Category: A city with better housing & transportation choices

Station at 40th Ave Feasible, But Shelved

Closing the loop on a campaign promise (and two previous posts from October of 2010 and February of 2012) I can report a mix of good and bad news after today’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee discussion of the merits of adding a station between Southgate and Century Park. The good news: the report responding to my… Read More

1-Day-a-Week Pledge: Transportation Choices

Would you be willing to make a change in your transportation choices one day a week? That’s the question the City is asking this summer with the “1-Day-a-Week” Pledge. Through a series of events, including last weekend’s launch at Gazebo Park in Old Strathcona, the City’s Transportation Department will be working to illustrate the impact… Read More

Surplus School Sites To Be Developed in Ward 10 [Updated]

[Update, April 20, 2012: City Administration sent an email (quoted below) to the Blue Quill Community League yesterday indicating that the Skyrattler site is being put on hold for further review. I continue to press for more community involvement in decisions affecting all these sites, and will demand meaningful community input into the options for… Read More

Station at 40th Avenue: Formal Inquiry

Following up from a campaign promise (see previous post here) to look into the possibility of a station between Southgate and Century Park, I advanced a formal inquiry today at Council’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. I believe it will come back for discussion at the May 8 meeting of the Committee. The text of the… Read More

Late Transit ‘Night Ride’ Pilot Project

[Update: Sept. 29, 2011: The City announced yesterday that the pilot will run in January of next year. It means the pilot will have a full university term to be evaulated, and gives more time for neighbourhood input into how the program will be evaluated – one of the major questions that came up in the Sept.… Read More