The City of Edmonton’s Urban Planning Committee is reviewing the River Crossing Business Plan on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. River Crossing is located in the geographic heart of Edmonton between the downtown and Old Strathcona areas. The vision for the River Crossing is to reflect the area’s importance to Edmontonians and its special significance to First Nations…
Being a member of Paths for People’s board means you play a key role in determining the direction and activities Paths for People undertakes. [ full description of Board Member roles and responsibilities ] Fill out the form below if you are interested in applying to be nominated for the board elections. Deadline to submit an application: September…
The Urban Planning Committee is reviewing the Missing Sidewalk Connections Report on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. It includes: a detailed inventory map visually outlining missing sidewalk connections an updated budget action plan for addressing these missing connections Missing sidewalk connections in the city have been a big issue in our Missing Links Initiative, which we’re…
Community and Public Services Committee is looking at changing the speed limit on local residential roads from 50 km/hr to 40 km/hr. When the framework came up for discussion on April 24, 2019, we contributed to the call for lower speed limits AND to promote 30 hm/hr in the heart of the city. It’s known…
The city report for Cycling Facilities and Cycling Connections: 109 Street looking at the feasibility of bike lanes in the Garneau / McKernan / Parkallen communities was discussed on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in the Urban Planning Committee. We were there and spoke to it. (We’ve been following this project closely and previously spoke in committee…
Highlights from the third and final day for the Winter Cycling Congress – shared by the two University of Alberta students attending the Calgary event with the help of P4P bursaries: Mary Bachynsky’s takeaways 1. A cycling nation is ALSO a satisfying place to drive From Melissa and Chris Bruntlett‘s keynote presentation, Building the Cycling City, the pair presented…
The second day for two University of Alberta students attending the Winter Cycling Congress (with the help of P4P bursaries). Here are their insights from the day: Mary Bachynsky’s takeaways 1. Look beyond human error factors in traffic safety From Don Kostelec‘s presentation Everything your traffic safety office told you was wrong, Don debunked some…
Two University of Alberta students are attending the Winter Cycling Congress (with the help of P4P bursaries) and sharing their learnings each day: Mary Bachynsky’s takeaways 1. Transportation is essential to an “ecosystem of healthy cities” In Gabe Klein‘s keynote presentation, he pointed out that transportation is the world’s number one source of greenhouse…
Meet Winter Cycling Congress student bursary recipients Two University of Alberta students attended the three-day international event in Calgary from February 6-8, 2019, with the help of funding from Paths for People. Each day they shared the stand-out moments: DAY ONE (February 6, 2019) DAY TWO (February 7, 2019) DAY THREE (February 8, 2019) …
We want to help students attend the Winter Cycling Congress (February 6-8, 2019) in Calgary. Paths for people is offering $200 each to a maximum of three students, for their conference registration fees. Applicants must be: actively engaged in or planning to be engaged in active transportation registered students based in Edmonton,…