[The_Cat]

I’m sure Quarters will see greater use when the new part of the Winspear opens.

 

[fromtraintotower]

The Quarters stop should never been fully built. Rough-in, yes. But not built until it was confirmed that development would start around it.

The Quarters stop is located in the heart of Chinatown. They had to remove the old Harbin gate to accommodate construction. Of course, you can debate how much people actually use the place, especially the Chinatown residents, but acting as if there's little to nothing there is deceptive.

 

[_urbanite]

I’m sure Quarters will see greater use when the new part of the Winspear opens.

I would still use the Churchill stop. It's basically right in front of the Winspear

 

[David A]

The Quarters stop is located in the heart of Chinatown. They had to remove the old Harbin gate to accommodate construction. Of course, you can debate how much people actually use the place, especially the Chinatown residents, but acting as if there's little to nothing there is deceptive.

Historically I suppose, but the heart of Chinatown moved away from this area decades ago although still a few things left such as the seniors residence.

However, mostly this area is a collection of empty or underused commercial space and parking lots.

 

[Yeggy]

Historically I suppose, but the heart of Chinatown moved away from this area decades ago although still a few things left such as the seniors residence.

However, mostly this area is a collection of empty or underused commercial space and parking lots.

Not moved, foreced.

Historic chinatown was gutted via development, much like historic black neighborhood's were.

We are only slightly better than Calgary, who has the distinction of having tried to burn theirs down along with physically harming the people who loved and worked there.

 

[David A]

Moved, forced ... whatever. Over the decades, Edmonton excels at destroying its vibrant retail areas downtown which is partly why it is in the sad state it is now.

We should rename this area the Empty Quarters.

 

[The_Cat]

Construction on Meadowlark Road Near 89 Avenue.
On or around March 17, 2026, Marigold crews will begin ductbank and rail construction on
Meadowlark Road near 89 Avenue.
More Info: https://tinyurl.com/3978be79

 

[Gronk!]

Downtown detour for LRT line construction inadequate, says cycling advocate

An Edmonton cycling advocate wants the city to dedicate a lane of an avenue in the downtown core to compensate for the loss of bike lanes closed all year for construction of a new LRT line.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[The_Cat]

It’s not as bad as the 104 Avenue construction . There’s still a bike path on 103 Avenue.

 

[J_gordo]

Are they required to hop off their bike? Or are most riders still just biking through? Seems like a minor issue if they can still bike through and ignore that rule

 

[CplKlinger]

Are they required to hop off their bike? Or are most riders still just biking through? Seems like a minor issue if they can still bike through and ignore that rule

There is currently a section where cyclists must dismount, and the winter maintenance is apparently worse than it was on 102 Ave. According to this blog post by YEG Bike, this is why the upcoming closure is worse:

"The section between 103 Street and 102 Street — where cyclists coming off the broken 103 Avenue detour were supposed to reconnect to the main bike lane network — will be replaced with a temporary Shared Use Path. In practice, this means a narrow sidewalk, hemmed in by construction hoarding and other obstructions, shared between cyclists and pedestrians. This is not an infrastructure solution. It is a liability disclaimer dressed up as one.

And it gets worse still. The notice states that cyclists will be asked to dismount and walk their bicycles at two points: across 102 Avenue at 106 Street, and between 103 Street and the SUP. Two dismount sections. On the same corridor. One of which already exists on the current broken detour.

This is not a cycling detour. It is a cycling obstacle course."

 

[thommyjo]

There is currently a section where cyclists must dismount, and the winter maintenance is apparently worse than it was on 102 Ave. According to this blog post by YEG Bike, this is why the upcoming closure is worse:

"The section between 103 Street and 102 Street — where cyclists coming off the broken 103 Avenue detour were supposed to reconnect to the main bike lane network — will be replaced with a temporary Shared Use Path. In practice, this means a narrow sidewalk, hemmed in by construction hoarding and other obstructions, shared between cyclists and pedestrians. This is not an infrastructure solution. It is a liability disclaimer dressed up as one.

And it gets worse still. The notice states that cyclists will be asked to dismount and walk their bicycles at two points: across 102 Avenue at 106 Street, and between 103 Street and the SUP. Two dismount sections. On the same corridor. One of which already exists on the current broken detour.

This is not a cycling detour. It is a cycling obstacle course."

It’s a pretty brutal detour. I’m not a fan when Cyclists over complain. I think we need to pick our battles. But for this entire stretch to be closed for all of 2026 with no reasonable detour is frustrating. 103st to Churchill/library should be done along 103ave.

Sure would help to have that 100ave connection with the funicular bridge thing.

 

[Greenspace]

Mike lives on 102 Avenue in Wihkwentowin, works at Telus Plaza. He can detour to 100 Avenue most of the way. It's not ideal but everyone around 102 Ave including pedestrians, vehicles, business, residents are all making sacrifices the next few year to get this project done.

 

[whattheheck]

The sense of entitlement among cyclists like the above is eye-rolling and gives a bad name to all the other cyclists who are not complaining and keeping calm and carrying on. Construction happens. Detours happen. Pedestrians, transit, etc etc. My goodness. The work has to be done.

 

[thommyjo]

The sense of entitlement among cyclists like the above is eye-rolling and gives a bad name to all the other cyclists who are not complaining and keeping calm and carrying on. Construction happens. Detours happen. Pedestrians, transit, etc etc. My goodness. The work has to be done.

Call it entitlement all you want. But it’s not apples to apples with what drivers deal with. As someone that both bikes and drives year round, the impact to biking is drastically worse from construction, largely due to few redundancies in our network, and forced sharing of space with drivers who constantly speed, close pass, and blow through stop signs.

Wellington bridge is a great example. The primary entrance into downtown bike grid from the west end. Drivers have countless detours they can make. Bikes? They can use the single lane SPR and risk a psychotic driver running them over for going 25 in a 50 zone. They can bike 107ave with 8 lanes and 60km/hr traffic.

Or they can weave through glenora. But glenora streets have been barely bikeable for most of this winter due to unplowed snow, ice, ruts, etc. just so unsafe.

So drivers have small inconveniences of detours and traffic.
Bikers have dangerous, unbikeable shared streets.

Is that entitlement? Again, drivers have dozens of roads they can use. Bikers often have 1 safe path.

And drivers whine constantly about all constructions and detours and traffic haha. So I think it’s just human nature. We all dislike inconveniences.