What kinds of streets does Edmonton put bike lanes on, and who signs off on the design?
· Discussed by 6 people · 7 claims
Going ahead
Road-classification maps, route inventories, design files and professional sign-offs can show which street types receive bike lanes and how their designs were approved.
The City's road classification map, its network inventory and the design standards behind each route settle the classification disputes and the design history together.
People arguing in both directions raised this question, and every claim they made about it is checked, whichever way it points.
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 question is listed whatever became of it.
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The claims under it
A bike lane is being built between 102 Avenue and 107 Avenue on a road the province deems arterial.
Discussed by 2 people
one is getting built as we speak on from 102ave to 107ave, it was deemed by the province as arterial to a future connecting one on 107ave.
Golden Pelican H. · comment 601
bike lanes in the middle of major road travel lanes.
Cedar Elk B. · comment 184
Bike routes are approved for safety by professional engineers before they are built.
Discussed by 2 people
routes are approved for safety by professional engineers before they are constructed
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 201
created by transportation engineers (a specialization of civil engineering).
Aurora Coyote T. · comment 253
Edmonton does not put bike lanes on arterial roads; they are on side streets.
Discussed by 1 person
All bike lanes in the city are on side streets. For example 113st, 83ave, 103ave.
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 185
there are none on arterial roads
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 600
The city also has the foresight to not put bike lanes on arterial roads.
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 193
The stretch of 50 Street with a planted bike lane functions as a collector road, not an arterial road.
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the portion of the road with a planted bike lane functions as a collector road, not an arterial road.
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 602
Edmonton's bike lane design has gone from painted lines to small jersey curb barriers to full redesigns of sidewalks, lanes and roads.
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The city went to painted on lines to small jersey curb barriers to full redesign of sidewalks, bike lane and roads.
Willow Moose B. · comment 127