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Real Talk Ryan JespersenWhy Your City Needs More Bike LanesYou wouldn't think bike lanes would be so divisive. Urban planners and cycling advocates make compelling arguments why every community should prioritize pedal-powered transportation. But still, we see outcry every time a Canadian city (like Edmonton or Calgary) invests in that type of infrastructure. What's missing from public debate? Is it possible to get everybody on the same page?
2:30 | No matter how you feel about bikes, bike lanes, public transit, or city planning, we guarantee you'll learn something from our Real Talk Round Table: Dutch Cycling Embassy's Chris Bruntlett, MADE's Danielle Soneff, and Paths for People's Stephen R...
2023-10-201h 10
Speaking MunicipallyCity council draws its line in the asphaltThis week, council heard about the vast majority of parking lots downtown being unpermitted. And, true to form, they decided to do something about it later! Plus, we get the scoop on Edmonton Design Week.Here are the relevant links for this episode:Edmonton Design WeekEdmonton Design Week 2023Email us your answers to the trivia questions before our next episode to be entered to win a pass to design week!Surface parkingNinety per cent of central Edmonton surface parking lots do not have permits: city staff2009 ABCA 65 (CanLII) | Emeric Holdings I...
2023-09-2232 min
Let's Find Out63 – A Park for All SeasonsEdmonton calls itself a winter city, which partly means we’ve got a lot of wintery festivals. This episode, our producer Trevor Chow-Fraser asks: what does that mean for our parks? How are they changing to live up to the winter city ideal?
Trevor started out by taking his daughter Eliot to Victoria Park to take advantage of its free snowshoeing and fort building. He spoke to activity leader Ryanne Osguthorpe. Victoria Park is one of a few parks in Edmonton that now feature geodesic dome warming huts in the winter.
That got us curious ab...
2023-04-0557 min