[Image-1] The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has dismissed a case against the municipality, brought forth by the popular hot dog vendor known as Dawgfather PhD in an effort to stop a proposed bike lane along University Avenue. Gerald Anthony Reddick, the longtime Dalhousie campus hot dog kingpin who legally changed his named in 2012 […]
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Finally, a protected bike lane is coming to Halifax
[Image-1] Today, Halifax Regional Council unanimously approved installing a protected two-way bike lane on Rainnie Drive in the city’s north end. The 300-metre bikeway is a pilot project to assess the functionality and maintenance of protected lanes as HRM tries to boost its cyclist infrastructure. The structural opportunity comes about due to recent street changes […]
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Looking down the road at the Hollis Street bike lane’s future
[Image-1] As active-transportation plans go, the new bicycle lane on Hollis Street in Halifax wasn’t exactly a pedal-to-the-metal project. Installation was delayed for years before it finally took place this summer. And the project wasn’t the last upgrade to be done on the busy one-way street. At some point, City Hall must look down the […]
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The long, winding road to getting a bike lane built in Halifax
[Image-1] Bikeway planning in the Halifax region sometimes rolls on smoothly, but getting an actual path built in this town can be a bumpy experience. Blueprints are drawn, the public is consulted, plans might get tweaked, projects are approved, anti-cycling outrage is duly noted, project cash is earmarked—and then bike trails are occasionally subject to […]
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Dartmouth’s Velo Lab expands
Four hundred square feet is all it took to get Velo Lab Cycle Works off the ground. The little bike shop that could got its start three years ago in a Dartmouth garage on the corner of Thistle and Victoria Streets, the garage of longtime cyclist and mechanic Shawn Marshall and his wife and business […]
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Advocacy and the future of cycling
[Image-1] One of the greatest misconceptions about the various types of dedicated bicycle infrastructure is that they only serve a minority of the population—that they’re pet projects for bicyclists. The reality is that whether you’re left or right leaning, urban or suburban, rich or poor, bikes are simply one of the most accessible and efficient […]
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The felon cyclist
[Image-1] I trace my lust for breaking rules on my bike to my elementary school principal. When I was nine or 10 my parents invited my school principal over for dinner. She showed up on her bike and she wasn’t wearing her helmet. My mom, half-joking, scorned her for it. She told my mom she […]
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Cyclist license cycle
[Image-1] The city should pay a monthly stipend to cyclists, or maybe just offer them some discounts around town. After all, they’re unclogging our roads, promoting a healthy lifestyle and staving off global warming. What we shouldn’t do is force cyclists to purchase a license to ride. That’s what Dartmouth councillor Gloria McCluskey wants the […]