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On December 21st, the sun set in Edmonton at 4:16pm. It was, by definition, our darkest (and shortest) day. Yet today as I commuted into work in the pitch black, it occurred to me that — just like the days after the solstice — we’ve started to brighten up about winter. Our ground-breaking Winter City… Read More
Whether we’re buying a new treadmill or a box of oranges, we inevitably ask ourselves the same question: is it worth what I’m paying? Just before budget deliberations, Edmonton’s Insight Community (sign up to take part) surveyed Edmontonians and asked them the same kind of question: do you get good value for the property tax… Read More
This month we’ve received half of our annual average snowfall. In November. It’s not even technically winter yet. I’m doing my best to be excited about it, because we’re embracing our winter city nature. And most Edmontonians seem to be taking it in stride — leaving extra time to get to travel and helping neighbours… Read More
Last week Council debated several amendments to the already heavily revised Snow Policy. The revised policy as approved by Council is here. There was significant debate about whether the City should be plowing residential roads down to bare pavement after every snowfall. In the end Council decided that we should aim for maintaining a 5cm… Read More
Following up to last week’s post on the latest round of Snow Policy work, I can confirm that Council intervened and, as you may have read in the media, the blanket seasonal parking ban on bus routes has been suspended. At the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting on September 6, I proposed that all we… Read More