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Finally had a moment to post this old news: Yesterday City Council finalized our budget for next year. It is fairly consistent with administration’s proposal which I outlined in a previous post, with a couple of significant changes. The 2% dedicated levy for neighbourhood reconstruction and maintenance was lowered to 1.5% for 2011 out to… Read More
I’ve been hearing more and more frustration with parking around the LRT: both the shortage of convenient places to park for riders, and neighbouring community concern with so-called ‘parasitic parking’ plugging up nearby residential streets. We filmed a short video with my thoughts on some considerations and possible next steps for Park and Ride: The… Read More
What follows ran in today’s Edmonton Examiner as my monthly column. It follows up from this previous post. I heard loud and clear that last week was challenging for many motorists encountering LRT on the south side, especially those who use 51 Avenue. The transportation department remains focused on optimizing the performance of all intersections… Read More
This post is a follow up from my Snow Policy Must Change post. Yesterday at Transportation and Public Works committee we debated the proposed new Snow Policy. My comment to the head of Transportation was “I couldn’t have written this better myself.” It calls for just what I called for back in January, specifically: a 5cm snow… Read More
Though the new extension of the South LRT has otherwise gotten off to a smooth start, there were significant problems at 51 Ave yesterday and again today. I’ve been in touch with the senior staff at the Transportation Department and they are keeping us apprised of their work and I visited the intersection twice during… Read More