CITY MEMORY
- EVENT April 18: Bus tour discovering Edmonton’s brewing & malting history [ECAMP]
- Oral history project documents city’s ‘smaller stories’ [Edmonton Journal]
- City and province agree to pump $1.25 million into historic McDougall United Church [Edmonton Journal]
- Herzog: Edmonton’s town crier [ECAMP]
- A YEAR OF RECONCILIATION [Mayor Don Iveson]
- New posts from the The Old Indian Cemetary and Tiny Coffins [Ghosts of Camsell]
TRANSIT
- City of Edmonton councillors seeks certainty on west-end LRT extension [Metro News]
- City of Edmonton still awaiting province’s decision on smart fare funding [Metro News]
- Metro Line LRT security handover delayed due to missing documents [Metro News]
- Canadian cities lobby Ottawa for increase in public transit funding [Globe and Mail]
- Mass transit, once viewed as a prescription for traffic congestion, is now considered a must-have economic development tool to attract millennials [Washington Post]
TRANSPORT
- City of Edmonton to remove sidewalks from Jasper Ave [Edmonton Bikes]
- Why relatively new sidewalks are already falling apart while some the city built more than a century ago are still intact [Metro Calgary]
- The eight principles of the sidewalk: building more active cities [City Fix]
- Nightwalking: a subversive stroll through the city streets [The Guardian]
- Cyclists rejoice: MacEwan University considers designating sidewalks bike-safe zones [Metro News]
- Why do bros fear ‘being chicked’ on their bikes? [Metro News]
- Cycling Lessons Learned From Amsterdam That No One Talks About [Spacing Vancouver]
- Province to spend $80-million twinning Highway 19 [Edmonton Journal]
- Transportation Issue: 11 thinkers on how to unsnarl our cities [Globe and Mail]
- Neat visual: Gridlock vs. Bottlenecks [Setosa Blog]
LOCAL NEWS
- Tony Caterina to run as PC candidate in Edmonton [CBC]
- Uber wins injunction battle with City of Edmonton [inews880]
- Edmonton building wins award from solar association [Edmonton Journal]
- More boardwalk style patios opening on Whyte Avenue this summer [Metro News]
- West Edmonton Mall whale’s return making a big splash with Edmontonians [Metro News]
- Edmonton planners flooded with ideas after launching CITYLab project [Metro News]
- Tree-felling on infill lots touches nerve with many Edmonton residents [Edmonton Journal]
- Downtown Edmonton Galleria project set for its likely curtain call [Metro News]
- Kennedale Eco Station makes recycling hazardous waste convenient for northeast Edmonton [DIALOG]
- Major expansion coming to Royal Alexandra hospital [Metro News]
- Cat enthusiast looking to set up a cat cafe in Edmonton [Metro News]
- Edmonton arts institution The Movie Studio set to close [Metro News]
MISCELLANY
- 3 Kinds of Temporary Public Spaces and the Cities Who Love Them [medium]
- Is “Tactical Urbanism” an Alternative to Neoliberal Urbanism? [MOMA]
- Putting Our Jobs Back in Place : how placemaking generates lasting prosperity [PPS]
- Five Ways to Do Urban Stadiums and Arenas Right [Sustainable Cities Collective]
- This Seattle Street Art Only Appears When It’s Raining [City Lab]
- You Can Play Pac-Man On Google Maps Right Now [Kotaku]
- Melbourne Water Encourages Australian Citizens to Build 10,000 Rain Gardens [inhabitat]
- The Density Question: is there an ideal density? [Strong Towns]
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