Crashes or close calls at signalized intersections involving pedestrians and large vehicles, here a bus, are frequent and look like this. Usually driver turning left on green, sometimes right on red or green www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dys...

It was only a month ago that we saw this. Major changes should occur, but don't because these incidents are seen as unfortunate but inevitable www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzjE...

non life threatening could still be life changing. We are not acting anywhere near fast enough to introduce improved safety and protection for pedestrians at signalized intersections. (bus driver fined for "failure to yield") halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/26/w...

Part one of Monday's show is out for subscribers

‘I don’t see my future prioritized’: Teenagers speak up at public bills committee reported by Madiha Mughees @mmughees.bsky.social

Signs of a toxic workplace: Lack of transparency/communication High turnover Targeting competent people who speak out Choosing favourites Negativity and fear Micromanagement Sound familiar, #NovaScotia?

Claudia Chender speaking truth to power: “Today’s vote (passing the budget) means Nova Scotians are getting the worst of both worlds-irresponsible spending behind closed doors, and deep cuts to vulnerable people and thriving local sectors.” www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-hou...

Do you think your city needs wider bike-lanes? You might need to document the numbers. Luckily, @streetfilms.bsky.social is here to show you how. On the other hand, design for the numbers you want, not just the numbers you have. #UrbanTruth www.streetfilms.org/featured/nyc...

While overall crime continues to trend down, traffic fatalities more than tripled year-over-year up to Q3 2025. Remember this come the October municipal election when certain predictable narratives about crime start emerging.

Few cities have built greenways as quickly or as comprehensively as Shenzhen. Launched as part of the broader Pearl River Delta ecological and recreational initiative in 2010, their network now stretches over 2,300 kilometres, organised into a hierarchy of regional, urban, and neighbourhood routes.🧵

This article is about the manipulation of process in public health to manufacture pretexts to avoid action, but it's directly applicable to the same failures around climate. And tobacco before that. Etc.

I’m peer reviewing a draft transportation plan for a city I’m advising, which is always interesting. One of the most common problems I find is in phasing/timing relative to the urgency of the #ClimateEmergency. I’m reminded of Mississauga’s urban biking plan that would take 27 YEARS TO BUILD OUT.

Nova Scotia budget bill passes as public banned from Province House By @dartjenhen.bsky.social

So basically to me this sounds like: major transit improvements like BRT can only be considered in the “long-term”, but we’re going to spend a bunch of public money on a plan to induce even more driving on Halifax roads ASAP 🙄

Very basic bus speed visualization (only two days of data).

wooo so happy to see Tides Rides coming back! #bikehfx

LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for Mar 25th Transit lessons, the state of Canadian podcasting, and the hidden power of 311. h/t @glynbowerman.bsky.social @spacingradio.bsky.social @podthenorth.bsky.social @jordanhr.bsky.social @99pi.org @spacing.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...

Paris - je t´aime.

Video: www.youtube.com/live/jow8hwl...

120 people travelling individually in 120 cars could instead ride in 1 #Vancouver articulated bus. When they do, it helps EVERYONE move easier. The math of urban mobility, explained to Vancouverites by #ScienceWorld. Better mobility in cities is about space. #CityMakingMath

If you’re in your car in traffic and you see people moving smoothly on bikes in a protected bike-lane, or a full bus zooming past you in a bus-only lane, sure you could be mad at them for moving faster than you, or you could be someone who understands geometry and knows it works better for EVERYONE.

I know we all say it a lot but it is REALLY recent that numbers like this were close to unimaginable, for a grid the size of Britain and its current level of interconnection elsewhere. This is important because pretending we can't exist without fossil fuels is a big lie designed to stop us trying

Remember, if you’re interested in what REALLY “drives” a lot of regional growth & infrastructure politics, it’s pretty much this. Great drawing via Ian Lockwood.

Hoping the automotive empire is defeated in the Cone Wars.

'Our work matters': Executive director of non-profit facing 100% funding cut speaks at public bills committee www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-hou...

One way that political organizing is a lot like designing (or playing) a board game is that a good chunk of it is explaining to people how a system works & inviting them to participate in the process.

"AI cannot coexist with education--it can only degrade it" YES OMG YES

Don’t forget to get a copy of or visit @grandparade.bsky.social to get the lore and significance of the cones presence!

Traffic cones are back 🚲 #BikeHfx

If you know the story of Jones Av here in #TorontoDanforth you know It’s clearly going to be a long, long wait to have someone with the #PoliticalWill to chose the safety of vulnerable road users over the convenience of drivers street parking. July 2023

Wow @taras-grescoe.com My son and I were just talking about his ride with Mayor in Toronto a few years ago. I’m really hoping Paris is blessed twice over with their newly elected Mayor. As for my son, he’s still waiting for someone to prioritize the safety of vulnerable road users. July 2023

Improving Atlantic Canada’s energy security By Larry Hughes

Important update on the provincial budget posted 4 hours ago. Does Becky Druhan sleep?

An update to @hfxgov.bsky.social 2017 Integrated Mobility Plan goes to the Transportation Standing Committee on 23/03/2026 2026. It's...not great. Read our position statement on what needs to change to reduce car-dependency & its harms & truly achieve #VisionZero drive.google.com/file/d/1WuCD...

Canada must stand with Cuba. Here is how you can help. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Update for #BikeHFX. Don't expect bike lanes to be touched & watch for lower traffic streets that have some compacted snow making them slippery - the Windgate section a prime example of potholes & ice patches! No sign of the bollards in the vicinity of DD, but drivers clearly taking advantage again

Thin layer of snow on the sidewalks today in peninsula Kjipuktuk/Halifax #hfxws . Watch your footing if you're walking. Road surfaces mostly clear - take the lane #BikeHFX. Bollards have completely vanished from the Donham Diverter but no evidence of crushing - pick one up if you spot any en route

The @dril.bsky.social post, but minus the "drunk" part: "driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not."

Nina Newington’s work to save forests in Nova Scotia started when she made a promise to the barn swallows that nest on her property. Birds make us better humans, although Newington has always been a good human.

The next education campaign will likely focus on these things that drivers are very concerned about cdn.halifax.ca/sites/defaul...

this counts as one single incident for the purpose of our data collection. The municipality (councillors) have so far refused to propose and adopt absolute targets to reduce very high levels of crashes resulting in injury or death to vulnerable road users.

two pedestrians struck and injured while using a marked crosswalk by an impaired driver, who fled the scene. Can't wait till the next "road safety is a shared responsibility" campaign haligonia.ca/charges-afte...

Uranium mining would create long‑term costs and risks Nova Scotia has not yet confronted By Alan Timberlake

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

This is one that I’ve most been looking forward to putting out there. A false choice that I still see and hear in far too many cities. Please share. #UrbanTruth

A podcast about the very accessible municipal finance book "You'll Pay For This" open.spotify.com/episode/2FeN...

Paris has elected a new Mayor that's promised to accelerate the conversion of the city to micromobility and ped first. It's clear to everyone why this guy won, right?

According to Halifax in 2006 75% of people drove and in 2011 it 77% of people drove. But with over a billion dollars in car subsidies we've boosted drivership up to 81%!

If Halifax gets AV taxies I'm going to spend most of my days trying to figure out if I can hire one, throw my phone in it, and then ride my bike in front of it to create for myself a mobile bollard.