This week, we’re joined by Halifax Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler, who digs into the province’s recent announcement of more than $65m in funding to twin portions of Highway 103, as well as the inaccessibility of Africville Park. Plus, 2,000 images from famed photographer Annie Liebovitz remain shuttered (see what I did there?) in a warehouse somewhere in […]
Lengthy, limited local street bikeways policy coming soon to a city near you
The good news is Halifax will be getting into the local street bikeway business. The bad news: the process we have created to get there could put our first actual local street bikeway years away. Local street bikeways are designated bike-friendly routes through a city that make use of less busy, lower speed streets to...
If you don’t pay attention, the future of HRM transportation will be decided without your input
Halifax's new 15-year transportation plan could change the priorities on our streets
People are rightly up in arms about the recent poor turnout for our municipal election, but let me throw another log on the fire of concern over citizen apathy: The first round of consultations for the Integrated Mobility Plan have come and gone, and a whopping 300 of us participated. Actually, it’s probably worse than...
How safe is cycling?
A personal look at the risks and benefits of riding in the city
Everyone’s transportation choices are made based on a unique set of factors: where you live vs where you need to be on a regular basis; how much (or little) money you have to burn; what kind of cargo you normally have in tow; what kind of physical challenges you do or don’t have; etc. Me, […]