[ntt1]

Looks like a draft design is coming in the spring.

Should be interesting to see what they come up with. It is probably not popular as those roads have been under construction for at least the last 2 years due to the sewer replacement, but lots of those stretches can really use a complete reconstruction as the surface is crumbling, and the sidewalks are pretty old. The painted bike lane portion of 106 St south of 51 Ave to 40 Ave can be straight up dangerous, as it is quite busy and wide, with what feels like 80% of vehicles going 10 over at any given time.

 

[trevorhayden]

If those bike lanes remain unprotected, that project will have failed.

 

[Yegmonton]

Noticed something on the Activate Transport Expansion page, for east Edmonton.

Last year it showed 106ave getting new lanes, but now they've switched it to 101ave. Maybe to align with priority growth areas?

 

[degrandprix]

Should be interesting to see what they come up with. It is probably not popular as those roads have been under construction for at least the last 2 years due to the sewer replacement, but lots of those stretches can really use a complete reconstruction as the surface is crumbling, and the sidewalks are pretty old. The painted bike lane portion of 106 St south of 51 Ave to 40 Ave can be straight up dangerous, as it is quite busy and wide, with what feels like 80% of vehicles going 10 over at any given time.

Glad something is planned here!

I live in Duggan and often use 106st to get to Whyte/DT, but I always detour up 111th to 63rd ave because that section is so poor. In summer it's passable on a quiet day, with the risk of getting doored by the parked cars. In winter the bike lane disappears completely so you're sharing one lane with traffic.

 

[dkazzed]

If those bike lanes remain unprotected, that project will have failed.

Hermitage Road is essentially 106 St 2.0, so this will be 106 St 3.0?

Noticed something on the Activate Transport Expansion page, for east Edmonton.

Last year it showed 106ave getting new lanes, but now they've switched it to 101ave. Maybe to align with priority growth areas?
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Works a bit better. I wish there was a better connection to Connors Road.

 

[TAS]

This is broader than just active transportation, but thought I would post here. Another well known international urbanist is coming to Edmonton for a few days.

Planning group still looking for a few cool urbanist/community-building activities for Mikael Colville-Andersen to participate in while he is here if anyone has suggestions.

Bike groups will be taking him for a ride. Will be nice to highlight O'day-min Park and residential construction taking shape as a result.

Like many Danish urbanists, he is a big fan of human scale residential like 6 storeys versus high rises, so he will probably at least appreciate that.

City Hall Talk #3

In this keynote, Mikael Colville-Andersen draws on his urbanist observations about pandemic response and from living and volunteering in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion to explore what cities reveal about themselves when systems fail. When the power goes out, when supply chains fracture...

www.michaeljanz.ca

 

[mcr]

Noticed something on the Activate Transport Expansion page, for east Edmonton.

Last year it showed 106ave getting new lanes, but now they've switched it to 101ave. Maybe to align with priority growth areas?
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Much prefer the 101 Ave option as a nearby resident. Connects better for commuting downtown / central, easier build out without having to focus on the bridge over Wayne Gretzky Drive, and there's already a shared use path just north of 106 Ave through the river valley, plus service roads along a good portion of 106 Ave. 101 Ave isn't bike friendly at all as is. I do wish this meant the re-imagination of 101 Ave was happening too, but I'll take this for now!

 

[TAS]

Save a parking stall, ride a bike!
Cyclists had High Level Diner full on Good Friday - some of those bikes geared up to accommodate 2 people.

 

[Airboy]

Nice to see, Weather was so much better on Sat though. That said I did get another 100 laps on the track instead. Next week The gravel bike is out.

All those racks need is a nice Tandem. ( Have one for sale).

 

[TAS]

Just sharing the 2026 routes the city has planned as part of $100 million Active Transportation Network Expansion program.

Some big routes on Southside through Bonnie Doon, Forest Heights etc that are still being planned out - thought they would have finalized those details by now as we are in 4th year of program.

 

[TAS]

One of last year's routes along 124 Ave (Westwood community) was purposely littered with doggie bags when I rode by this past weekend.

 

[TAS]

Shout out to NAIT for their safe storage bike boxes.

 

[Gronk!]

We've waiting for ages for this

 

[ADob]

One of last year's routes along 124 Ave (Westwood community) was purposely littered with doggie bags when I rode by this past weekend.

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You've got to wonder what deep-seated mental health and/or anger management issues underlie such purposefully hateful behaviour. This took time and effort that could have been used on practically anything else!

 

[TAS]

We've waiting for ages for this

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It's unfortunate this ends at 116st and doesn't continue to connect with protected lanes at 109St.

That missing link between 109-116st remains unaddressed with no future date in sight. I lived along 100Ave for a long time and many cyclists, especially eastbound, ride on the sidewalk because it doesn't feel safe riding on that single lane with no curb space.