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It’s been more than a decade in the making, but Mayor Don Iveson’s top priority in running for city council back in 2007 is finally coming to fruition.

Built on the backbone of a significant LRT expansion, the city rolled forward with a new bus network and fare policy in November to revitalize the transit system and hopefully make it more attractive to nearly one million Edmontonians.

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“There’s a video from 12 years ago on election night when I first became councillor and I got asked what is my top priority. I said I really think we need to fix the transit system in this city. And it’s taken 12 years, but those decisions are all in place now,” Iveson said in a year-end interview with Postmedia atop the Blatchford air traffic control tower.

“These are major strategic turnarounds in our transit system that, in turn, are going to support better mobility for people and support redevelopment along those high-density transit corridors. Not just where the LRT will go in the future, but also where the priority bus routes are. I think all of that together really supports the redevelopment vision of the city as well.”