This week, we cover transit improvements for youth and winter, more funding for snow and ice clearing, the latest on the Valley Line LRT, and tennis vs. pickleball.Here are the relevant links for this episode:Transit stuffEdmonton transit needs to be safer and more reliable for youth: surveyEdmonton spent $350K to replace 1600 busted bus shelter panels last yearSnow clearingEdmonton mayor suggests reinjecting $5M to snow and ice budget to improve access to transitRally for the RoadCity funds website to help Stony Plain Road businesses amidst Valley Line West LRT constructionRally for the RoadValley Line LRTTransEd's tweetTrain testing complete on Edmonton's Valley Line LRT routeVoting blockData shows six councillors form dominant Edmonton City Council voting blockTennis courtsSaville Tennis Centre opens in Edmonton with year-round courtsFalling concreteConcrete cladding falls off downtown Edmonton building, city enacts emergency closuresMask directiveAHS adopts enhanced masking directive for acute care sitesOilers lossGAME RECAP: Canucks 8, Oilers 1This episode was sponsored by Coun. Michael Janz, the University of Alberta, and MADE (that's Media Architecture Design Edmonton). Curbing Traffic: An Evening with Chris Bruntlett takes place on Oct. 19 in Edmonton, with a discussion about what other places have done to build cycling cities. Tickets are $15 each, but you can get in for $5 by using the offer code TAPROOT, while supplies last.Speaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community. Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!

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