DOWNTOWN
- City closer to changing downtown Edmonton parking lot, putting up paradise [Metro]
- Edmonton councillors dig into downtown arena levy to fund drainage project [Metro]
- Coworking spaces set to grow in Edmonton [Alberta Venture]
- Before and After: 97 Street Edmonton – 1930 [Street View Kyle]
ENVIRONMENT
- Ewart: Where is Alberta’s support for renewable power? [Calgary Herald]
- Alberta needs to kick its coal habit, says report [Edmonton Journal]
- Sadly, there has been no climate change plan for Alberta since 2012. Thomson: The grassroots insistent on green [Edmonton Journal]
- Something Edmonton could do as well? Montreal’s New Rosemont Sidewalk Gardens Are Changing The City’s Streets One Block At A Time [MTL Blog]
LOCAL NEWS
- An interview with Mayor Don Iveson about ‘the most underestimated city in North America’ [Edmonton Journal]
- City wants to ensure new home buyers are aware of nearby development potential [Edmonton Journal]
- Hmm, Edmonton’s most glaring failure? Staples on river valley development [Edmonton Journal]
- Beverly Cenotaph By Lawrence Herzog Herzog on Heritage [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- Beer mixes well with Edmonton’s historical streetcars [Metro]
TRANSPORT
- Simons: Cash for Valley Line is fine, but transit funding must be consistent [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton and Calgary should think about high-speed rail system, but shouldn’t put money into it [Edmonton Sun]
- Downtown Greyhound station eyeing relocation to north Edmonton in Prince Charles. [CBC]
- Troubling Trends likely for Edmonton too: Calgarians continue their love affairs with automobiles [Calgary Herald]
- Do Drivers Discriminate Against Minorities at Crosswalks? [City Lab]
BIKES!
- Map: Proposed bicycle routes for Edmonton’s core still need further discussion [Metro]
- City of Waterloo infographic makes the case for bike lanes (and why the sky won’t fall if they’re built!)
- Biking to Work Increases 60 Percent Over Last Decade, Census Bureau Reports [US Census]
- Business Cycle: Why do you support bike lanes in Calgary? [Alberta Venture]
- Top three insights from a ‘car guy’ who just started cycling to work [Globe and Mail]
- The States And Cities That Are Best For Getting To Work On Two Feet [Fast Coexist]
MICELLANY
- When we stop children taking risks, do we stunt their emotional growth? [Independent.Co.Uk]
- Winnipeg: City of architectural delights [Winnipeg Free Press]
- How a passionate builder is tackling Calgary’s housing sprawl [Globe and Mail]
- OpEd: City-building as a Canadian export [Ottawa Citizen]
- The Anxiety of Paris, Captured in a Single Department Store [City Lab]
- The Sidewalk of the Future Is Not So Concrete [City Lab]
- A Tiny Austrian Town Is Reinventing Bus Stops [The Atlantic]
- Check out this neat tool: Is It Better to Rent or Buy? [NY Times]
- Why the ‘Garden City’ Suburb Is Making an Unlikely Comeback [City Lab]