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"Investigators don’t believe speed or impairment were factors in the collision."

This line needs to be shot into the sun.

It's used to obfuscate the reality that our roads are not safe and pretends that nothing can be done to stop the carnage. #roadsafety

#yegcc should send the admin back to study a reduction to fourplexes so we can watch NIMBY’s argue for a reduction to duplexes at the next public hearing

YouTube video by Sightline Institute Cruel Musical Chairs (or Why Is Rent So High?)

Kevin Taft is referencing the cruel game of musical chairs video and says it's disturbing that some councillors and housing advocacy groups have been spreading it.

BTW have you seen this video? 👇
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“Everyone is upset about infill!”

By everyone we mean a fraction of people in the wealthiest neighbourhoods.

Left NIMBYs are so frustrating.

Someone on Reddit was trying to argue that we are not doing enough to solve the climate crisis but we can’t affect neighbourhood character.

This was after I said that I didn’t want to copy Vancouver’s housing market.

Picture of the Edmonton council chambers.

🧵 Good morning Edmonton. We're live from the council chambers where the Urban Planning Committee will debate reducing housing options.

There are 60 speakers registered so there's a high chance this becomes two days. We'll be live posting so follow along to see how it goes!

Banning throttles seems to be the easiest option. I don’t know if it’s possible to do that without killing a bunch of local bike shops and leaving responsible people stuck with expensive illegal bikes.

Alberta seems to follow American reactionary politics. E-bike bans seem like a logical next step.

I haven’t noticed a big issue in Edmonton but have come across a few. You’ll come across the odd one but I’ve never seen a big group. That seems to be the issue in other cities.

“Everyone drives” is still the standard response in Alberta.

It is crazy that our most accessible pool doesn’t have regular bus service

#yeg now has $62M/yr of new revenue from mature neighbourhood infill compared to 2016. That's over $330M added to city coffers

All using the same roads, pipes, preserving farmland and enabling neighbourhood-level shops.

All of this is thanks to Edmonton's pioneering approach to urban redevelopment

I’m part of this team. The Bissell centre is a great charity and especially needed right now.

We are losing a good one, Carne Asada was my fave local taco spot too. And I'm with Keaton, we have great local entrepreneurs and we would all benefit from better streets and sidewalks to support them.

Cutting 5 billion in transit funding and throwing 2+ billion on subsidies for electric dodge chargers…

Build new roads but don’t hide behind “safety” just be honest that you want to speed up cars.

Edmonton’s housing progress is at risk. 🚨

Next week, City Council considers a motion to roll back 8-home builds that made 2025 a record year.

We need more housing options, not less. Tell council to protect housing progress. Send an email with our tool now!

www.growtogetheryeg.com/email-council

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd North America's Best Transit Cities: A Countdown

Edmonton coming in at #8 is pretty damn impressive! That's why I'm so confused why so many hate ETS. I adore the system here and compared to the HSR back in Hamilton, it's night and day. Just gotta keep expanding the system more and more 😃
#yeg #transit

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People probably haven’t used transit in other cities or haven’t used the bus since high school.

Had to close the “safe” road for their photo shoot too.

People have no idea how much anything costs. Had to argue with someone the other day that no 40km of bike lanes do not cost the same to clear snow from as 12,000 km of roads.

I had to show them the Paquette website before they’d believe me.

So frustrating that we built the arena and then have to negotiate for peanuts

Big ticketed events near LRT stations should just have a transit surcharge like at commonwealth. If rogers had a 1.50 surcharge it would raise so much money for transit (and it’s not like oilers fans couldn’t afford it).

When will governments learn that “I didn’t see them” often means that the driver wasn’t looking for pedestrians/cyclists (or they were driving too fast for the conditions).

My crazy pie in the sky transit ask is for the mutart to strathern trip to be free. Make it act as a south of the river funicular!

I’m assuming the newer high floor trains will be better. I thought the city was also looking to modernize the older trains to be more accessible for bikes.

Certain stations will probably always be a pain but the newer metro/capital stations work well.

I’m really hoping that the valley line increases biking in the west end. Just being able to hop on a train vs using the rack should open up a huge amount of the city to the bike network.

Not having to worry about theft or maintenance would open up so many trips for so many people.

YouTube video by About Here The Bike Share Dilemma

It really does seem like Edmonton made the worst choice on micro mobility share.

High cost and limited range just leads to anti social behaviour and a negative attitude towards scooters.