{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Speaking Municipally","title":"City council draws its line in the asphalt","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1964,"description":"This week, council heard about the vast majority of parking lots downtown being unpermitted.  And, true to form, they decided to do something about it later! Plus, we get the scoop on Edmonton Design Week.\nHere are the relevant links for this episode:\nEdmonton Design Week\nEdmonton Design Week 2023\nEmail us your answers to the trivia questions before our next episode to be entered to win a pass to design week!\nSurface parking\nNinety per cent of central Edmonton surface parking lots do not have permits: city staff\n2009 ABCA 65 (CanLII) | Emeric Holdings Inc. v. Edmonton (City) | CanLII\nAshley Salvador: Unpermitted Parking Lots Shouldn't Get a Free Pass\nComplete streets\nOn the agenda: Surface parking lots, Metro Line to Blatchford, and funding transit growth\nTransit funding\nTransit in Edmonton needs more stable funding for the future, councillors say\nOn the agenda: Surface parking lots, Metro Line to Blatchford, and funding transit growth\nVilleneuve Airport Area\nSturgeon wins appeal to develop Villeneuve Airport Area\nCrime conference\nEdmonton conference looks to data to determine how to tackle crime\nU of A growth\nNew U of A plan calls for enrolment to grow by 16K more students by 2030\nHydrogen EVs\nDanielle Smith has embraced the electric vehicle. No, not the EV you're thinking of\nThis episode was sponsored by Edmonton Startup Week, which returns Oct. 10-14. Five days of workshops, socials, and events building momentum and opportunity around our city's unique entrepreneurial identity, startup community, and culture of innovation! Build your schedule today.\nSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community. Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mUtN74o21l0bnRqQ1zHLbXde-IrosiO1iUlYtjEJ_Oc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1My8xNTMzMjQz/MTA3LWFydHdvcmsu/anBn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}