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Edmonton's bike lanes carry little or no bicycle traffic when residents observe them.

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Do the Edmonton bike lanes the City meters carry little or no bicycle traffic?

The evidence affirmatively points against it.More in the methodology

No. The City recorded a median of at least 46 bicycles a day at every one of the 20 counters that sat on Edmonton's on-street bike lanes and ran through July 2025.

The question it is checked under

How many people in Edmonton cycle, and how much do the bike lanes get used?

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Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this one is listed whatever became of it.

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  • when out I see very few bikes on these very expensive bike lanes.

    Rustic Hare L.

  • i have seen bike lanes summer and winter with little or no bike traffic on them.

    Hardy Grouse D.

  • These are for a few people while the major don't bike

    Snowy Crow C.

  • I drive daily all over this city and hardly ever see bikers and sure don't see them in winter.

    Snowy Crow C.

  • We have had one for the last year on 119 ave and no one uses it. In a week there may be 1 rider on the lane.

    Chilly Squirrel O.

  • there are almost no pedestrian or cyclists using it.

    Boreal Chickadee M.

  • Driving over to whyte ave, peak bike season time mid August, not one bike to be seen

    Misty Jackrabbit D.

  • I see a cyclist very rarely.

    Quiet Marmot J.

  • They aren’t even that busy.

    Granite Bluejay B.

  • The vast majority of cyclists don't even use the lanes still

    Sunny Grebe K.

  • Thousands of vehicles vs 10 bikes maybe.

    Icy Bluejay C.