"there hasn't been adequate consultation" ie. I was consulted multiple times over many years and the outcome isn't exactly what I wanted www.youtube.com/watch?v=isW0...
How the High Park redesign has become an election issue
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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My trip to Costco was more opinionated than usual. Make sure you get out and vote. I already voted in the advance polls. #NoToTheNine #ForeverCanadian
The much hyped council meeting was really nothing. The city laid out the facts (these will be ignored) and NIMBY councillors pretended that we will be fine just building on arterials.
New research on Chicago's speed safety cameras. 🔹 They're generally sited in places with lots of kids and a history of crashes. That's good! 🔹 No link btw race and camera placement 🔹 Cameras were less likely to be sited in poor communities, leaving residents at greater risk doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Very bad news from a bus collision site in Calgary... www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
3 dead, 19 injured in bus fire in northeast Calgary: CPS
Three people are dead and 19 injured after a vehicle fire in northeast Calgary on Thursday, which police say involved two city buses and a number of other vehicles.
ctvnews.ca
Please go fill out the parking survey. Parking is one off the biggest obstacles to implementing good urban policies. #yegbike
Residential Parking Program
You are invited to provide your feedback to help redesign the Residential Parking Program and how the City manages parking and curbside space.
engaged.edmonton.ca
You probably couldn’t design a less safe road for people to wait for a bus at. 7 lanes, no speed enforcement and the only protection is a couple inch curb.
Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 2d agoNEWS: an 18 year old motorcyclist is facing charges after striking a central Edmonton bus stop while allegedly street racing. 21 year old at the bus stop killed and three others injured, including a 10 month old baby, potentially life threatening.
‘Seeing the stroller on the street was very shocking’: Man killed, baby hospitalized after motorcyclist, 18, slams into Edmonton bus stop edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
'Very shocking': Man killed, baby hospitalized after motorcyclist, 18, slams into Edmonton bus stop
An 18-year-old motorcyclist is facing dangerous driving charges after a crash that killed one and injured three at an Edmonton bus stop.
edmontonjournal.com
Pretty angry about this because this was entirely predictable and preventable. How many times have light posts or signs been hit on 97 ave? Likely hundreds of times. It was only a matter of time before this happened.
Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 2d agoNEWS: an 18 year old motorcyclist is facing charges after striking a central Edmonton bus stop while allegedly street racing. 21 year old at the bus stop killed and three others injured, including a 10 month old baby, potentially life threatening.
You probably couldn’t design a less safe road for people to wait for a bus at. 7 lanes, no speed enforcement and the only protection is a couple inch curb.
Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 2d agoNEWS: an 18 year old motorcyclist is facing charges after striking a central Edmonton bus stop while allegedly street racing. 21 year old at the bus stop killed and three others injured, including a 10 month old baby, potentially life threatening.
NEWS: an 18 year old motorcyclist is facing charges after striking a central Edmonton bus stop while allegedly street racing. 21 year old at the bus stop killed and three others injured, including a 10 month old baby, potentially life threatening.
A good outside look at all the UCP’s latest overreach on municipal issues in Edmonton.
Can You Overrule a City’s Zoning? | Upzoned
Edmonton changed its zoning to allow more homes in existing neighborhoods, and Alberta has now given the city three months to undo those reforms. The fight, reported by Global News in “Edmonton Mayor ...
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Only one councillor hasn’t taken a side. So far it is 9 - 3 municipal government is a valid level of government.
Ashley Salvador@ashleysalvador.bsky.social · 5d agoLocal autonomy is a vital check on centralized political power. The province may have the legal authority to overrule municipalities, but legal power is not a democratic mandate. My initial thoughts on the Province’s recent directive ordering the City to reverse course on our land use bylaw.
"Mature neighbourhoods as a whole have 67,000 fewer people living there than in 1971." "72 per cent of new row homes are within walking distance of the LRT or a frequent bus line." "new three-bedroom row homes in desirable neighbourhoods going for as little as $1,700"
Jacob Loo Dawang@jacobdawang.com · 5d agoNew from me in the Edmonton Journal: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of the zoning bylaw edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #yimby
New from me in the Edmonton Journal: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of the zoning bylaw edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #yimby
Opinion: All Edmontonians will pay the price for Smith's repeal of zoning bylaw
Limiting homes where Edmontonians want to live, close to their jobs, schools and family, will erode Edmonton's affordability advantage.
edmontonjournal.com
NIMBYs when you ask them why housing should go on arterial roads instead of in their neighbourhood
Councillors responses I’ve seen so far: Municipal government should exist: Knack, Janz, Paquette, Morgan Rutherford It’s fine if I’m a puppet of the province: Elliot, Parmar, Principe
Erin Rutherford@erinrutherford.bsky.social · last wk.My take on this week's announcement, and the direct impacts it will have on all Edmontonians.
This Alberta provincial government wants to do everyone’s job but their own. Poorly They don’t know what they are doing and don’t care. It’s not good governance they are after, it’s populist politics - which it seems they discard as soon as they wring people out of their money and attention.
In this case there was video evidence but it’s an important reminder to never trust witnesses statements given by drivers.
Cycle Of Rage: One Crash Shows How Reckless Car Drivers Ruin Kids' Childhoods - Streetsblog New York City
We want our kids off their phones and reading books in the library. Too bad drivers don't give a shit. A rant from Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman.
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In which Dr Wesley says calmly what some of us have been saying shoutily. ARJ (always read Jared)
Jared Wesley@jaredwesley.ca · last wk.The UCP wants you to get bogged down on the policy debates around infill. Don't be fooled. Their intrusion into local democracy reveals something far more troubling to folks across the political spectrum. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...
No, no they wouldn’t. People already don’t give a shit broadly. And what Ford is doing is fucking violence. Until the entire story framework of bike lanes as the villain and foil for why people perceive their lives to suck changes no amount of any kind of messaging will do jack shit at all
Make sure your councillor is on the right side of this. This is overriding elected officials to mandate unaffordability.
Grow Together Edmonton@growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · last wk.The news today is disheartening, so channel that anger and email your representatives. Tell Danielle Smith to get her hands off Edmonton's affairs, and tell council to NOT comply and repeal the zoning bylaw Use our tool for a starter message 👇 www.growtogetheryeg.com/email-council #yeg #yegcc
BREAKING: Premier Danielle Smith announces province will direct Edmonton to adopt infill housing rules that were in place before 2024, and require Calgary to maintain its current pre-2024 bylaw framework.
It’s the Alberta Government policy that property values can’t go down. You can’t afford a home? You want rent to go down? Too bad.
You would think today would be a good day to stand up for the city you represent.
Heather McPherson MP@heathermcpherson.bsky.social · last wk.Seems like a good day to repost.
And bonus #yegbike news for the NW centre area. The Kingsway crossing lights on the 113 st MUP are done so now seamless-ish to go north from downtown to Blatchford. The asphalt holes on the 111 ave route in front of Timmie's are patched, so maybe also the ones further east. And new concrete median
@erinrutherford.bsky.social says she will not fund the completion of ATNE projects at budget “not a time to be funding growth unless there is a justifiable reason for it” This was less than 20 minutes after she voted against holding a moment of silence for people killed on our roads #yegbike
Edmonton city council voted against having a minute of silence for people killed on our roadways. Not that surprising because “vision zero” is not their priority. It is easier to ignore how their choices lead to preventable deaths.
