The details are nebulous, but the more you read about autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, the more one message comes through loud and clear: The development and widespread use of AV is not an “if’,” but a “when,” and most importantly, a “how.” The when of course depends on what you mean by autonomous vehicles. CEOs...
Transit data: the gift that keeps on giving
Transit riders may think that they are already reaping the benefits of our latest bus technology upgrades, what with next stops being called out on board, and real time data being pumped out to the likes of Google Transit and Transit App. Sure, we are now more accessible, less prone to miss a stop, and...
The Great Crosswalk Debate
To mark or not to mark, that is the question
Every year HRM pays Corporate Research Associates to survey people about crosswalk safety. To be honest, it’s mostly about whether or not the city’s ad campaigns are having any effect, but in 2014, the survey included basic knowledge questions on where pedestrians have the right-of-way crossing the street, legally speaking. A stunning 57 per cent...
It’s getting easier to get out of town without a car
Parkbus and Trips by Transit make your car-free lifestyle worth living.
When it comes to living without a car, there’s the challenge of getting around the city, and then there’s the challenge of getting out of the city. In a province like Nova Scotia, not having access to a vehicle can rob you of some amazing experiences in our forests and along our coasts. That’s where...
City sues three companies over Metro Transit diesel spill
The lawsuit contains the most detailed account of the cause of the spill to date.
Halifax Regional Municipality is suing three companies for damages related to a spill of 200,000 litres of diesel fuel at the Burnside transit garage that has so far cost the city $2.6 million in cleanup and related costs. The lawsuit filed Monday names Redden Petroleum Enterprises, A & L Concrete Forming, and AMEC Foster Wheeler...
Forget about the 402, rideshares can bring better service to rural communities
It’s fitting that when Local Xpress journalist Liane Heller took the final ride for her three-year-long project to write about every single route on the Halifax Transit map, she found herself on the 402 Sambro. Along with Heller’s transit adventure project, the 402 is coming to an end this month, taking its last ride...
Halifax might finally solve the Macdonald bridge bikeway access, though the fix could still take years
There’s been a certain amount of jubilation surrounding the latest city staff report on fixing the access to the Macdonald Bridge Bikeway. A couple of councillors at last week’s Transportation Standing Committee (TSC) meeting joked that it must feel like Christmas for the handful of cycling advocates gathered in the gallery. To be fair, they...
Accessing Africville
Decades of bad planning has historic museum and park cut off from the rest of the peninsula
When my kid’s school announced its annual picnic at Africville Park in June, I was pretty excited. I would finally get to see the site of Africville, a predominantly Black community founded in the mid-1800s on the shores of the Bedford Basin, which suffered under decades of racist planning decisions culminating in the infamous demolition...
Stop the Johannesburgization of Halifax’s north end
I’ve never been to South Africa, but during the Oscar Pistorius trial I became more aware of Johannesburg. It is, I learned, one of the most dangerous cities on Earth, and has become a city armed against itself. Here’s how one blogger describes it: Crime is for real and is definitely no joke. Every single person […]
A new way to measure sprawl shines light on inequities and inefficiencies
People in Glen Arbour have four times as much road per capita than their Fairview counterparts
Some of HRM’s richest neighbourhoods are being subsidized by some of our poorest ones, according to a new analysis by urban planners Tristan Cleveland and Paul Dec which looks at census data, road costs, and road length per capita. The analysis brings to light systemic inequities, and also shows that on average, Halifax has been...
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