A couple of weeks ago, I became involved with the Transit Riders’ Union of Edmonton. TRUE is a committee of Edmonton Transit Service riders who are currently researching and developing strategies to improve the quality of public transit in Edmonton.
Yesterday, TRUE issued a challenge to Edmonton’s City Council to rely exclusively on transit for the week of November 19-25. Ward 5 Councillor Don Iveson, Ward 4 Councillor Ben Henderson, and Ward 6 Councillors Amarjeet Sohi and Dave Thiele have all accepted the challenge and will join hundreds of thousands of Edmontonians on the bus this week.
By accepting the challenge, it says a lot about these four City Councillors and their commitment to improving public transit, something that is essential in creating an efficient and manageable city as Edmonton grows.
You can read coverage of the media challenge here, here, here, and in Russian here.
Here are some pictures that I took at the media conference on the steps of Edmonton City Hall.
City Councillors Ben Henderson, Dave Thiele, and Don Iveson.
Ward 5 City Councillor Don Iveson.
Ward 6 City Councillor Amarjeet Sohi