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Five Short, Linear Stories on the LRT

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This story was originally written for the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) website launch. ECAMP, an initiative under the... Read More

Induced Demand: How Edmonton Can Undermine Its LRT Investment

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The proposed widening of 75th Street to six lanes as part of the southeast LRT project was recently discussed in an article in the... Read More

Design and the City: The LRT and the ‘Flying E’

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What contributes to the image of a city? Is it the rich manufacturing heritage on 104th Street? The vibrancy of Old Strathcona? I can... Read More

It’s time to quit hating on pedways

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Pedways have been built in cities around the world for the same reason: weather. Most, in places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei... Read More

The Edmonton Streetcar and Its Urban Form: Part 1

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Jasper Avenue, Whyte Avenue, 124th Street, Alberta Avenue, 95th Street, 97th Street, 109th Street.  What do all of these streets share... Read More

The spacingTime Continuum – Inaugural Whyte Ave Edition

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There’s just something inexplicably cool (to me) about seeing a photo of a horse drawn carriage filled with a moustachioed brass... Read More

Serving Suburbs With Mobile Libraries

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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... Read More

Spacing Edmonton’s LRT Pins and Magnets: Now Arriving On All Tracks!

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To celebrate the launch of Spacing Edmonton, I designed a set of buttons representing each station on our Light Rail Transit line. I... Read More