[TAS]

Edmonton to get its first mountain bike park in Queen Elizabeth Park

The Edmonton Mountain Bike Alliance (EMBA) is moving closer to creating the city’s first mountain bike park, thanks to a recent grant from the provincial government. The park will be located in Queen Elizabeth Park, just east of the Walterdale Bridge, within the park’s wooded area. “This is an...

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That will bring a lot of people into the river valley. Great project!

 

[trevorhayden]

Better than building more freeways.

 

[MacLac]

That will bring a lot of people into the river valley. Great project!

Ever take it off any sweet jumps?

 

[Gronk!]

From the Misc. Parks and Greenspace Projects thread (thanks @mcr ):

 

[YEG imagineer]

Has anyone driven Highway 1 thru the Kicking Horse Canyon recently? I hear the road construction was completed this past July.

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I copied this from the Remand Centre photo by constance_chlore. Does anyone know why this MUP is fenced off? It just looks like a rental fence blocking access after an entrance to a surface parking lot which if I have my bearings correct is north of the main police station. But I see no signage on the blocking fence and I don't remember reading or hearing about an MUP blocked off. Anyone got any insight?

 

[mcr]

I copied this from the Remand Centre photo by constance_chlore. Does anyone know why this MUP is fenced off? It just looks like a rental fence blocking access after an entrance to a surface parking lot which if I have my bearings correct is north of the main police station. But I see no signage on the blocking fence and I don't remember reading or hearing about an MUP blocked off. Anyone got any insight?

Closed to allow for access during the demolition of the Remand, so I would imagine for the duration.

 

[dkazzed]

I tried using it once in 2021 it abruptly ended at 97 St, not connecting to anything. It's better to turn onto the designated 96 St bikeway (south) and protected bike lanes (north). I'd love to see the MUP connected to the 105 St Ave bike path soon though.

 

[yeggator]

Whitemud Drive/Creek bike overpasses

 

[YEG imagineer]

On the Rainbow Valley ped bridge they have started putting up the forms. They were about 1/4 done by Sunday.

 

[constance_chlore]

Bike Edmonton released a survey here on cycling-related advocacy.

 

[Kosy123]

With that 132 Ave renewal talk and the Minister butting in, I really think it's time for the city to make data on cyclist counts much more visible for the public. With fancy visuals, maps, graphs and growth percentages. It's stuff like this not being in the public narrative that allows talk of "nobody bikes here" (I've seen stuff online about how nobody uses the 83 ave bike lane, which is stupid). Without that data being easily accessible to the public, it's going to be harder to fight the online narrative of "nobody using the LRT/bikes"

Same with LRT stations, but I think it's high time that active transportation and public transportation statistics like that flood the internet.

 

[Seamusmuldrew]

I think that lack of visibility is one of the bigger downsides of having our primary bike infrastructure on residential roads parallel to main thoroughfares. I personally prefer that approach for when I’m biking since it just feels safer and more pleasant, but nobody who isn’t biking sees them. Right now I’m parked on 102 ave, have been waiting for an appointment for about 10 minutes and have already seen over 20, maybe close to 30 people bike past… even though April is part of our supposed “9 months of winter”

 

[Gronk!]

‘Stay in your own lane’: Critics irked with Alberta transportation ask to kill bike network plan | Globalnews.ca

While the province didn't contribute anything to the nearly $96 million Edmonton project, Devin Dreeshen said the government funds other roads and more coordination is needed.

globalnews.ca

 

[thommyjo]

I think that lack of visibility is one of the bigger downsides of having our primary bike infrastructure on residential roads parallel to main thoroughfares. I personally prefer that approach for when I’m biking since it just feels safer and more pleasant, but nobody who isn’t biking sees them. Right now I’m parked on 102 ave, have been waiting for an appointment for about 10 minutes and have already seen over 20, maybe close to 30 people bike past… even though April is part of our supposed “9 months of winter”

Tbh though, the side road approach might save us if the idiots at the province push this forward…

Bike lanes on jasper would probably get ripped out. 102 ave? Likely safe.

 

[constance_chlore]

I think there are multiple reasons to put bike lanes on side streets when possible. Another is that collisions are possible even when bike lanes are protected, but low traffic speeds would probably make them both less likely and less severe.

I imagine it can make sense to put bike lanes on major roads if it allows greater continuity. I'm thinking of Montreal's St-Denis bike superhighway—any of the parallel side streets would get cut off at some point. But I would feel uneasy if that bike lane were any less protected than it is.