A historical satire by actors who did little research, from theedmontonian.com and EdmontonPolitics.com team.
We’ve got a mayor and council ready to create new LRT lines in Edmonton. We’re looking at some of the largest transit expansions in our history, and there are calls for more bicycle lanes. Clearly, we need to hear from a mayor that helped get us our LRT line and one that loves private automobiles.
In this forum:
Mayor Ivor Dent – The Commonwealth Games and our LRT system can be linked back to Dent
Mayor Matthew (Mat) “Warden” McCauley – Edmonton’s first mayor
Mayor William Short – One of the City of Edmonton’s first mayors, and one of the first people in Edmonton to ever own a car
After the jump you’ll find out what they think, and it should provide great debate since we’ve got one of the first car-owners and a mayor who helped bring us LRT.
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Edmontonians do like to bike.
By Michael Janz, Vice-President, Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society.
More and more people are cycling in Edmonton every day. Council candidates need to make supporting cycling a priority, even if it means deferring spending on interchanges, overpasses, and further road expansion.
In Edmonton, commuting by bike 365 days per year is too often relegated to the category of “extreme sport” because we are a “winter city.” There certainly are a few frozen weeks that might make you wonder if you woke up in Siberia. These traumatic cold days seem to have caused many Edmontonians to forget that our climate is blessed with 265 days of weather that are warm and sunny.
Whatever the cyclist’s motivation (environment, health, wellness, financial, or convenience) I envision a city where cycling is as accessible and appealing for everyone; whether they need to get to work, or just need to get to the corner store to buy some milk.
The reasons why many choose to pick up the car keys are numerous. And urban sprawl has spread us further from each other, with auto-focused development leading to streets not designed for people, but for cars. Edmonton, for too long, has avoided some of the tough decisions and conversations that we need to have surrounding transportation spending.
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