The second annual Speaking Municipally transit update

Everything you need to know about transit for next year and last is asked and answered with our guest, Actual Friend of the Podcast™ Carrie Hotton-MacDonald.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Bike lanes

• 102 Avenue bike lanes closed at 116 Street for EPCOR repairs, groups call for more consultation

Charter schools

• Budget 2022: Investing in school choice

Abdullah Shah

• Notorious landlord Abdullah Shah fatally shot outside Edmonton home

Carrie Hotton-MacDonald

• LinkedIn
• Episode 120: Speaking with the new ETS Branch Mandaringer

Smart fare

• Arc (formerly Smart Fare)

Ridership and recovery

• Operating budget update for 2021
• Alberta steps up with $79.5M transit money for struggling cities, matches federal funds

Bus network redesign

• Report for March 23

Regional transit

• Edmonton city councillors question cost, routes of regional transit system
• Edmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission
• EMTSC presentation to council

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