Transit priority lanes like the ones added on Gottingen Street are coming to Robie and Young streets. This week Halifax Regional Council approved phase one of the plan, which will see time-restricted bus lanes on weekdays from 6am-6pm on Robie Street from Young Street to Quinpool Road—hopefully speeding up routes 80, 81 and 7—and a […]
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April brings Godzilla, traffic delays
West end Halifax commuters found themselves at the receiving end of what seems like a bad April Fool’s prank: the first day of a four-month-long repair work project on the Quinpool Road CN Rail bridge. With traffic backing up on Herring Cove Road and Chebucto Road, this morning’s rush hour on the Armdale Roundabout was […]
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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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Dodge Caliber
To the asshole on Bayers Road who pulled right into my lane to go around a parked car, very nearly forcing me into the truck coming the other way: Fuck you and your ugly, smug, stunned mustached face. You were so proud of yourself. I’m sure the woman in the passenger seat thinks you’re super […]
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Circular decision
Regional council Tuesday committed Halifax to the brave new world of…roundabouts. Roundabouts have been ubiquitous in most the rest of the world for decades, if not centuries—and are recognized as a sensibly safe traffic control device, but North America is slow on the uptake. Only in the past few years have traffic engineers embraced roundabouts, […]
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Ken Reashor: safer to jaywalk than to use a crosswalk
A week ago Tuesday night, someone tried to kill me. I was walking across Thistle Street in Dartmouth, in the mid-block crosswalk that leads from the Sportsplex to the Common. There was a car coming down the hill, but I had plenty of time to get safely to other side. As I crossed, however, I […]
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Critical Mass confusion
“What are you guys doing?” asks a woman from inside her parked car on Spring Garden. More than a hundred cyclists, some dressed as skeletons, sex workers and bears, are blocking her from pulling out of her pit-stop at Timmy’s. “We’re going for a bike ride,” answers one of the Canadian Olympians. It’s Critical Mass, […]
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Imagine a car-free Halifax
Cars are the number-one killer of people under 35 in this part of the world. A couple of thousand pounds of high-speed steel and glass may have seemed like a good idea at one time, but cars have made simple acts like walking risky business. Urban sprawl increases that risk. Abundant research shows a strong […]
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Jeep Girl
This is to the inconsiderate Jeep Girl who cut me off early Friday morning on North St, just before the intersection at Gottigen St. You had to have seen my blinker on, as I was patiently waiting to change lanes. You appeared to slow down to let me in ahead of you, and when I […]
