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The_Cat said:
The always-ever helpful Lorne Gunter:
edmontonjournal.com

Lorne Gunter: Who is it for? Downtown revitalization makes it difficult to get there

Between the disruptive Valley Line LRT west extension and the “Imagine Jasper” project, there is no good route to Downtown from the west end
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“there is no good way to commute Downtown from the west end. Not one. And the west end is one of the top two residential locations for people who work Downtown.”
Anyone know where he gets this from? Or is it from his favourite source, being made-upedia
 
Seamusmuldrew said:
“there is no good way to commute Downtown from the west end. Not one. And the west end is one of the top two residential locations for people who work Downtown.”
Anyone know where he gets this from? Or is it from his favourite source, being made-upedia
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Is it such a top residential location? If being in the west end is such a problem, lots of people live in other parts of the city seemingly happier, so one solution is to go there.

I suppose, to be fair to Lorne, he didn't have to worry about this back when he worked in the Sun building which was not downtown. However, I do feel with the completion of the LRT construction this will improve a lot, although perhaps by then he may be retired or laid off, like most of the rest of the Post Media staff.
 
David A said:
Is it such a top residential location? If being in the west end is such a problem, lots of people live in other parts of the city seemingly happier, so one solution is to go there.

I suppose, to be fair to Lorne, he didn't have to worry about this back when he worked in the Sun building which was not downtown. However, I do feel with the completion of the LRT construction this will improve a lot, although perhaps by then he may be retired or laid off, like most of the rest of the Post Media staff.
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As a West Ender, there’s definitely some pain already and a good 4-5 years ahead still. But after that, it’ll be wonderfully better than if Wellington, Jasper ave, stony plain, the WLRT, and Tf werent all improved.

The challenge is just geography. The river cuts things off and the deeper west (Lewis farms, Hamptons, edgemont, and beyond) are a real trek into DT without any “fast” roads.

87ave bridge to University would help a ton.
 
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"Two buildings slated for conversion reduced the downtown inventory by 127,000 sq ft", does anyone have any info on that? I don't think anyone on here has brought up any new office conversion talk.
 
thommyjo said:
As a West Ender, there’s definitely some pain already and a good 4-5 years ahead still. But after that, it’ll be wonderfully better than if Wellington, Jasper ave, stony plain, the WLRT, and Tf werent all improved.

The challenge is just geography. The river cuts things off and the deeper west (Lewis farms, Hamptons, edgemont, and beyond) are a real trek into DT without any “fast” roads.

87ave bridge to University would help a ton.
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Getting from the Whyte Ave area to anywhere in West Edmonton is an unbelievable pain in the ass. The Wolf Willow footbridge is often faster than driving.
 
thommyjo said:
He says jasper ave is ripped up because of bike lanes…? Didn’t see those in the imagine jasper plans.

Cause they aren’t.

Why is this idiot so bad at basic research? This isn’t reporting or news or journalism. This is a whining, misinformed boomer, yelling lies to other boomers 🙄
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Someone tell Gunter that he called it: the bike lane infra pieces (which Jasper ave sadly had to get ripped up for) are all in place and ready for installation:
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