Mass Transit: Network Implementation for 1.25 Million People

Engagement has concluded

We want to hear from you about transit in your community!

Edmonton needs a robust transit network that connects to all areas of the city, providing Edmontonians with access to safe, convenient and reliable service. The foundation of any transit network is mass transit.

Engagement for Round 2 of this project has concluded. A What We Heard Report will be posted when available. 

In Round 2 of the Mass Transit: Network Implementation for 1.25 Million People project, we want your feedback on the planning and technical work that your Round 1 feedback informed. This includes your thoughts on the principles of mass transit for Edmonton as well as street design options that will allow for non-LRT mass transit on key roads in the city of Edmonton.

How to get involved?

The City is looking for your feedback on Non-LRT Mass Transit approaches and technologies for the future (10-15 years). Get involved from October 3 - 28, 2022. 

  • Learn More: Use the tab below to learn more about the Mass Transit project
  • Ask a Question: Ask a question to the project team
  • Survey: Share your input on options for adding non-LRT mass transit to corridors around Edmonton
  • Mass Transit Principles: Share ideas about the non-LRT mass transit principles
  • Online Working Sessions: Join us October 19, 20, 25 or 26 to learn more about the project and help the project team design what certain mass transit corridors could look like for major roads in Edmonton. There will be four working sessions, each focusing on a different commuter corridor that has been identified for mass transit. Please RSVP to join the conversation.

Online Working Session Registration

Each working session will dive into the details of a particular corridor. Please select the corridor (or date) you would like to join and a calendar invite will be sent to you, including Zoom link. If you are unable to attend one of the workshops, we have recorded the presentation shared at the workshop, which you can view below.

Gateway and Calgary Trail register button
87 Ave register button
87 Avenue (near West Edmonton Mall)
Date: October 20 (6-8pm)
97 Street South of Yellowhead Trail register button
97 Street North of Yellowhead Trail register button


We want to hear from you about transit in your community!

Edmonton needs a robust transit network that connects to all areas of the city, providing Edmontonians with access to safe, convenient and reliable service. The foundation of any transit network is mass transit.

Engagement for Round 2 of this project has concluded. A What We Heard Report will be posted when available. 

In Round 2 of the Mass Transit: Network Implementation for 1.25 Million People project, we want your feedback on the planning and technical work that your Round 1 feedback informed. This includes your thoughts on the principles of mass transit for Edmonton as well as street design options that will allow for non-LRT mass transit on key roads in the city of Edmonton.

How to get involved?

The City is looking for your feedback on Non-LRT Mass Transit approaches and technologies for the future (10-15 years). Get involved from October 3 - 28, 2022. 

  • Learn More: Use the tab below to learn more about the Mass Transit project
  • Ask a Question: Ask a question to the project team
  • Survey: Share your input on options for adding non-LRT mass transit to corridors around Edmonton
  • Mass Transit Principles: Share ideas about the non-LRT mass transit principles
  • Online Working Sessions: Join us October 19, 20, 25 or 26 to learn more about the project and help the project team design what certain mass transit corridors could look like for major roads in Edmonton. There will be four working sessions, each focusing on a different commuter corridor that has been identified for mass transit. Please RSVP to join the conversation.

Online Working Session Registration

Each working session will dive into the details of a particular corridor. Please select the corridor (or date) you would like to join and a calendar invite will be sent to you, including Zoom link. If you are unable to attend one of the workshops, we have recorded the presentation shared at the workshop, which you can view below.

Gateway and Calgary Trail register button
87 Ave register button
87 Avenue (near West Edmonton Mall)
Date: October 20 (6-8pm)
97 Street South of Yellowhead Trail register button
97 Street North of Yellowhead Trail register button


What does non-LRT mass transit mean to you?

In Edmonton, LRT will always be a key part of our mass transit network, but the City is looking for ways to complement the LRT with services and infrastructure like:

  • rapid and frequent bus service to move more people faster
  • dedicated bus lanes for quicker travel times and more reliable service
  • priority measures at intersections to allow buses to avoid delays and congestion
  • stations with amenities to make transfers and waiting more comfortable and secure

The table below provides examples of what is, and is not, considered as part of the Mass Transit: Implementing for 1.25 Million People project.

Non-LRT mass transit could include:

Non-LRT mass transit DOES NOT include:

  • dedicated bus lanes and transit priority measures at intersections
  • streetcar (rail technology operating in mixed-traffic) on certain corridors
  • sheltered and heated stops or stations 
  • bus priority at intersections to improve bus speed and reliability
  • high-speed rapid bus service to areas of the city not served by LRT
  • high-frequency service along major corridors
  • improvements to regional transit connections
  • LRT extensions or new LRT routes
  • local bus service - remains unchanged except for consideration of overlapping routes
  • on-demand transit
  • other bus service in mixed-traffic




Looking at the description above, please share what non-LRT mass transit means to you?

Thank you for sharing with us what mass transit means to you. Your story go through an automatic moderating process and should be posted within a few hours. 

CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

  • Community Value

    by TGDub, over 1 year ago
    Mass transit is so much more than getting from A to B, it is also creating A and B.

    We already know that Mass Transit strategies could include so many fantastic value-adds for our communities. We see transit centres all over Edmonton that include such intergral operational components such as good systems design, comfortable waiting areas, effective communication, effective internal security measures.

    We see that mass transit can include things that are not directly related to the pragmatic funtion of the operation, but are simply good investments such as good architecture, public art, trees and green space, commercial connections, and... Continue reading

  • Vastly better than driving

    by A A, almost 2 years ago
    Mass transit to me means the speed and frequency will be better than driving, converting many fence-sitters into riders instead of driving each day. This is achieved through dedicated transit-only lanes, increased frequency, reliability, and competitive costs. While impossible to account for every specific start/end point, the majority of routes should be on par or faster than driving.

  • Frequency is freedom

    by emssem, almost 2 years ago
    Rapid transit means
    • frequencies below 10 minutes - never 15 minutes or more
    • never having to check when the next bus is coming
    • avoiding bus bunching and rushing to wait at timing points
    • every stop is a timing point
    • physically separated bus lanes

  • Will Bus priority intersections create more traffic jam?

    by Alexis, almost 2 years ago
    I am living in the new-built southwest community where the road is already packed by cars and people because of rapid increased new population. Will the bus priority intersections created more traffic jam on the road? Will city build new road for bus priority intersections, or using existing busy/jam road?