A total of $0 has been allocated towards active transportation in the proposed 2012-2014 capital budget.

• 2009: Council approves the Bicycle Transportation Plan, laying out plans for a city-wide network of nearly 500km of bicycle routes.
• 2009: Council approves Active Transportation Policy C544, stating: The City of Edmonton strives to be pedestrian and bicycle-friendly by providing sidewalks, curb ramps, shared pathways, marked bicycle and shared-use lanes
• 2009: Council carries a motion directing Administration to prepare the 2012-2022 Capital Priorities Plan with a guideline of 5% of the Transportation Capital Budget toward Active Transportation.
• 2009: Council approves the Transportation Master Plan, stating: Public transportation and active transportation are the preferred choice for more people, making it possible to move more people more efficiently, reducing pressure on the roadways/need for increased investment, maximizing the effectiveness of financial investments and the efficiency of goods movement.
• 2010: Council approves the Municipal Development Plan (Bylaw 15100), stating: Ensure that streets, sidewalks and boulevards are designed to perform their diverse roles and to enable safe access for all users.
• 2011: Council approves The Way We Green approved by Council, stating: Resilient cities and neighbourhoods should prioritize active transportation as the preferred mode of travel and as a defining component of a healthy quality of life.
• 2011: Council is presented with the proposed 2012-2014 Capital Budget, with $0 recommended toward Active Transportation.

Remind City Hall of its commitments. Speak out for active transportation funding at the public hearing on Wednesday, November 23 at 9:30am at City Hall. It can be as simple and powerful as stating, “Active transportation is a priority for me, and it’s a priority in the City’s vision and strategy documents. Council needs to find a way to fund active transportation.” They’ll appreciate your brevity, and you’ll get your message across.

Can’t make the hearing? Send council a letter today letting them know that active transportation is important to you. It can simply be the two sentences above: Council just needs to hear from citizens that we care about active transportation.

http://edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/city-councillors.aspx

• Ward 1: Linda Sloan :: linda.sloan@edmonton.ca
• Ward 2: Kim Krushell :: kim.krushell@edmonton.ca
• Ward 3: Dave Loken :: dave.loken@edmonton.ca
• Ward 4: Ed Gibbons :: ed.gibbons@edmonton.ca
• Ward 5: Karen Leibovici :: karen.leibovici@edmonton.ca
• Ward 6: Jane Batty :: jane.batty@edmonton.ca
• Ward 7: Tony Caterina :: tony.caterina@edmonton.ca
• Ward 8: Ben Henderson :: ben.henderson@edmonton.ca
• Ward 9: Bryan Anderson :: bryan.anderson@edmonton.ca
• Ward 10: Don Iveson :: don.iveson@edmonton.ca
• Ward 11: Kerry Diotte :: kerry.diotte@edmonton.ca
• Ward 12: Amarjeet Sohi :: amarjeet.sohi@edmonton.ca
• Mayor :: Stephen Mandel :: stephen.mandel@edmonton.ca

All the responses will remain available on this site, and we’ll likely re-activate it in the coming months with more exciting work, but if you still want to be involved in cycling advocacy in Edmonton right now, please head to our main site, http://edmontonbikes.ca/ or contact us at info@edmontonbikes.ca. There’s always work to be done!

Regards,

Chris

The City of Edmonton’s Trails, Paths, and Routes Advisory Committee (TPRAC) co-chair, David Lloyd, sent out a survey to all candidates asking about their support for fully-funding active transportation in the city.

You can read the responses to his survey here.

Hello Edmonton city election candidates,

My name is David Lloyd; I’m co-chair of the City of Edmonton Trails,
Paths, and Routes Advisory Committee (TPRAC). The TPRAC is a public
consultative group communicating between multi-use trail, walkway, and
bikeway users and City civic administration and Council.

Each year, active transport is becoming a bigger and bigger issue in
municipal affairs. Recently, Council directed City Administration to
prepare the 2012 – 2022 Capital Priorities Plan with a guideline of 5%
of the Transportation Capital Budget (not including LRT) toward Active
Transportation Projects. Nine Council members were present at the
tabling of this motion, and all were in favour of it.

We at the TPRAC are asking all candidates for the 2010 municipal
election about their stance on this important topic: will you support
the direction of City Administration to prepare the 2012 – 2022
Capital Priorities Plan with a guideline of 5% of the Transportation
Capital Budget (not including LRT) toward Active Transportation
Projects?

Sincerely,

David Lloyd on behalf of the Trails, Paths and Routes Advisory Committee
9606 85 Street, NW
Edmonton, AB, T6C 3E2
780-493-8198
tprac@edmonton.ca

Write to your council, mayoral and school board candidates and CC: info@edmontonbikes.ca. You can base your letter off of this example letter to council and mayoral candidates, or use this example letter for school board trustee candidates.

We have a complete list of the candidates and their e-mail addresses for your convenience.

EBC has sent all candidates a letter and questionnaire (school board trustee candidates received this questionnaire) but we want you to write too! The more people who ask about cycling, the more it will be on the policy agenda. We’ll be posting the responses we receive from candidates to their individual pages so that we can all learn about their positions.

You can ask questions of candidates when you see them in-person at your door and at forums. Here are some suggested questions. You can view a list of forums and their dates by going here and clicking on “Show forums”.

We’ve been getting a really positive response so far. Let’s keep up the good work, so that we can get more cyclists on the road and more infrastructure to support them!

This site is a resource to help you identify candidates that support cycling in Edmonton, and provide you with tools to ensure candidates realize that cycling issues are important to citizens. Check out the campaign page to learn what we’re doing and how you can get involved, and then head over to the candidates list to see the positions of your candidates in relation to cycling.

We’ll be posting the responses we receive from candidates to their individual pages on this site so that you can learn about their positions.

This site is a project of the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ Society (EBC). It is not affiliated with the City of Edmonton or Edmonton Elections 2010, nor are we endorsing any individual candidates.