Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax

These authors reviewed 73 previous studies examining car touchscreens.

Conclusion: They're awful

"Touchscreens tended to have negative effects on driving performance, visual attention, and secondary task performance compared with voice control and physical controls."

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Who are streets for? 81% of street space in Toronto is inequitably dedicated to motor vehicles. How can this be fairly re-designed?

check out our recent project mapping street space allocation in Toronto

we find that more than 80% of transportation infrastructure in Toronto is designed for cars, far more than how people actually travel

w/ @lanrickbennett.bsky.social & Mia Wang

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Young Canadians are hitting the brakes on car ownership, new survey finds Gen Z opting to rack up savings and use other transportation options

“Travelling five times a year, maxing out her TFSA, building an emergency fund, and having the freedom to see her friends when and how she wants: Those are just a few ways Deeksha Singh [of Calgary] said she can use the estimated $14,000 a year she saves by not owning a car.”

How Toronto reduced car traffic and tripled bike ridership on a key bike boulevard - NACTO Shaw Street was busy with bikes, but it wasn’t working for everyone. There were too many motor vehicles using the street for riding to be comfortable for people who weren’t confident biking, including...

“Shaw Street was busy with bikes, but it wasn’t working for everyone. There were too many motor vehicles using the street for riding to be comfortable…But in 2020, the City of Toronto undertook a project that decreased vehicle volumes by up to 60% and tripled the # of people biking in some places…”

Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.

NEW: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, and that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.”

The brand-new @urbantruth.bsky.social has a blunt op-ed in @usa.streetsblog.org written by Canadians @brenttoderian.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social, & American in Paris @grantennis.bsky.social.

Cost data are from Transport Canada's social costs of collisions database so also likely an underesimate #RoadSafety #VisionZero 2/2 tc.canada.ca/en/road-tran...

Let's talk about the cost of collisions. A fender bender isn’t minor. A crash with injuries isn’t rare. A fatal collision costs society ~$8 million. In Canada, road crashes cost ~$36 billion every year, about $99 million every day. Safer street design isn’t expensive, crashes are #VisionZero 1/2

Halifax teen pushes to save student transit pass program Grade 11 student Teddie Rofe took to the streets this week to stand up for something dear to her heart: her bus pass.

Halifax teen pushes to save student transit pass program www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Austerity is code for erasure: What one disabled educator, researcher and Nova Scotian thinks of the budget - Halifax Examiner If you care about disabled people, any people, your fellow Nova Scotians, then we need to talk seriously about collective action. About coordinated labour disruption. About a general strike.

“This budget will disable all of us. Austerity always does. It erodes public systems until precarity becomes the norm. The only people insulated are those with private buffers and political friendships.”

Alderney Ferry service is running on a 30 min schedule until further notice, due to maintenance. Ferries will depart Alderney at XX:00 & XX:30. Ferries will depart Halifax at xx:15 & xx:45. Woodside Ferry service is not impacted at this time. Shuttles will be provided

Looks like a collision on the Ramp to the Mackay, Dartmouth Bound.

Starting to see back-ups forming - but you MIGHT be able to sneak by if you take Massachusetts Ave #HFXTraffic

Language matters. @hfxgov.bsky.social has a plan of 'towards zero' deaths on our roads. But behind every statistic is a person, so who lives & who dies in that scenario? Who would you be willing to sacrifice? #RoadSafety #VisionZero youtu.be/GAZ7sI-LDvo?...

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I want to stop killing people on our streets, but not right away because that would be too costly and it might upset drivers

Several previously passed road safety motions are recommended to be postponed or scaled back at the March 10th Vancouver Council mtg, "with the objective of freeing up staff capacity in order to better implement Council’s priorities"

This is what happens when you starve the city budget.

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Halifax spending $960k to expedite road safety projects ‘We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,’ says Dartmouth councillor

From BAL today: “We are going in the wrong direction. We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,” argued Coun. Sam Austin.

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Thanks to @jentaplin.bsky.social for the shout-out & to Cllr. @samaustind5.bsky.social for recognizing the urgent need for action. More funding is needed but it's a start. Ask for help @hfxgov.bsky.social, we can work with you to shape a strategy & identify priorities #VisionZero #RoadSafety

That was wild.

but it also shows how low a priority not killing people is to them.
Compare this with "paving gravel roads" with is getting $20M no questions asked

HRM will hire a project manager dedicated to road safety with this funding. Before road safety was just something PW fit in between working on road projects. So while this year won’t be a huge change, some RRFBs, some intersection design, it does set things up for more in future years.

Halifax spending $960k to expedite road safety projects ‘We are hurting and maiming and killing more people on our roads than we should be,’ says Dartmouth councillor

"“I want to stop killing people on our streets and so I would rather do a more thoughtful plan than accelerate something we don’t have the capacity to do at the moment” - Cleary.
Our vague outline plan with an unambitious goal needs a VZ overhaul

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ICYMI, here's @visionzerokh.bsky.social spokesperson, Dr. Catherine Chervin speaking on the Todd Veinotte show today about our goals & concerns. From 0:35 halifax.citynews.ca/podcasts/the...

There's at least one collision on HWY 102 inbound near the Airport right now

#HFXTraffic

There's a collision on HWY 107 near Musquodoboit Harbour.

That's over Lake Petpeswick

Seeing delays in both directions #HFXTraffic

Looks like we could have a collision in Fall River - on Hwy 118 (after the merge with the 102, near Miller Lake).

#HFXTraffic

We have various collisions in BOTH DIRECTIONS on HWY 102 near the Airport.

I'd avoid that stretch completely if you can #HFXTraffic

Drivers complaining about having to pay for public and active transport is like ordering all the most expensive items on the menu, refusing to share it, splitting the bill and then complaining about having to pay for everyone else's meal of one serving of breadsticks.

Says with the rise in e-bikes 15km bike commutes are becoming more common

CDG has a question. Asks if 100 cyclists hit in 2025 is correct

It is.

Transit is vital, but bike lanes are cheap. An immediate and affordable solution

4. Noise and traffic pollution. Can be reduced with less driving.

“rebalance the transportation budget to support choice in transportation”

Benefits include

1. safety for all road users including drivers and people walking

2. Better physical and mental health

3. Congestion. “ we often hear that bike lines caused congestion, but the evidence shows the exact opposite.”