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Edmontonians can share their experiences and feedback to help inform the planning for Edmonton’s bus-based mass transit network for the 1.25 million population horizon.
There are many 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 create 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.
July - August 2022
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. The corridors include Castle Downs to Century Park via 97 Street and Gateway Boulevard/Calgary Trail, West Edmonton Mall to Bonnie Doon via Quesnell Bridge and Whyte Avenue, and Ambleside to University via Terwillegar Drive (already partially under construction as part of the Terwillegar Drive expansion).
February 2023
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
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October 2022
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:
Round 2 Workshop Presentation Video
The feedback gathered from the round 1 and 2 engagements will be used, along with policy and technical considerations, to develop the route alignment, station location and basic street configuration recommendations for each of the corridors identified for bus-based mass transit routes. These recommendations are targeted to be presented to Council for consideration in 2024.