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The City has removed motor-vehicle traffic lanes across Edmonton and replaced them with bike lanes.

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Has the City taken driving lanes for bike lanes all over Edmonton?

The public record can’t back this up — not the same as proven false.More in the methodology

Nobody can tell from the records. Edmonton did take driving lanes for bike lanes on some streets, but the records we found cannot show whether it happened all over the city.

The question it is checked under

Do Edmonton's bike lanes ease traffic congestion or make it worse?

Going ahead. One brief covers every claim under that question, and each claim still gets its own finding. The question's page carries the reason, the grouping and the other claims made about it.

Where it came from

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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Every wording of this claim found in the source, quoted exactly. The names are pseudonyms, one to a person within the source.

  • 102nd Ave between 121st and 111th. Used to be 2 ways, now one way with a bike lane. 102 Ave east of 109 St also reduced traffic lanes for bicycle lanes.

    Granite Hare D.

  • they absolutely have removed traffic lanes all throughout the city

    Boreal Crow K.

  • The city is removing traffic lanes all throughout the city for bike lanes

    Boreal Crow K.

  • they sure have removed Traffic lanes and replaced with bike lanes! Just check out what they did on 132nd ave!

    Golden Sparrow J.

  • remove a vehicle lane for a bike lane

    Prairie Waxwing D.