[Kosy123]

Not too sure where to put this, but positive news article about the city from an American news outlet!

Can a Canadian city be a model for Dallas when it comes to road safety?

To find out how to make streets safer in Dallas, NBC 5 Investigates traveled to Canada to a city where, on most weeks, no one dies in a car crash.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[Airboy]

Good article. plus the city looks good on the video.

 

[thommyjo]

Please fill out the Oliver Neighbourhood Renewal survey before this Friday!

This will be the largest and one of the most impactful renewals (# of residents and daily visitors) of all neighborhood renewals. These only come every 30-40 years!

Building Great Neighbourhoods - Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ | City of Edmonton

Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ has been chosen for Neighbourhood Renewal. The planning and design is currently underway.

www.edmonton.ca

 

[Gronk!]

Thanks @thommyjo - I reiterated to them the importance of the 100 Ave bike lane expansion, a redo of the 121 St bike lanes and the Jasper Ave renewal from 114 St to 124 St. I also proposed new parks for Jasper/116 (parking lot), Jasper/114 St (the Regency pit) and 99 Ave/112 St (Eric Cormack Centre).

 

[TAS]

I went to the Oliver renewal meeting and I really liked one of the ideas presented by one of the attendees.

He suggested turning 121St into something similar to 110 St (rail town park) - a linear park. Making an extension of Paul Kane Park out into 121 Street within that.

I hope the 100 Ave bike lane expansion happens before the actual Oliver renewal project starts in 2026. I believe the 100 Ave project is part of Bike Plan and should be part of the $100 million. This needs to happen asap.

 

[archited]

Bike lanes are so passé... I would like to see some dedicated rollerblade/roller-skate lanes (I am tired of having speeding bike riders hit me in the kidneys with their handlebars).

 

[thommyjo]

I went to the Oliver renewal meeting and I really liked one of the ideas presented by one of the attendees.

He suggested turning 121St into something similar to 110 St (rail town park) - a linear park. Making an extension of Paul Kane Park out into 121 Street within that.

I hope the 100 Ave bike lane expansion happens before the actual Oliver renewal project starts in 2026. I believe the 100 Ave project is part of Bike Plan and should be part of the $100 million. This needs to happen asap.

Yeah, between valley line, imagine jasper, and bike plan, there’s some real overlaps. Hope the timing is done efficiently.

Not sure if Victoria promenade is fully in scope or not either. I think in needs a full redo and upgrade, not just a repaving.

Not sure on how 121st linear park would work fully, but an interesting idea. There’s some key access points along the road that would be impacted, love the vision though. Maybe half the road could be like a super wide boulevard/park?

A playground in that area would be nice.

 

[archited]

Nice is an adjective meaning 'pleasant', 'enjoyable' or 'satisfactory': … a kind of an amorphic blob of an adjective/noun. A "nice" playground says very little about the playground -- is it just "satisfactory" or does its spin your beanie propellor?

 

[fungus_eater]

archited whatever you are having I would like some as well

 

[thommyjo]

Nice is an adjective meaning 'pleasant', 'enjoyable' or 'satisfactory': … a kind of an amorphic blob of an adjective/noun. A "nice" playground says very little about the playground -- is it just "satisfactory" or does its spin your beanie propellor?

A playground in that area would be pleasant and enjoyable

 

[TAS]

City says it is committed to clearing these pathways within 24 hours after snowfall.

 

[thommyjo]

City says it is committed to clearing these pathways within 24 hours after snowfall.

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Great to see! 121st needs proper bike lanes and snow clearing too. Hopefully that’s all tackled in the bike plan rollout or Oliver renewal. Key N/S link with the MUP to 102ave and also for the brewery district.

 

[BrettB]

An interesting video just posted from an Edmonton YouTuber about his recent bike trip from downtown to Ikea. He's an avid cyclist on his cargo bike and the video shows some of the distance the city still has to go building and tying together its bike network.

 

[Gronk!]

He is trying to bike to the suburban hellhole known as South Edmonton Common - nuff said!

 

[TAS]

105 Ave between 109 to 105 streets now has a protected bike lane on the south side of the road for folks travelling eastbound. And thankfully the car parking is on the outside of the lane unlike what was done to the west of 109 st. The lanes are also wider than what was done between 109 to 116 streets.