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There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to planning and designing new transit infrastructure. As a result, we needed to provide opportunities for Edmontonians to share their experiences and feedback to ensure we are creating a bus-based mass transit network that works for everyone.
This project included 2 rounds of engagement for people to share their feedback on the vision for bus-based mass transit and the route alignment and street configuration considerations for the 3 city-wide bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors identified for development at the 1.25 million population horizon. Engagement was conducted at the Advise level on the City’s Public Engagement Spectrum, meaning the public was invited to share their perspectives and tell the project team what they thought.
Read the Mass Transit: Implementing for 1.25 Million People What We Heard Report for a full summary of the engagement and how feedback was used.
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 configure the corridors that will accommodate dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) transit lanes.
Thank you to everyone who provided additional feedback on the Whyte Avenue portion of the West Edmonton Mall to Bonnie Doon via Quesnell Bridge and Whyte Avenue corridor through the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy engagement. 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. Read the What We Heard Report .
Engagement for all 3 BRT 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:
In order to ensure the needs and perspectives of under-represented communities were included, a separate stream of engagement was undertaken to reach these groups. This engagement was used as part of a mass transit equity assessment to develop a set of mass transit equity principles, which were then validated through broader public engagement.
The broader public engagement took the form of an online survey using the Edmonton Insight Community in March 2024, which allowed participants to share feedback about the principles.
These equity principles were then embedded into the broader Mass Transit Implementation Principles, which were used as part of the evaluation and decision-making process to evaluate and make recommendations on route alignment options for the 3 BRT Routes.
View the Mass Transit Equity Assessment What We Heard Report to learn more about the engagement and how feedback was used.
The feedback gathered from all of the round 1 and 2 engagement was used, along with policy and technical considerations, to develop the route alignment recommendations for the 3 BRT routes routes that were presented at Urban Planning Committee on August 27, 2024 (item 7.2). The 3 BRT routes are now moving into the concept planning stage, which involves confirming the recommended BRT route alignments and the station and stop locations.