Commuting by transit in the Edmonton region takes several times as long as driving the same trip.
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The question it is checked under
Is Edmonton transit and the LRT a workable alternative to driving?
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
Published schedules, trip planners, service histories, ridership and collision records can compare transit with driving and test the specific claims about LRT and removed routes.
Raised in extraction by flash, luna
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; the number is the comment's place in the captured thread.
Takes 18 mins to drive to work, which is in Leduc but that takes close to 3 hours via public transit
Frosty Squirrel S. · comment 524
Driving to work 15min, busing to work 1 hour 45 minutes, biking to work 1 hour 5 minutes.
Mossy Merlin C. · comment 531