Category: Advocacy

Bylaw 20700 (Public Spaces Bylaw) goes to City Council on Feburary 10, 2025. Here’s the response we sent to Council. Dear Members of City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on Bylaw 20700. While we recognize and support the intent to promote safety and well-being in public spaces, we are deeply concerned…

A Year to Celebrate 2024 was a big year for transit in Edmonton – from record breaking ridership rates to the formation of Edmonton Transit Riders, it will be a year to remember! We came together in April 2024 and accomplished a lot in 8 months. We’re proud to have: 2025 is going to be…

With City Council set to debate the Transit funding gap — including $20.4 million for the Ride Transit program and $5.6 million for general operations — as part of its Fall Supplemental Budget Adjustment, we wanted to share our perspective and recommendations on how make up this shortfall. We encourage anyone who cares about this…

For Immediate Release: October 15, 2024 Edmonton Transit Riders Join National Efforts, October 15 – 20, 2024 EDMONTON, AB — On July 17, 2024, the federal government announced the Canada Public Transit Fund to improve public transit infrastructure. The Edmonton Transit Riders and advocates across Canada are uniting for the first ever Canada Transit Action Week to express their disappointment…

At Edmonton Transit Riders, we talk a lot about “the transit you deserve.” We wax poetic about a bus stop that’s within a 10 minute walk from your home, with buses that arrive every 30 minutes, and arrive on time. To a lot of Edmontonians, this sounds like a fairy tale. But we think this…