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]