One late bus can ruin your day, and your relationship with Halifax Transit. That long wait in the rain, the blown appointment, a bus that you missed because it went early—these are more powerful memories than the smooth trips, so it seems like the buses are always late. But are they really all that late, […]
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Celebrating the 100In1Day celebration
100 In 1 Day came to Halifax for the second time, last Saturday, June 6. An international phenomenon that creates community activism—by encouraging people to put on big, small, fun, earnest, artistic, political and/or goofy events that other people can participate in—Halifax’s #100In1Day was a success despite the rain. We can’t say the same for […]
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When roundabouts suck
Last week, The Coast and the PLANifax design group released a video about Halifax’s crush on roundabouts. It was pretty popular, but the video’s calling out of one driver for not knowing the rules of the road got criticism. Some people thought that black truck was driving exactly the way it’s supposed to. But our […]
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Video debate: Is Halifax’s crush on roundabouts good news?
On paper, roundabouts are safer and move traffic better than traditional intersections. But on the street, people aren’t so sure that Halifax should put a ring on the latest trend in road construction. Our latest PLANifax video collab circles around the issues. Take a look, then share what you think of roundabouts in the comments. […]
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Winter biking and Halifax: the nightmare, the video
It takes a special kind of person to keep biking through a Halifax winter. “If you’re not really experienced and not really confident, you will probably die.” Related Stories
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Become an expert on the new bus plan
Halifax Transit is talking about some big changes to the bus system, and they want to know what you think. But you definitely don’t want to read a thick report about it, so we made this video summary for you. Yeah, you. Because for once you deserve to have something about Metro’s buses be useful […]
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Development and the views from Citadel Hill
Developers are constrained by them. Tourists are lured by them. The city is shaped by them. But how exactly do the protected views from Citadel Hill work? At last you can see. A video information service from PLANifax and The Coast.
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Remembering the Spring Garden Road Memorial library
The PLANifax/Coast video team is excited to show you inside the new central library. Super-exicited, even. However, we want to give the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library—which closed August 30, after seemingly endless debate about how to replace it—a proper good-bye first. The sexy new library may have soaring open spaces and recording studios, […]
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Halifax needs protected bike lanes
Lots of Haligonians are scared to ride their bikes more, because our streets are built for cars. And as any local bureaucrat can tell you, it’s totally impossible to change the streets now. Except that lots of cities have added protected biking lanes to their roadways—retrofitting the street to be built for more than cars—with […]
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Down with the Cogswell Interchange
The latest video report from The Coast and PLANifax collab is all about the Cogswell Interchange. It’s some of the most valuable real estate in Halifax, being used for a road to nowhere, yet despite repeated reports urging its destruction and near-universal public hatred, city council is only now talking seriously about getting rid of […]
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Convention centre video report
This first video in a collaboration between The Coast and PLANifax takes a look at the recent changes to the Nova Centre’s design that were approved by city council. There will be more on the convention centre and more videos in future, although not necessarily together. Related Stories