Transit
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Design and the City: The LRT and the ‘Flying E’
What contributes to the image of a city? Is it the rich manufacturing heritage on 104th Street? The vibrancy of Old Strathcona? I can tell you what...
By Jeff Robson -
It’s time to quit hating on pedways
Pedways have been built in cities around the world for the same reason: weather. Most, in places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei, remove people from...
By Tim Querengesser -
The Edmonton Streetcar and Its Urban Form: Part 1
Jasper Avenue, Whyte Avenue, 124th Street, Alberta Avenue, 95th Street, 97th Street, 109th Street. What do all of these streets share in common? The...
By Jason Pfeifer -
The spacingTime Continuum – Inaugural Whyte Ave Edition
There’s just something inexplicably cool (to me) about seeing a photo of a horse drawn carriage filled with a moustachioed brass band circa...
By Kurt Borth -
Serving Suburbs With Mobile Libraries
As I have gotten older and more interested in the dialogue of what makes a city, one component of urban life I am starting to see as a vital piece of...
By David Cooper -
Spacing Edmonton’s LRT Pins and Magnets: Now Arriving On All Tracks!
To celebrate the launch of Spacing Edmonton, I designed a set of buttons representing each station on our Light Rail Transit line. I made these buttons as...
By Adam Bentley