TRANSPORT
- Metro LRT delayed, not yet ‘reliable’ says city [CBC]
- Thales Vs. Edmonton: A bumpy LRT ride ahead [Metro News]
- Simons: St. Albert-Edmonton transit deal could be our ticket to ride [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton transit planners to use smartphones as human tracking device [Edmonton Journal]
- No tolerance campaign planned for Edmonton Transit System [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton students call for more lighting, more peace officers on transit [Metro News]
- Upcoming Meetings for the protected bike lanes for 102 and 83 aves [City of Edmonton]
- Downtown Vancouver businesses’ attitudes towards bike lanes have changed in the last 5 years[news1130]
- Future of Transportation: Cities with Choices—and Less Parking [Urban Land]
DEVELOPMENT
- Brad Lamb set to launch new tower in downtown Edmonton [Metro News]
- Downtown Edmonton arena plaza to follow well behind new rink [Metro News]
- City Council endorses phased approach to Edmonton Galleria project, but many questions remain [MasterMaq]
- Farmers’ Market not warm to new park in Old Strathcona [Metro News]
- Cost to remediate first phase of Blatchford site significantly under budget [City of Edmonton]
- Freezeway pilot one step closer to becoming a reality in Edmonton [Metro News]
- Edmonton’s housing markets to cool down in 2015 and 2016, says CMHC [Edmonton Journal]
THE ABORIGINAL CITY
- Planned park in the Quarters Downtown to be named Kinistinâw [Edmonton Journal]
- City to honour end of Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Edmonton Journal]
- Channelling connections between aboriginal artists [Edmonton Journal]
THE INCLUSIVE CITY
- Edmonton advocates push for permanent housing to stop families from living in motels [Metro News]
- Low-income Edmonton bus passes promote a kind culture [Metro News]
- Kids in highest need neighbourhoods get taste of Edmonton transit [Metro News]
- Mayor of Edmonton’s bold plan to make his city poverty-free within a generation [Leaders and Legacies]
- 20% of renters spend half their income on housing [Canadian Real Estate]
- Some inner city residents fight for living space amongst surging condo construction, arena traffic: inside look at Edmonton police on patrol [CBC]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton City as a Museum on Cloverdale Bridge [ECAMP]
- May 25, 1904: Edmonton becomes a one-car town [Edmonton Journal]
- 124 Grand Market expands to include French Quarter on June 7 [Edmonton Journal]
- City of Edmonton opens door on open data from residents [Metro News]
- Can Edmonton’s new green spaces support urban agriculture? [Vue Weekly]
- City of Edmonton looks to make downtown daycare a little easier [Metro News]
- Sun’s rays used to power, heat Queen Elizabeth Pool in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Ski club needs $15-million facelift to stay afloat [Edmonton Journal]
- Councillor Bryan Anderson wants the city to do more to control Edmonton dandelion explosion [Edmonton Journal]
- City of Edmonton looking to put massage parlours on hold again [Metro News]
- Premier Rachel Notley restores funding to Alberta schools for enrolment growth [Metro News]
MISCELLANY
- Nenshi floats idea of ‘negative income tax’ now that Ceci is Alberta Finance Minister [Metro News]
- Sanitation, immigration and even air-traffic control all matter in urban safety – often in ways you wouldn’t imagine [Guardian]
- Are cities really bastions of tolerance? [CityLab]
- The designer of the shopping mall was an urbanist: The Gruen Effect [99pi]
- How Public Spaces Make Cities More People-Oriented [Sustainable Cities Collective]