The Knicks are home and our city is ready to show out. 

We’re hosting a free watch party for 5,000 New Yorkers tonight in Bryant Park. 

You can register at the link below starting at noon today: www.nyc.gov/knicksgame3

3 months ago we launched the website & social media accounts for our new initiative, @urbantruth.bsky.social. The response has been AMAZING, and we thank you all for following us, helping to spread the word about our mission, & boosting our posters/campaigns. We’re just getting started! #UrbanTruth

What if the things we love about the cities we visit on vacation weren’t illegal in OUR city? #UrbanTruth

What is the role of evidence in shaping city priorities? This free panel will explore this question - Saturday June 13, 7-9pm at the Dal Student Union. With @ecologyaction.bsky.social @cyclehalifax.ca , @lecwhite.bsky.social & Dr. Linda Rothman. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-...

Everyone who spends time outside in the municipality is at risk of being bitten by a tick, even in suburban and urban areas. Find out how to protect yourself by visiting: www.halifax.ca/parks-recrea...

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It’s been opened to everything else, to a diverse and invigorated civic life for people, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things. Language matters. HT @dmoser.bsky.social for the pic. #OpenStreets

This is cool — Ever heard of a grätzloase? It means “neighbourhood oasis”– a miniature park replacing a parking space, aka parklets. With the blessing of city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna since 2015. And in theory, anyone in Vienna can build one.

It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees. On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year. Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth

Here’s a SERIOUS question. What if our property tax system was actually fair, and was based on public costs actually incurred to support housing? What if low density housing had to pay its way, rather than being subsidized by responsible infill housing? What if we stopped incentivizing sprawl?

Ep 342 Excerpt feat. @sflkirk.bsky.social: Another case of how becoming a parent radicalizes a person into a safer streets advocate and how coming together to promote kidical masses, bike buses, and open street events can help build community support for safer streets youtube.com/shorts/RIgh0...

Before (1970) / After (2026) the school street Rue Charles Baudelaire in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. It is amongst the first significant school streets of Paris, its transformation in several steps began in 2020. Note a photo in 2020 would have looked exactly like the 1970 one! (see below) 1/2

NEW: Last night, my City of Langford BC clients received our SILVER AWARD from the Planning Institute of British Columbia #PIBC for our “turning point” new Langford City Plan! This is a very big deal for a city that’s been boldly creating a brand new culture of aligned PLANNING & ACTION. More soon!

“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising [fossil fuel & meat adverts] in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities. France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, & one Italian city has plans to do the same.” #UrbanTruth

“The most effective approach is to build a network and to build it as quickly as possible. But it’s worth emphasizing bike lanes alone do not make a network. In the Netherlands up to two thirds of the network is in mixed, low-traffic conditions, where the bike is the dominant mode.” bit.ly/4fskIGm

The weather is looking promising for a fun day of free play tomorrow. We'll be celebrating play in many ways - Ferry Terminal Park, Dartmouth, from 11am-2pm tomorrow (Saturday). Play is essential for our well-being whatever our age. More in @playgroundology.bsky.social's post below. #IDOP2026

Last weekend, we celebrated the completion of dedicated transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin with a group ride-along, visiting shops along the way! With faster and more reliable transit, it's easier than ever before to visit the local shops that make Bathurst and Dufferin so great 🥰

P.E.I.’s electric utility advised to go with battery storage, not new fossil-fuel burning plants But in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, it’s full-speed ahead for those plants By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Reminder: The deadline to complete the municipality's annual KPI road safety survey is tomorrow, Friday, June 5. We appreciate your feedback. halifax.ca/surveys

another great example of why allowing foreign social media platforms to become the key way a lot of people get their information creates significant societal vulnerabilities

An AI data centre proposed for the Lorneville neighbourhood of Saint John, N.B., would raze wetlands and forest and become one of the province’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. Residents are resisting. thenarwhal.ca/lorneville-a...

Want to know why this is happening?It's because congestion builds exponentially.

Standardization, local oversight and expertise, adaptability. These go a long way in ensuring that costs remain low for such important projects. Imagine what we would have if we got serious about our transit projects.

I’d say that geology is a major part but not necessarily the biggest - Barcelona eg also has relatively cheap costs despite geology from hell. Surely though, having more predictable conditions, requiring less ground treatment and less equipment plays a significant role.

(11/11) Great geology, innovative construction, standardisation, frugal planning and concentrated/curated methods are characteristics crucial to keeping costs down. Maybe those are the „int‘l practices“ we should try to adopt, not ideas that we cannot execute and end up blowing up our budget.

(10/11) Then we get into less technical reasons: planning experience is really concentrated and methods have been perfected over the years. Local gov‘t is responsible for planning and owns the infra, while the construction companies taking over are pretty much the same every time.

(9/11) By German construction standards, water pressure calculations would have been so high, that such a need would likely not arise. This avoids the additional need later, but it will make material and work costs explode even before digging starts.

(8/11) one of the most interesting aspects of planning is how everything is being planned to the absolute minimum and adding things based on what is needed is not a taboo: at Comillas station, after facing a higher water pressure than expected, they just added extra width to the wall.

(5/11) The second factor is vast standardisation: walk into any modern Madrid metro station and they all look the same. This will also be true for the new line 11 extension. Madrid always tries to design stations in the „hammerhead“ shape (their words not mine)…

Thread: Spain's infamously low-cost subway/metro construction methods

Only 4% of calls to CARE team lead to dispatch of cops, ambulance, says Halifax community safety ED By @suzannerent.bsky.social

REMINDER: Pls plan to tune in this Fri, June 5th, at 2 pm Eastern for my conversation with Professor of Health Promotion @sflkirk.bsky.social, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about reversing car culture and promoting healthy cities for all ages and abilities. youtu.be/vNk7d4mW6RE

In which I chat with @activetowns.bsky.social about the joy of volunteering for #KidicalMassHFX & my passion for creating child-friendly environments for healthy active living. Check it out!

It's not congestion. It's design. Our roads are dangerous for all road users by design.

In 2019, Halifax was dead last on a list of 63 cities in North America for collisions. Dartmouth and Sydney were also very low on the list. This doesn't just increase our insurance rates. It also reflects the danger on our roads for all users.

Please share this as much as you can. It’s hugely important. #60Minutes #ScottPelley

The Downtown Halifax Crew is back on the streets for the summer! Clad in blue shirts and ballcaps, they're Downtown Halifax's summer cleanup and ambassador team, working hard to keep Downtown Halifax vibrant and welcoming over the summer months. 👉 Learn more about the Crew here: bit.ly/4uQs1MM

The nearest supermarket is 110 metres from my home. The railway station is 750 metres away. My bicycle in Utrecht lives in the world's largest bicycle parking garage. This week's post and video explain how I've managed to live most of my life without owning a car.

I complain a lot about the inaction on road safety in @hfxgov.bsky.social, but it's good to see quick build solutions like this. Do this in far more places.

ICYMI

“The decline of Canadian universities reflects years of inadequate funding, and the devaluation of science and education as public goods,” said Dr. Nadim Mahassen, president of the Center for World University Rankings. #cdnpse

Annapolis Valley Regional Library reaches the breaking point: 5 of 11 branches to close Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

I'm pretty sure that the municipalities of Nova Scotia now have full authority over speed limits now after a change provincially last year. Is there anyone on #Halisky who can confirm?

Dear Government Presenters Yes the land acknowledgement but you probably shouldn't also use the term stakeholder as well

HRM asks for court order to take back the Khyber from Turret Arts Society Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

“Zohran Mamdani was attacked for not attending a New York event with Israelis accused of war crimes. Plus, the UK banned Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, while Donald Trump had a full weekend brain fade.” Read here, by @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/why-did-to...

Wolfville seems to be taking road safety far more seriously than Halifax. There are some projects in their report that Halifax has backtracked on (median bollards, temporary curb extensions, etc). Silver lining, at least we have another example to reference for road safety strategies.

Look at Wolfville taking #RoadSafety seriously! They're also using @telraam.bsky.social counters to count traffic volume, speeds & mode share. Lots of tactical options being deployed too wolfvilleblooms.ca/saferstreets

Often municipalities use “Safer Streets” to describe policies that demonize, criminalize and exclude unhoused people. Nice to see the phrase reclaimed for policies that actually do as stated:

Please keep your reports coming. We're seeing worrying trends in the experiences of people walking, wheeling & cycling in the HRM. The more reports we have the stronger we can make the case for #VisionZero & #RoadSafety as an urgent council priority. Link here & in bio: forms.gle/XGr4do39sW9V...