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No MUP on Victoria Park Rd. I gather there'll be a permanent MUP this year but who knows when construction will commence.
I'd be interested to see if more detailed design plans become available eventually, because I don't really see how a standard length MUP would fit there without the lane becoming narrower?
 
I'd be interested to see if more detailed design plans become available eventually, because I don't really see how a standard length MUP would fit there without the lane becoming narrower?

A year-round protected bi-directional on-street lane adjacent to the existing southside sidewalk. The protected on-street cycling facility will have a 3.0m width with an additional 0.6m for the barriers.

The work will include the installation of pin-on-curb barriers with flex posts to delineate the on-street bike lane from vehicle traffic. Mini barriers will be implemented at crosswalks and end points. A raised, floating concrete bus stop will be built to accommodate ETS Stop #1806 along the route. This important missing link is part of the accelerated active transportation network expansion plan.

Sidewalk is remaining as is.
 
Thanks for the info, @TAS.
Do you know if will there be a similar permanent MUP for Saskatchewan Drive between 109 St and 104 St?
If yes then when will construction begin?
 
Not sure how accurate this is, but us being behind Wpg and Cgy is tough. Highest car use in country. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240826/t002a-eng.htm
The data here is a bit misleading because it calculates the entire CMA. Edmonton's CMA compared to Calgary and Winnipeg is massive. StatsCan usually collects data on a CMA basis which makes it even more difficult to grab data and conclusions from it.

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I really do wish we had municipality specific data because that would be more accurate, but unless we get a municipal census going again, we're not getting anything better for a while.
 
The data here is a bit misleading because it calculates the entire CMA. Edmonton's CMA compared to Calgary and Winnipeg is massive. StatsCan usually collects data on a CMA basis which makes it even more difficult to grab data and conclusions from it.

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I really do wish we had municipality specific data because that would be more accurate, but unless we get a municipal census going again, we're not getting anything better for a while.
I find the neighbourhood profiles from the 2021 census to be decent for mode share, but even still, it's so "commuting" focused and doesn't include kids and more accurate "trip" type data. Like I would love to know how many edmontonians bike 100+ times a year, 50+, 25+, 10+, 0. Cause the fair-weather summer bikers still matter as we build infrastructure and so many people are biking beyond just the dozen or so main route counters we have. 50% of the bike trips I take never hit any of our counters.

 
I find the neighbourhood profiles from the 2021 census to be decent for mode share, but even still, it's so "commuting" focused and doesn't include kids and more accurate "trip" type data. Like I would love to know how many edmontonians bike 100+ times a year, 50+, 25+, 10+, 0. Cause the fair-weather summer bikers still matter as we build infrastructure and so many people are biking beyond just the dozen or so main route counters we have. 50% of the bike trips I take never hit any of our counters.

Accessible and easy to understand data is a needed tool in the fight for active transportation advocacy, so I'm in full agreement with you that we need more accurate "trip" type data.

We got that Downtown data infographic in the Downtown Action Plan, so I'm hoping we get something for active transportation in the future.
 

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