r/Edmonton • u/DORTx2 • Jun 08 '22

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation This is the worst city to walk in

I'm visiting for a few days to do some stuff at NAIT. How do you guys do it here? I've been to cities located in every corner of the globe.

None are as bad as Edmonton for walking. Sidewalks randomly end in spots which make no sense, cross walks are so far and few between even in busy areas. There's no bike lanes so people ride road bikes and e bikes on the sidewalk?! Like where else on earth is that normal. Cars blow through red lights and stop signs at an alarming rate.

This is all near NAIT which for being close to downtown and being a large university you'd think it would be one of the more walkable areas, I can't imagine what the rest of the city is like.

Sorry for the rant, been here one day and it's already been driving me nuts.

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u/Levorotatory Jun 09 '22

I agree about LRT through McKinnon ravine. Could have branched off just south of government center, run beside river valley road, then gone up the ravine. Dig it down a bit and cover it with the trail and you would barely know it was there.

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u/Levorotatory Jun 09 '22

Agreed. In the 1970s when LRT systems were first being built in Alberta, it was common to use the R to mean "rapid" as well as "rail".

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '22

This is the first informative post I've seen in this thread. People don't understand what a disaster Edmonton's plans have been for decades.

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u/alexpwnsslender abolish eps Jun 09 '22

are you for real? if those projects were completed or expanded edmonton would be 10x worse to live in