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@davidwtrueman.bsky.social passed along this message from staff: "[the project] has been delayed due to work on Lawrence Street. Due to a scheduling error, the contractor began work installing the temporary infrastructure [...] the temporary infrastructure has since been removed."
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@davidwtrueman.bsky.social passed along this message from staff: "[the project] has been delayed due to work on Lawrence Street. Due to a scheduling error, the contractor began work installing the temporary infrastructure [...] the temporary infrastructure has since been removed."
For the record, the traffic diverter would have improved safety not only for cycling, but for pedestrians and drivers as well. The area has speeding issues on Harvard which would be prevented with this diverter. Safety, traffic easing, enhancing other forms of transportation. These are the benefits.
Well, Halifax's newest modal filter – an essential part of the Allan/Oak local street bikeway – lasted less than 24h before being torn out. #BikeHfx
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For the record, the traffic diverter would have improved safety not only for cycling, but for pedestrians and drivers as well. The area has speeding issues on Harvard which would be prevented with this diverter. Safety, traffic easing, enhancing other forms of transportation. These are the benefits.
Imagine if we had a single line like this in Halifax. We are the class of city that requires a transit project of this scale. A single line at minimum.
Thanks to @taras-grescoe.com for calling it a “light metro” instead of light rail 👍
“Riding that train made me feel like Canada was finally building transit fit for the 21st century, a worthy counterpart to the systems that are now common in Asian and European cities.”
“Riding that train made me feel like Canada was finally building transit fit for the 21st century, a worthy counterpart to the systems that are now common in Asian and European cities.”
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Imagine if we had a single line like this in Halifax. We are the class of city that requires a transit project of this scale. A single line at minimum.
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Really nice #BikeHFX article www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
‘He was a beautiful man’: North-end Halifax mural honours beloved community fixture
Family, community dazzled by mural honouring Graham Prevost, his improvised helmet and his trusty bicycle
www.saltwire.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Really nice #BikeHFX article www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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I have to say, the REM is so fantastic, it's going to make the Eglinton Crosstown feel even more like a let down. Ironically, the Eglinton stations seem a lot more impressive, but the REM is just so fast, frequent and high capacity by comparison.
I really hope CDPQ does more . . .
I really hope CDPQ does more . . .
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I have to say, the REM is so fantastic, it's going to make the Eglinton Crosstown feel even more like a let down. Ironically, the Eglinton stations seem a lot more impressive, but the REM is just so fast, frequent and high capacity by comparison.
I really hope CDPQ does more . . .
I really hope CDPQ does more . . .
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iCYMI: "Paris started with periodic, strategic closures of key streets, then day-long closures of the entire city center, always in the context of the conversation about air quality, livability & noise…It's a very smart way of doing it." — @brenttoderian.bsky.social in BlogTO. #Paris
People on board with new solution to Toronto traffic that would limit cars on city streets
Fixing Toronto's gridlock is now so high on the political agenda that the Province is ripping out brand-new bike lanes in a misguided attempt to get …
www.blogto.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
iCYMI: "Paris started with periodic, strategic closures of key streets, then day-long closures of the entire city center, always in the context of the conversation about air quality, livability & noise…It's a very smart way of doing it." — @brenttoderian.bsky.social in BlogTO. #Paris
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Beyond a certain level of traffic, you should dedicate the entire street to transit, dead-end half of the crossing streets, build platforms capable of having 2-3 buses stop simultaneously and/or stagger them.
Fundamentally, there is no way to do effective TSP in through gridded street layouts
Fundamentally, there is no way to do effective TSP in through gridded street layouts
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Beyond a certain level of traffic, you should dedicate the entire street to transit, dead-end half of the crossing streets, build platforms capable of having 2-3 buses stop simultaneously and/or stagger them.
Fundamentally, there is no way to do effective TSP in through gridded street layouts
Fundamentally, there is no way to do effective TSP in through gridded street layouts
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“We can move a lot more people in a lane full of buses than in a lane full of cars. But that requires change, and that’s what’s difficult for a lot of people.” Can data help Halifax shift its #CarBrain mentality? #CarCulture www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...
DalSolutions: Modeling the future of transportation in Halifax
Dalhousie research is helping the Halifax Regional Municipality plan a transportation system that’s efficient, sustainable, and ready for the city’s rapid growth.
www.dal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“We can move a lot more people in a lane full of buses than in a lane full of cars. But that requires change, and that’s what’s difficult for a lot of people.” Can data help Halifax shift its #CarBrain mentality? #CarCulture www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...
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Seriously, take a deep dive into the @toronto.ca Complete Streets Guidelines. In #TorontoDanforth we are heavily car-dependent (even though we don't have to be), but a lack of political will keeps us at the status quo.
If we want safer streets, we have the tools. www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
If we want safer streets, we have the tools. www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
Complete Streets Guidelines
The City developed Complete Streets Guidelines which provided a new approach for how we design our city streets. Complete Streets build on many of the City’s existing policies, guidelines and recent s...
www.toronto.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Seriously, take a deep dive into the @toronto.ca Complete Streets Guidelines. In #TorontoDanforth we are heavily car-dependent (even though we don't have to be), but a lack of political will keeps us at the status quo.
If we want safer streets, we have the tools. www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
If we want safer streets, we have the tools. www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
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This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
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Did anyone see this hit and run?
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Did anyone see this hit and run?
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Checking out Halifax Transit—same buses as in Boston!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Checking out Halifax Transit—same buses as in Boston!
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Cineplex Digital media have isntalled advertising signs in Toronto's Union Station that use facial recognition to target the ads. CDM says it only recognizes age / gender
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cineplex Digital media have isntalled advertising signs in Toronto's Union Station that use facial recognition to target the ads. CDM says it only recognizes age / gender
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
of note CDM was also recently sold to an American firm and is no longer part of Cineplex
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“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“That’s what frustrates me about the polarisation of everything. If you say you care about cycling, you must be anti-car. Or if you talk about safety, people assume you’re against freedom. It’s all nonsense. We all want the same city, we’re just speaking different languages.”
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
LISTEN: bit.ly/43ho6wQ
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It's impressive how contemporary projects' budgeting practices in Canada are made of very thin actual analytical estimates based on quantities and unit prices on top of which there is an entire enormous castle of random percentages of percentages of percentages which are suspiciously multiples of 5.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's impressive how contemporary projects' budgeting practices in Canada are made of very thin actual analytical estimates based on quantities and unit prices on top of which there is an entire enormous castle of random percentages of percentages of percentages which are suspiciously multiples of 5.
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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Don’t miss I Light HFX. The weather is looking warm (by recent standards) but a little damp. But we won’t let that dampen our spirits, we’re Haligonians!
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don’t miss I Light HFX. The weather is looking warm (by recent standards) but a little damp. But we won’t let that dampen our spirits, we’re Haligonians!
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
6pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 8) at the Dal Quad by the Dal/Kings Bike Centre.
Sign waivers at: cyclehalifax.ca/i-light-hfx-... (once per year)
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
Something to note for our provincial covenants that prevents land previously owned by grocery chains and surrounding areas from being used by competing grocers. Only specialty grocers are allowed in these areas, which have good selections but have limitations on what they can sell.
All of the news headlines and stories greatly exaggerate the impact of this ordinance. The ordinance title sounds more impressive than what it does, which is hardly anything since it only applies to *new* wouldbe restrictive covenants and agreements, not the ones that existed before yesterday.
Seattle makes it illegal for grocery chains to block rivals
Seattle just made it illegal for grocery chains to block competitors from moving into their old stores, a first-of-its-kind move to help neighborhoods.
www.king5.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Something to note for our provincial covenants that prevents land previously owned by grocery chains and surrounding areas from being used by competing grocers. Only specialty grocers are allowed in these areas, which have good selections but have limitations on what they can sell.
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You can walk into Sobeys for gvt funded scene points.
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sobeys' local presence, readiness helped it earn Nova Scotia Loyal contract, MLAs hear | CBC News
The presence of its head office in Nova Scotia was helpful for Sobeys in obtaining an untendered contract in 2024 as part of a new government buy-local program, MLAs on a legislature committee heard W...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You can walk into Sobeys for gvt funded scene points.
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Or simply go to an independent store or farmers market, where local food prices are cheaper, often by far.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New issue is out tomorrow.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New issue is out tomorrow.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
On the front, @joshrjhealey.bsky.social recaps a summer of soccer that happened.
On the back, @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Halifax's record road deaths. Free digital issue this week, publicly funded road violence is too important to put behind a paywall.
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Imagine a city of great apartments where everyone knows their neighbours. The Neptis Foundation has a vision: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible
A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Imagine a city of great apartments where everyone knows their neighbours. The Neptis Foundation has a vision: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...