Keeping transit 💯 … cops, that is

The province announces a plan to recruit 100 extra cops to clean up transit, and the city talks about what YOU can do to help with that. Or maybe just take a scooter instead. They’re back.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Alberta Podcast Network

• That's it for the Alberta Podcast Network

100 cops

• News Release: Transit safety and violent crime: Enough is enough
• Alberta government pushing to add 100 more police officers between Calgary and Edmonton
• Province promises more cops to tackle transit safety, crime in Edmonton
• My Statement on Today's Provincial Transit Safety Funding Announcement | by Office of the Mayor Amarjeet Sohi
• Councillor Erin Rutherford's tweet

One Strong Voice

• News Release: City's new bystander awareness campaign aims to create safer public spaces
• One Strong Voice
• Intervene or just call police? Edmonton, premier offer differing advice on transit violence
• Councillor Aaron Paquette's comment

LRT expansion

• Edmonton's Blatchford LRT stations set to open in 2024, shortlisted Capital Line South builders to make final pitch
• Keith Gerein: Edmonton's next LRT line shaping up to be a train to nowhere — Blatchford
• On the agenda: A new park, esports, and transit safety

Off-peak transit

• Boost to off-peak transit service promised by September

Micromobility

• Drivers, Start Your Earnings. Lyft Coming Soon to Edmonton
• Electric scooters arrive in Edmonton with expanded operation areas

Communications dept.

• Catrin Owen's post
• Kimberly Armstrong's post
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