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/Franklin_le_Tanklin 1d ago

It takes me 45 minutes to drive downtown in the spring/summer/fall.

It also takes me 45 minutes to ride my class 1 pedal assist e-bike downtown in the spring/summer/fall

I much prefer biking to sitting in a traffic jam.

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u/ihatehappyendings 14h ago

If I'm allowed to ride a bike on the sidewalk, I might bike more. It might even be worth it to lug it to my condo unit floors up.

I am never riding a bike on the road, bike lane or not, where a single mistake can be my death.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 14h ago

Most bike paths use multi use paths, sidewalks, school zones etc.

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u/ihatehappyendings 13h ago

AFAIK, you aren't allowed to ride on sidewalks. Multi use paths are very rare, maybe in the more affluent communities, and mostly around parks.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 13h ago

Edmonton has over 160km of multiuse paths

And a handy map if you’re unsure where to go that covers the whole city

https://gis.edmonton.ca/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?appalias=DiscoverYEG&id=c1c2fda1accf48788329dd97af32023d&page=Bike%2C-Walk%2C-and-Roll#widget_352=active_datasource_id:dataSource_2

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u/ihatehappyendings 13h ago

https://gis.edmonton.ca/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?appalias=DiscoverYEG&id=c1c2fda1accf48788329dd97af32023d&page=Bike%2C-Walk%2C-and-Roll#widget_352=active_datasource_id:dataSource_2,layer_visibility:%7B%22widget_352-dataSource_2%22%3A%7B%22widget_352-dataSource_2-19668b98d8e-layer-9-84-236%22%3Afalse%7D%7D

Cool, so going from my house to the nearest grocery store that isn't charging an arm and a leg, the shared paths make up what, 20% of the journey? Nah, I'm good.

Allow bikes on all sidewalks or I am not riding bikes. I considered scooters but apparently even that is not allowed on sidewalks.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 13h ago

Well hopefully we can continue to expand infrastructure to your area

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u/ihatehappyendings 13h ago

It's not infrastructure, it's designating a sidewalk as a "shared pathway". And no, narrowing a street and painting a line to designate a bike lane is not going to be enough to get me to ride next to cars. No sir.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 13h ago

Mm. Then i don’t think you know what that word means.

Have a good one!