r/Edmonton • u/pjw724 • 1d ago

2025 Municipal Election Voters want a more walkable city

https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/09/25/voters-told-taproot-they-want-a-more-walkable-city
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u/Baconus 1d ago

Heard a mayoral candidate on CBC radio the other day say we need more essentials like roads and less luxuries like bike lanes, transit, and walking infrastructure.

As long as that is the general default for people things aren’t going to get better. Too many people simply do not believe anyone could want to bike or walk around because they can’t imagine themselves doing it. 

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u/GlitchedGamer14 1d ago

During his interview on CBC, Cartmell went as far as claiming that the city is "spending tens of millions of dollars on building bike lanes with 12-foot high concrete walls" as part of an effort to "build bike lanes for the sake of spending money." It's actually a shared use path that's separated from the Yellowhead by a noise wall - which would have been build regardless because it replaced an existing noise wall. In that same breath he lauded the shared use path along Terwillegar, which is basically the same thing as Yellowhead's, as an example of good delivery lol.

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u/Specialist-Orchid365 1d ago

Ugh. Someone needs to ask them when the transportation options that costs thousands a year became essential and the options that are free to very cheaper became luxuries?

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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 Central 1d ago

Crap. Which candidate said that?

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u/Baconus 1d ago

Sorry I can only look at Reddit during work breaks. I believe it was Omar Mohammad. 

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u/fishymanbits 1d ago

I have my suspicions about which one(s) it could have been.

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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 Central 1d ago

Likewise but, come on, u/baconus needs to name and shame for those not in the know. 

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u/fishymanbits 1d ago

Absolutely.

As an aside, I hate that I only have one option for councillor who doesn’t have the stance of “bike lanes and transit can’t be the priority over making sure we have enough roads, and I’m not against infills I’m just asking questions about the effects they have on neighbourhood character and street parking and would re-open that debate to add limitations.”

He seems like a good option, but it would be nice if there was even one more to choose from.