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There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to planning and designing new infrastructure. As part of the Mass Transit: Implementing for 1.25 Million People project, we needed to provide opportunities for Edmontonians to share their experiences and feedback to help us create a mass transit network that works.
This project included 2 rounds of engagement, each with a range of opportunities to share your experiences and feedback.
In Round 1, we wanted to hear from people about their vision, experience and concerns with adding non-LRT, specifically bus-based, mass transit to the City of Edmonton transit network.
Some of the questions we asked included:
The introduction of dedicated transit lanes will, inevitably, result in some challenging decisions about which street elements, such as sidewalks, public realm space, boulevards, trees, bike lanes, vehicle parking and vehicle travel lanes, should be prioritized.
In the Round 2 engagement, we wanted to better understand people’s priorities in terms of how we design the corridors that will accommodate dedicated transit lanes. The five corridors include Whyte Avenue, Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail, 97 Street north of the Yellowhead, 97 Street south of the Yellowhead and 87 Avenue near West Edmonton Mall.
Thank you to everyone who provided additional feedback on the Whyte Avenue corridor through the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy engagement. We are currently reviewing the input received and a What We Heard report summarizing the feedback will be available later this spring.
Combining engagement for the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy and the Whyte Avenue Mass Transit corridor allowed Edmontonians to consider all the public realm changes in the area, providing a holistic view of the future vision for Old Strathcona.
Engagement for the Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail, 97 Street north of the Yellowhead, 97 Street south of the Yellowhead, 87 Avenue near West Edmonton Mall, and Whyte Avenue corridors took place in October 2022. Feedback was collected through a survey, 4 online workshops, as well as 5 pop-up engagement events.
Some of the questions we asked included:
Round 2 Workshop Presentation Video
The feedback gathered from all of the round 1 and 2 engagement will be used, along with policy and technical considerations, to develop the route alignment, station location and basic street configuration options for each of the corridors that have been identified for non-LRT (bus-based) mass transit. These options are targeted to be presented to Council for consideration in late 2023 or early 2024.
Following that, the corridors will advance into the design and construction phase. Funding for the design of these corridors was approved by City Council as part of the 2023-2026 Capital Budget.