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Download MP3Has Edmonton lost the "creative spark" on development? I'm not really sure if we answer that question but Troy and Mack certainly rant about TOD. Also ranting about: Homelessness crisis, "SafeCityYEG" map and the Vision Zero annual report.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Bike Registry
EXPO Centre Bees
Autonomous Robots
Zoning for Housing
- 'It's a crisis': City hopes to combat homelessness by removing affordable housing barriers in zoning bylaw
- Bylaw change relaxes rules for supportive housing in Edmonton
SafeCityYEG
- SafeCityYEG
- Crowdsourced online tool SafeCityYEG maps 'safe' and 'unsafe' areas of Edmonton
- City officials defend online crowd-sourcing map to address gender-based violence as concerns swirl over misuse
- Don Iveson's tweet
TOD
- Future unclear for stalled Station Pointe development in Edmonton’s northeast
- Elise Stolte: Reality check required as court-ordered trustee takes over Station Pointe's only development
- GUNTER: Edmonton's lousy record of trying to jumpstart transit-oriented development
- Elise Stolte: Has Edmonton’s creative spark died? Bland plans demand a new approach for Exhibition Lands and Rossdale
Vision Zero
Slumtown
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