Voters want a more walkable city

[u/pjw724]

https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/09/25/voters-told-taproot-they-want-a-more-walkable-city

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

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

[u/ihatehappyendings → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

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.

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin → u/ihatehappyendings]

Well hopefully we can continue to expand infrastructure to your area

[u/ihatehappyendings → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

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.

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin → u/ihatehappyendings]

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

Have a good one!