A whole garden of speed reduction PLANts

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Transit Stunt

• Edmonton transit officials condemn video of person riding on back of moving bus: ‘It’s highly dangerous’

Winter Returns

• 'Tough to take': More snow in store for Edmonton this spring

Small Cameo

• Blink and you'll miss Alberta musician with background role in 'Avengers: Endgame'

Phone Book Fort

• Troy Pavlek's tweet

Property Tax

• City sets 2019 municipal taxes
• City council locks in 2019 property tax increase
• StartUp Edmonton gets money to recruit on local university campuses
• 2.6% property tax increase passed by Edmonton city council

Speed Limit Reduction

• Elise Stolte: Lowering neighbourhood speed limits is worth a one-minute delay
• Councillors considering reducing default city speed limit to 40 km/h
• Councillor Knack to propose fixed design standards to make Edmonton neighbourhood roads slower

Oliver Park Swap

• Developer's attempt to do a land swap for Oliver Park parcel fails

Hotel Macdonald Tower

• Proposed 185-metre tower in front of Hotel Macdonald gets flak from residents at open house
• SkyriseEdmonton

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