Vancouver may have greenways, but Edmonton? Well, it could have something better … in the winter. From Make Something Edmonton:
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The Freezeway’s vision is to create an iconic and vibrant city that forges its identity from embracing its climatic setting. Moreover, it aspires to create communities and a culture that longs for the winter season with excitement and anticipation.
Utilizing Edmonton’s cold climate, which is on average bellow freezing for 5 months a year, the Freezeway uses a climate adaptive approach to address the way we live, and the way we move in a winter city.
I would be very pleasantly surprised if this Urban Planning vision in Edmonton managed to make it through traffic engineering and public opinion obstacles. Edmontonians do not take kindly to limiting vehicle road space. If it’s outside the traditional bounds of the road, they’ll tolerate it.