Once again, privatizing public services has failed.
Edmonton is taking back control of the Valley Line LRT from the private consortium with a 30-year operation contract.
Privatization was forced on the city by Harper. Now, nature is healing🤗
Troy Pavlek
You're going to hear people talking about experts saying DST hurts circadian rhythm.
However, more evening daylight encourages activity, the single best thing we can do to improve public health. Traffic fatalities, especially vs pedestrians are reduced with more evening daylight.
No, making DST permanent is probably not anti-democratic.
The referendum failed by a slim 0.2% margin, but consultations by both NDP and UCP show this is what the MOST Albertans wanted.
No consultation or vote shows a preference for standard time.
Edmonton is consistently doing REALLY cool stuff behind the scenes.
The new EPCOR smart grid tech they're trialing is going to enable so many more cool applications, like vehicle electrification at way mor efficient and economical startup costs.
Just so cool.
If you're paying for parking, the city thinks you're a sucker.
More population, more parking zones, more hours and yet fines and enforcement have PLUMMETED in the past decade.
We don't need new parking rules. We need to enforce the ones on the books already.
We have details of just how bad a deal the privatization scheme Stephen Harper forced on Edmonton is.
The private contractor is charging us so much that in just two years of running the Valley Line ourselves we can pay the entire 30-year termination fee.
The waste is absurd.
There's plenty of expertise supporting permanent DST.
But yes, there is a risk of sleepy teens.
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If you perform yard cleanup this (gorgeous) weekend, you're committing pollinator-cide.
It's not time yet. The bugs and bees are still sleeping. Leave your leaves and delay yard cleanup until it warms up consistently.
Don't kill the bees.
Alberta is moving to permanent daylight time.
No more changing the clocks. Long summer evenings. Bits of sun after work in winter.
Lloydminster will finally be one time zone.
Announced via Rick "Every Paragraph is One Sentence" Bell.
