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Paths for People stands in solidarity with CSU52 Edmonton Public Library employees as they prepare to strike at 11am on Friday, March 15. CSU52 represents over 6,000 technical, professional, clerical, and administrative employees across the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Public Library, with many of their staff directly working on supporting and implementing major city…

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Paths for People is excited to see that the City of Edmonton is looking to renew 76th avenue in the Ritchie, Avonmore, and King Edward Park neighbourhoods. This is an important community connector that strings together local hubs like Happy Beer Street along 99th street, the community business hub at 96th street and 76th avenue,…

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Below are our speaking notes for this committee meeting regarding Downtown Pedestrianization. Our Downtown Pedestrianization Report is a key example of the work our organization hopes to achieve in improving quality of life downtown for residents, visitors, and business owners- we want to be able to work alongside a number of stakeholders, all with different…

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On Monday, February 5, 2024, the City of Edmonton released the first set of projects being built using Council’s historic $100 million investment in active transportation infrastructure. The City is blazing ahead with the following projects and intends to complete almost 20 km of new infrastructure by the end of 2024.  This represents a massive…

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We know active transportation infrastructure makes cities better: we love shared-use paths, safer crosswalks, improved sidewalks, better bike lanes, and more. We’ve written about it (just scroll through our blog). Big players in Canadian cities have written about it too, including the U of A Centre for Active Living, BC Healthy Communities, and the Canadian…

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Complete streets are streets where there are safe transportation options built within the public road right-of-way. By default, on a complete street there is a safe place to walk, roll, bike, transit, and drive. The City is currently renewing their road standards, providing an important opportunity to make sure we build adequete sidewalks, shared-use paths,…

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The 132 Avenue Collector Renewal broke ground this summer.We are thrilled to see that the City of Edmonton’s designs for the renewal spanning from Fort Road to 127 Street – connecting schools, community spaces, and residences across Edmonton’s north side – are a leading example of safe, lively streets. This is a project to be…

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