Tim Querengesser

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I’m a streetcar suburb urbanist, dad of a cute kid and a dreamer. I write part time as a freelancer for magazines — and have several national award nominations for my work. My interests are the rise of cities in the age of populism, provincial politics related to city politics, walkability, the future of mobility, electric and acoustic bikes, political theory, car politics and trains. I📍in Edmonton.
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Outside of rush hour, my street is thriving with people not in cars. This is why shortcutters bother me so. This little walkable neighbourhood is getting it right.
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When it isn’t being used for shortcutting by commuters, my street becomes 50-50 pedestrians to drivers, many of them with kids. This suggests the traffic is keeping people away during the week.

Counted for 10 minutes at CountPoint 2

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I’m using the Counterpoint app to count who uses our streets. One big learning is how many kids on bikes use a street that is also a high-speed shortcut. I’m sure this is fine.
How long before someone takes them or kicks them over? I’m betting less than a week.
Map of Ukraine, Malina Bakery.

Feedback: consider letting pedestrians walk on the streets of their downtown.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/portage-main-redesign-options-1.6821587

Circular walkway, massive orb, towers among Portage and Main redesign options | CBC News

A circular walkway above Portage and Main, a massive orb and a quartet of lookout towers are among eight potential, and in some cases fanciful, redesign options for Winnipeg's most famous intersection.

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“Danielle Smith in 2013: "I think that you would find that people are reluctant to support a proposal where middle-class taxpayers see a portion of their dollars that would go to support franchises where you do have millionaire players and billionaire owners" #ableg #abpoli #yyc”

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Edmonton built an arena without provincial money but rather municipal money.

Bunch of socialists!