LRT and TRANSIT

• Late night bus service starts Sept. 6 [Edmonton Journal]
• Smith: Edmonton transit: Waiting for the city brass to do their part [Metro Edmonton]
• Edmonton LRT Valley Line contract offers cost certainty, but community voices could be harder to hear [Metro Edmonton]
• The LRT believer [Metro Edmonton]
• ‘Gob-smacked’ council reacts to Metro line traffic delays [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton previews Metro line as business groups worry about delays and headaches [Metro Edmonton]
• Metro LRT to cause major traffic delays [Metro Edmonton]
• Edmonton’s new LRT: The Metro Line in pictures [Metro Edmonton]
• Alberta offers up $28 million for Edmonton-area Smart Card system [Metro Edmonton]
• Next stop: Google Transit, Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]

OTHER TRANSPORTATION MODES CAUSING FEWER MELTDOWNS (LATELY)

• Taxis and Uber reject city’s proposed ride-share regulations [CBC Edmonton]
• Edmonton taxi drivers to get extra set of eyes [Edmonton Journal]
• Staples: Edmonton is failing cyclists [Edmonton Journal]
• Cycling advocates want to make ‘Idaho stop’ a go in Alberta [Edmonton Journal]
• Pleasantview volunteers bullied, intimidated over traffic barriers [CBC Edmonton]
• Jasper and Whyte crosswalk improvement underway [Metro Edmonton]
• People march on Whyte to raise pedestrian safety awareness [Metro Edmonton]

CLIMATE CHANGE and the ENVIRONMENT

• From solar panels to gardens, citizens share climate change ideas [Edmonton Journal]
• Stricter firepit rules proposed [Edmonton Journal]
• The City of Edmonton makes composting easy [VUE Weekly]
• UofA researcher says residents need to get loud with urban coyotes [Metro Edmonton]
• Alberta’s hot August the ‘new normal’ U of A prof says [Metro Edmonton]
• U of A starts recycling old residence mattresses [Edmonton Journal]

OTHER LOCAL NEWS

• Staples: What $1-million piece of art should we buy for ourselves? [Edmonton Journal]
• Coming up at City Council: September 7-11 [Mastermaq.ca]
• Edmonton’s rainbow crosswalks are here to stay [Metro Edmonton]
• Dîner en Blanc: A piece of Paris popping up in Edmonton [CBC Edmonton]
• Photos: Diner en Blanc 2015 [Edmonton Journal]
• Get artsy for the environment [Transforming Edmonton]
• Exciting, innovative change for Jasper Place! [Transforming Edmonton]
• Edmonton entrance-sign options come with price tag up to $2.5 million [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton restaurants could get a break on strict parking rules [Metro Edmonton]
• Alberta minister joins councillors’ call for change on motel rooms as housing [Metro Edmonton]
• Council and police say social housing needed in Edmonton [CBC Edmonton]
• City installing $3M suicide-prevention barriers on High Level Bridge [CBC Edmonton]

MISCELLANY

• What other cities learned by removing their freeways [D Magazine]
• A Gloriously Drawn, Insider’s Map of New York [CityLab]
• Do “WALK” Buttons Actually Do Anything? [CityLab]
• Forgotten architectural gems in cities – reader photos [The Guardian]