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Most residents in the affected neighbourhoods, and most Edmontonians, oppose the bike lanes.

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This claim has not been checked. It is waiting on the question below, which is what a brief, a body of evidence and a panel run are spent on.

Its questionGoing ahead

Project engagement records can show whom the City consulted and what participants said, while the claim about most Edmontonians should be dropped unless a representative citywide survey exists.

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What the states mean

The question it is checked under

Did the City consult the affected neighbourhoods, and do residents oppose the bike lanes?

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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How it was said

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

  • whole neighborhoods have voted no and they still went ahead.

    Golden Owl D.

  • This was not fair to 98% of the residents in Holyrood and Idylwylde areas

    Willow Nuthatch C.

  • There are literal petitions in our neighborhood to keep them out

    Prairie Waxwing D.

  • what 99 % of tab payers in Edmonton want

    Boreal Fox D.

  • Thought 80% of Edmontonians said no

    Bright Hare J.

  • Over 90% of the residents in my area were against them, and I'm willing to bet that it's the same all across this city.

    Willow Sparrow D.

  • spending 100 miiion dollars on bike lanes that most residents dont want nor use

    Willow Muskrat G.

  • Most people do not support bike lanes but as usual council does not listen.

    Bright Woodpecker B.

  • No one wants it!!

    Golden Beaver E.

  • NOBODY wants!

    Willow Elk M.