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Hubbards residents cite ‘dangerously close calls’ along Highway 3, call for safer streets

July 12, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

Hubbards residents concerned by the frequent “dangerously close calls” between pedestrians and vehicles are advocating for safer streets via a newly formed community group. Melanie McIvor created the Hubbards Streetscape Project Facebook group on June 12 with a stated mission of advocating, planning and delivering on a safer community.  Within one week, the group’s membership […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Erin DiCarlo, Gordon Tate, Highway 3, Hubbards, Hubbards Streetscape Project, Integrated Mobility Plan, Matthew Morash, Melanie McIvor, Nova Scotia Main Streets Initiative report, provincial roads, rural active transportation network, Stephanie Blois

Gnawing away at the vitals of this community, since 1970

Morning File, Friday, January 18, 2019

January 18, 2019 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

This is Erica Butler, filling in for Tim.  News 1.  Council defers capital budget approval As we know from last December when it first appeared on council’s agenda, Halifax’s proposed capital budget leaves A LOT out, especially just about anything to do with the city’s approved Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), and the final years’ implementation […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bay Ferries, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nova Scotia, CAO Jacques Dubé, Catherine Tully, Chris Miller, Encounter on Urban Environment, FOIPOP, HRM Safe Streets for Everyone, Integrated Mobility Plan, Jean Laroche, Kyle Miller, Moira Donovan, Roll and Stroll for Safe Streets, scoreboard, Stephen Archibald and steep streets, vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Halifax, Zane Woodford

Sam Austin makes case for extended ferry service

Regional council to decide Wednesday on ferry and rural transit funding.

March 27, 2018 By Erica Butler

On Wednesday, Halifax council will discuss its “parking lot” budget items — about $2.6 million in additional costs or programs that city staff have not included in department budgets, but that councillors felt should be considered for the 2018-19 budget. Two items on the list will impact the future of the publicly funded transit network,...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: BayRides, Councillor Sam Austin, Erica Butler, extended ferry service, Halifax-Dartmouth ferry, Integrated Mobility Plan, Musgo Rider, Rural Transit Funding Program (RTFP)

Is Gottingen the right street for a bus express lane?

Because the ramp from Barrington Street to the Macdonald Bridge is too tight a turn for buses, the north end business district could be turned into a bus expressway.

February 22, 2018 By Erica Butler 4 Comments

This afternoon, city council’s transportation committee will consider whether or not to continue planning for a north-bound bus lane along part of Gottingen Street. The plan would see 51 parking and loading spaces removed from both sides of the street, to make room for two vehicle lanes and one northbound bus lane starting at Cogswell […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Barrington Street ramp to MacDonald Bridge, Ben Wedge, Erica Butler, Gottingen Street bus lane, Halifax Transit, Integrated Mobility Plan, It's More Than Buses, North End Business Association, Patty Cuttell-Busby

Growing a city where transit works

January 23, 2018 By Erica Butler

In August 2016, shortly after Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan was revealed to all, I interviewed transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker about the route re-design process. Walker makes a living helping cities rethink their bus networks, and has visited Halifax in the past at the invite of local advocacy group It’s More Than Buses....

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bob Bjerke, CAO Jacques Dubé, Community Planning and Economic Development, councillor Steve Adams, Erica Butler, Halifax Region Mainstreets Plan, Integrated Mobility Plan, It's More Than Buses, Jarrett Walker, Jenny Lugar, Kate Greene, Pam Berman, public transit

Examineradio, episode #140: Which wine goes with this spliff?

December 8, 2017 By Terra Tailleur Leave a Comment

  On Thursday we learned the NSLC will have a monopoly on weed sales when cannabis is legalized next year. The province also said people will be allowed to have up to 30 grams for personal use and grow up to four plants per household. The legal age is set at 19. We reached out […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cannabis, Carman Pirie, Examineradio 140, Integrated Mobility Plan, NSLC, podcast, Terra Tailleur

The Great Cogswell Screw-Up, Round 2?

In 1970, city planners refused to listen to the public and built the Cogswell Interchange, now recognized as a colossal screw-up. Today, a new group of city planners is working to tear down the Cogswell and build an extension to downtown, but they're mostly working in the dark and eschewing public consultation. Will this be the Great Cogswell Screw-up, Round 2?

October 25, 2017 By Erica Butler 10 Comments

There were a few golden moments at the Art of City Building conference held yesterday at the Central Library, one in particular when architectural historian and critic Hans Ibelings shared a favourite cartoon: One planner says to another, “Let’s replace the mistakes of the past… with new ones.” The joke is relevant in Halifax these […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Cogswell Interchange, Cogswell Redevelopment Program, Cogswell Steering Committee, councillor Waye Mason, Donna Davis, Ekistics Planning and Design, Erica Butler, Hans Ibelings, Integrated Mobility Plan

Here’s what we need for a great new Mumford Terminal

The city must first make big decisions on commuter rail and transit lanes in order to get the bus terminal right.

September 26, 2017 By Erica Butler

It’s finally happening. The city has started planning its redo of the ghastly, despised Mumford Terminal. The city has hired Dillon Consulting for phase one: figuring out where the heck to put the thing, designing how it will work, and giving a rough guess at how much it will cost to build. Dillon needs to...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Erica Butler, Halifax Transit, Integrated Mobility Plan, new Mumford Terminal, Nick Ritcey, Paul Dec, Tristan Cleveland

Turning the corner on street design

Halifax has over 100 channelized right turns, and only a few may be actually warranted

June 21, 2017 By Erica Butler

Because it’s en route to my kid’s school, I cross the intersection at North and Gottingen Streets roughly four times a day, and it is hands-down the most stressful 75 metres of the kilometre-long commute. I hadn’t really considered why that was until a transportation planner from Toronto named it for me: channelized right turns....

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: channelized right turns, Integrated Mobility Plan, Rod McPhail, slip lanes

The future of cycling in Halifax may be bright, assuming we get around to it

June 15, 2017 By Erica Butler

Last week Halifax’s active transportation team presented their vision for the future of cycling in Halifax to a packed room at the Central Library. There was not much new in the presentation, more a summation of the latest in bike planning soon to be released as part of the Integrated Mobility Plan, which goes to...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: Andreas Röhl, David MacIsaac, Halifax Cycling Coalition (HCC), Integrated Mobility Plan, Kelsey Lane, protected bike lanes

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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