TRANSPORT
- Southeast LRT on track after province promises to fill $600 million funding gap (with video) [Edmonton Journal]
- Councillor Bryan Anderson says that Scona Road’s speed limit is too low and a speed trap for the city. Perhaps they shouldn’t have widened the lanes and smoothed out the curves then? [CBC]
- Edmonton LRT ridership hit record high in 2013, report shows [Edmonton Journal]
- Are the Fitness Benefits of Riding Your Bike Worth the Risk of an Accident? [Pacific Standard]
- How about our High Level Streetcar? Cities Turn to Streetcars to Spur Economic Development [Stateline]
- How Design Can Help Build a ‘Transit Culture’ [Atlantic Cities]
- Cities with transit investments have seen their unemployment rates drop: Use of Public Transit in U.S. Reaches Highest Level Since 1956, Advocates Report. [New York Times]
DEVELOPMENT
- Growing pains for growing in: Infill development brings as many headaches as opportunities [Edmonton Journal]
- Lamphier: Signs pointing up for Melcor and Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- MacEwan receives $30M from province for new arts building downtown [Edmonton Journal]
- Lamphier: Condo projects on the rise in shadow of Edmonton’s new arena [Edmonton Journal]
- Local gallery ISBE is left confused and disheartened over city’s handling of licenses. Could something like this help businesses? [Edmonton Examiner]
- Price tag for renovating Federal Building (originally $200 million) and plaza/underground parking (originally $156 million) swells to $375 million [Edmonton Journal]
- Lessons for Edmonton? Winnipeg architecture firm perfects doing more for less. Check out 5468796’s website [Globe and Mail]
- Mid-Rise: Density at a Human Scale [Planetizen]
ENVIRONMENT
- EVENT: March 18, Regional Planning Speakers Series: Resiliency, Planning & Responding to Disaster [City Regions Studies Centre]
- Alberta fish kill this year could be worst ever (with video) [Edmonton Journal]
- Canadian wilderness shaped by humans, series reveals [CBC]
- Let’s talk about green infrastructure for our streets! New York City provides excellent examples for urban bioswales [New York City]
POLITICS
- Tax redistribution would mean big boost for Edmonton: Blakeman [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: Province’s Future Fund just mad money or crazy idea? [Edmonton Journal]
- LRT funding a big win for Edmonton, but it is enough to save Redford? [Daveberta]
- Laurie Hawn to retire blowing federal Edmonton-Centre race wide open [Daveberta]
- Sad Don Iveson, Edmonton Mayor, Becomes Awesome Meme [Huffington Post]
- Mayors get things done. Should they run the world? [Globe and Mail]
MICELLANY
- Edmonton food revolution could spice up city economy [Metro News]
- Come learn about planning at the City of Edmonton’s Planning Academy! The first class is on April 9th and courses run till May 3rd. [City of Edmonton]
- Civic Engagement and Higher Education: It Is Not Only About Tutoring [Huffington Post]
Also check out this new promotion video by the Old Strathcona Business Association: