Edmonton, Alberta as a city of the future stirs public debate

In planners’ vision, expanded LRT dethrones cars

Almost 600 people packed City Hall on Wednesday as planners laid out a vision of Edmonton 30 years into the future, in which LRT lines extend throughout a denser, walkable city where cars are no longer king.

The transportation master plan and the municipal development plan are intended to provide long-range guidelines for a city expected to be home to as many as 1.2 million people by 2040. The plans outline how land should be used and the ways people should move around. The city’s current population is about 770,000.

Gordon Kent and Hanneke Brooymans, The Edmonton Journal

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