TRANSPORTATION
- Transit expert urges City of Edmonton to consider route re-design [CBC Edmonton]
- Staples: GPS technology makes taking the bus less cold, more cool [Edmonton Journal]
- Officials aim for zero traffic deaths in strategy likely to annoy some motorists [Edmonton Journal]
- Merging old and new technology delayed LRT line opening, company says [Edmonton Journal]
- New LRT system has capacity to run driverless trains [Edmonton Journal]
- Corruption charges against Edmonton LRT bidder has city seeking assurances [Edmonton Journal]
- Credit cards could soon be used as Edmonton transit fare card [Metro Edmonton]
- Why we drive our kids everywhere: irrational anxiety and fear [Metro Edmonton]
- Pedestrian-focused changes coming for Edmonton’s 107 Avenue: city official [Metro Edmonton]
ARTS & HERITAGE
- There’s a concerning trend happening: one artsy haunt after another is closing [Metro Edmonton]
- What’s wrong with McDougall United Church? Here are six major problems [Edmonton Journal]
YEG INNOVATION
- Edmonton festival and events app aims to be one-stop shop [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton proposes to let residents play urban planner with new CITYlab project [Metro Edmonton]
- cityLAB launches! [City of Edmonton]
- Open labs project to bring city staff to Startup Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]
- Lamphier: Young entrepreneurs in decline, but Edmonton bucks trend [Edmonton Journal]
- City should stop making an app for that, says councillor [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton community rallies to brainstorm ways to revitalize Greater Hardisty neighbourhood [Metro Edmonton]
- Simons: Brace for impact: City council takes stock of new local economic forecast [Edmonton Journal]
- 104 Street committee wants new tenant in Sobeys location as soon as possible [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton pitches ‘insurance policy’ against climate change [Edmonton Journal]
- City staff release plan to make Edmonton a low-carbon city [Metro Edmonton]
- No ifs ands or butts, city council bans smoking in Churchill Square [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton data shows surprising combination of factors lead to property crime [Metro Edmonton]
- Yards Podcast: Some of my best friends are under 35 [The Yards]
- EVENT: Farewell to Winter Patio Party March 13-15 [Explore Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- The cost of commuting from Houston’s suburbs [Houston Chronicle]
- Expert advice on building the city of the 21st century [Globe and Mail]
- Six ideas for building cycling culture from the World Bicycle Forum [The City Fix]
- A Novel Solution to Public Urination: Walls That Splash Pee Right Back at You [CityLab]
- Redevelopment of Honest Ed’s in Toronto holds several surprises [Globe and Mail]