that a...

Genuine dissatisfaction with some of his actions/policies, a stupid amount of vocal astroturfing because he’s a former Trudeau cabinet minister so he’s guilty by association. Plus dissatisfaction could mean conservative dissatisfaction or progressive dissatisfaction (which there was a decent...

"Leger poll numbers for May also suggest two-thirds believe Edmonton is headed in the “wrong direction. Among Edmontonians over age 55, that figure climbs to 80 per cent" lmao yeah not surprising there

This is going to tie in so well with the first game on Saturday!

Best thing we can hope for is that some of those playoff visitors keep coming back to downtown during non event days now that there’s a positive association with the area for people who are rarely DT.

Decent growth so far in VLSE ridership.