79 Street carries traffic that would otherwise use 75 Street and is a school-run route for parents.
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The question it is checked under
Do Edmonton's bike lanes ease traffic congestion or make it worse?
This claim is checked as part of that question. One brief covers every claim under it, and each claim still gets its own finding.
The investigation's outcomeGoing ahead
Before-and-after traffic counts and travel times on converted corridors can show whether reallocating lanes changed congestion, while the general claim about roads carrying services adds nothing checkable.
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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; the number is the comment's place in the captured thread.
It is an important street for alleviating traffic from 75 St and for people to navigate & drive their kids to school before work.
Hardy Vole C. · comment 393