Topics

How Edmonton moves: buses and LRT, roads and traffic, cycling and walking infrastructure, and what each of them costs and delivers. Claims here are usually about ridership, spending, safety outcomes, or whether something works in a winter city.

Edmonton’s bike lanes and the people who ride them: where the lanes go, what they cost, who uses them and in what weather, and what they do to the streets they sit on. Claims here are usually about counts, safety records or what a particular route did to traffic and parking.

Council and the administration as an institution: decisions and recorded votes, the mandate an election gave them, who was consulted and who was heard, and councillors’ pay, allowances and declared interests. Claims here are usually about what was actually decided, by whom, and on what record.

Where housing can be built in Edmonton and under what rules — zoning, infill, parking requirements, permits and approvals. Claims here tend to concern what the rules actually permit and what effect a rule change had on supply, cost or neighbourhoods.

What the City of Edmonton raises, borrows and spends: budgets, tax levies, capital projects, procurement and debt. Claims here usually hinge on definitions — gross versus net, capital versus operating, whose money — so the accounting is set out before any figure is checked.

How Edmonton plans to grow: the City Plan, district planning, annexation and suburban expansion, and the servicing costs that follow. Claims here are often about what a plan actually says, as distinct from what it is said to say.

Edmonton’s emissions targets, energy transition, waste and water systems, and the natural areas inside the city. Claims here typically test whether a stated target is on track, and against which baseline and reporting year.

The core: office occupancy, foot traffic, housing, retail vacancy, public space and the investments aimed at all of them. Claims here often depend on which measure of activity is being used and what period it is compared against.