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This was Michael Kabalen from AHANS 👍🏻
This is Miia Suokonautio
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Why the ‘Trick-or-Treat Test’ still matters for better neighbourhoods. My past @opinion.bloomberg.com article.
Every year, #Halloween trick-or-treating reveals a LOT about good and bad urban design and more walkable neighbourhoods all year long.
Think about it as you look/walk around on Halloween.
Powerpoint slides from a presentation entitled “Unleashing the Silent Majority to Beat Bikelash”, which feature photographs of urban transformation from cities around the world.
The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵
Hey that’s me! 😃 Thanks to the organizers and volunteers, that was fun!
Reminder #BikeHFX - we need many bums on bikes this Friday to show our support for better infrastructure to promote active mobility! Details below 👇
Event poster for Critical Mass Bike Ride. text reads: July 25, Grand Parade, critical mass, Halifax. Image is an illustrated yellow bicycle, on a lilac background, and a QR code on the bottom left.
Critical Mass is back! FRIDAY JULY 25.
Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30
I’d add - we think the private market can provide housing but don’t think it can provide parking? Why does gov’t undercut the private market to sell parking?
The idea that we need special recreation facilities and fields for organized sports when research shows that living in a walkable/bikeable area is the best way to get people active.
If you live in Dartmouth outside the circ, Cole Harbour, Eastern Shore, etc., consider what the 4,000 new apartments being built within 500m of the bridge will do to your commute if they all jump in cars to get over the bridge. Those people will all be in front of you.
MAYOR FILLMORE VS BIKE LANES In a surprise move, Mayor Fillmore is proposing to stop building bike lanes and Active Transportation infrastructure in HRM. The proposal will be put to a vote at Regional Council next Tuesday (June 10). If Mayor Fillmore's motion passes, it will direct HRM staff to stop awarding contracts for bike lane and Active Transportation projects already in progress. The Mayor's motion seems to blame HRM's current traffic congestion on bike lanes. HRM's traffic congestion has a number of causes and can't realistically be blamed on bike lanes. The main cause for traffic congestion is a population that has grown much faster than expected, adding tens of thousands of new residents in a few short years, and recently passing the half million mark. There is no silver bullet for traffic congestion. To reduce congestion, cities need an integrated approach that provides good alternatives to travelling by car: better, faster transit; more walkable communities with stores and services nearby; and safe Active Transportation options like multi-use trails and bike lanes. We need more options, not fewer, and HRM has been working steadily, but not fast enough, to provide those options. In 2017 Regional Council unanimously approved HRM's Integrated Mobility Plan. The IMP was developed democratically with the input of many residents. HRM staff, with the support of Regional Council, have been working since 2017 to build a network of bike lanes and multi-use trails (like the one on Joseph Howe Drive shown in the photo). Although behind schedule, we are more than halfway through building the bike network. The Mayor's motion, if passed, will be a big setback. My inbox is filling up with emails against the motion. Here's a small sample of what I'm hearing from District 10 residents:
"I live on Dunbrack Street and I am an avid cyclist. I bike downtown almost every day. My yearly distance is in the 5000 to 7200 km range. I put more distance on my bike than my car on a yearly basis. I will be 75 in the fall. I vehemently oppose the Mayor's proposed suspension of cycling infrastructure. I strongly encourage you to vote against the Mayor's proposal." It's a suprising reversal from the Mayor. Three years ago, as Liberal MP for Halifax, Andy Fillmore was the spokesperson for a $400 million Canada-wide investment in Active Transportation (bike and pedestrian routes). Here's what he said at the time: "Active Transportation connects communities affordably and accessibly. It promotes healthy, active lifestyles. It reduces emissions. It's a win-win-win." It will be a lose-lose-lose for HRM if Mayor Fillmore's anti-Active Transportation motion passes next week. Halting progress on HRM's bike network not only risks federal and provincial funding, it will waste the millions in investments already made because HRM residents will be left with only 60 percent of a bike network. A more connected network will be more useful to more residents. Even with gaps, HRM's Active Transportation network is used by young and old to get to school, to get to work, and to get out in nature. Multi-use trails and bike lanes are one of the most cost-effective types of transportation infrastructure but they won't get less expensive in the future. Instead of quitting midway, we need to maintain momentum on Active Transportation projects as part of building a more affordable, more accessible, more sustainable HRM. If you'd like to be heard on this issue, please send an email to Regional Council by noon on Monday at clerks@halifax.ca or email me at kathryn.morse@halifax.ca.
Councillor Kathryn Morse denounces Mayor Fillmore's "anti-active transportation motion" 🚲 #BikeHfx
I wasn't expecting to drop everything to write this update today. Mayor Fillmore is putting forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network. It's problematic, reckless, and lacking in evidence. My take here samaustin.ca/the-bike-net...
“A review of scientific research has found that pedestrians and cyclists are 44% more likely to be killed in a collision with an SUV or light truck, compared to a passenger car.
The outlook is even more dire for children, who are 82% more likely to be killed when struck by the larger vehicles.”
Ok I was wondering if that was an option, so good to know! Thank you!
Hi #bikehfx 😃 wondering if anyone has advice on how they’ve been handling this on Upper Water Street? There was no traffic when I went through today but it’s usually bumper-to-bumper.
Step 1: divest union pensions from rental housing
my god, nova scotia
what is there left to say
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2025...