The single largest climate action Halifax could take would be aggressively upzoning everything within 1-2km of Downtown/the hospital/university district.

Did you know that most fatal and injury-causing traffic collisions in our municipality happen around intersections. Crosswalks at most intersections exist for drivers, making them unsafe by default for pedestrians. This danger isn't reduced by education campaigns as it won't make drivers yield.

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"When you reduce speed, you do two things for the injury,' said Howard. 'One is you reduce the probability of that injury happening in the first place … Then when you look at the injury force (if it does happen), are you going to get a mild injury or a severe injury?” www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

This is a key point. It is kinda mind-boggling when you think about how we don't have cultural, engineering, or legal rules or norms about significantly altering our driving in bad weather, the dark, etc. Yes "safe for the conditions" is the general rule, but how do people actually estimate that?

Yikes. "SooToday has learned that MPP Chris Scott has been charged with assault and assault with a weapon. ...Scott is currently in custody. SooToday has learned his bail has been approved." #OnPoli

Does anyone else remember one whole year ago when we had a surplus.

Example #42069 of HRM not caring about the detail. Just pray something would magically work fine! A possible solution: Docks. Docks. Docks.

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

Cannot start enough how important it is going to be for everyone to take time off-line as the fascism solidifies further around us. I have been consciously trying to take days off over weekends from being on any social media and it’s going to be increasingly important for everyone to do so.

From @dartjenhen.bsky.social The Province of Nova Scotia is forecasting a deficit of $1.225 Billion for 2025-26, the largest in history. Health spending now consumes 46% of total budget. An accounting change in the way the province finances nursing homes has increased the net debt by $880 million.

Getting rid of roads can also reduce traffic!

Provincial Government 1995: Holy shit, roads are expensive. When we amalgamate, we'd better give the city power to get rid of roads so they don't go bankrupt. City government 1997: Let's take on private roads as public infrastructure because we don't understand how our budget works.

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

It's fall again, so I've started making porridge in the mornings. Cinnamon Raisin this am.

This is a brutal graph. Governments justify continued fossil fuel production with the rhetoric that "if we don't supply it, someone else will". It's drug-dealers' logic.

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem. It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project. It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

"You're irrelevant on Bluesky!" m8 I was irrelevant on Twitter where I had 110k followers and frequently got over a million views on my videos. It was still just shitposting on a social media site. Deciding that posting is activism has rotted a lot of brains on all sides.

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Glad I didn't do that filming trip to Dartmouth. I'd be stranded.

The whole “protect the children” stuff makes a lot more sense when you realize that they treat their children like their possessions, so it’s less “let our children live their best lives” and more “don’t mess with my long term investment”

A Russian and an American get on a plane in Moscow and get to talking. The Russian says he works for the Kremlin and he's on his way to go learn American propaganda techniques. "What American propaganda techniques?" asks the American. "Exactly," the Russian replies.

Because the Macdonald Bridge is closed, the harbour ferry decided to get in on the inaction. #HaliSky

We are independent countries who will not have our foreign policy dictated by the United States. Even less so by Republicans who have disgraced their country in supporting Trump. You have no moral authority or goodwill.

Rather than come and fix this mess, the bike/scooter company has placed unlock credits on many of the devices in this pile up. Disentangling this mess is definitely not worth $1 to me.

'I'm a problem solver': Meet the mayor whose plan to attract family doctors is turning heads across Canada Clinic in small city outside Victoria is making family physicians municipal employees #BritishColumbia www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

“In addition to the sheer fun of the e-bike, the best surprise has been the way the bike builds community. Everyone we pass stops to smile. The children love calling out compliments as they ride past neighbors: “I like your dog!” “Cute baby!” “Your garden is pretty!”” (These kids are me)

"[Strang] pointed out that 226 of the 403 accidental deaths during that time frame [2009 to 2023] were attributed to motor vehicle and ATV crashes."

My suspicion is that last week was the point where a increasing chunk of corporate America belatedly realized that once you pay the Danegeld you’ll never be rid of the Dane, and they aren’t too happy about it.

Reminds me of one of my absolute favorite reddit posts.

Water water everywhere, And how the budget did shrink, Water water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink

I think it's becoming clear that if you like indie creators, you're going to need to support them any way you can. And that doesn't mean money, just spreading worth of mouth can be powerful as well.

No paper this week, we're doing a RAMP

finally getting around to watching the Not Just Bikes video on the Ocean, and this Intercolonial Railway logo has got to come back

Behold the resounding success of @hfxgov.bsky.social's new road "safety" 😜 strategy.

Dutch late night TV has its take

Ah, cool cool. America is doing fine.

what can i say? i’m good at what i do

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

35-year-old motorcyclist dies in Lucasville collision, family launches GoFundMe page

A local school crossing.

Pre-amalgamation debt situation in the component municipalities of what is now HRM. It's... kind of what I expected based on the tax data, I guess. via @landofsticks.bsky.social, who is on a tear exploring the archives

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Hey #bikeHFX what's the best way to get from Cole Harbour to Burnside (specifically 81 Ilsley Ave)?

Nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked People will remember: -An 'oxymoron' is an oxymoron. oxys (sharp, keen) + mōros (foolish) = oxymoron

eBikes - they let you go further, faster, with more people and stuff!

I’ve mentioned it before but it’s happened again: a very large percentage of our child-related travel is medium-distance trips that don’t line up well with transit (so it’s barely faster than walking) but biking is literally as fast as driving. Bike-friendly cities are family-friendly cities!

*connecting red strings on a cork board* I think part of why we're seeing a surge in populism is that a lot of rich countries are at a place where they've deferred making trade-offs for decades and now decisions are harder. So, there's a lot of political hay to be make for magical thinking.

forums. bring back forums. also kids should roam free

Nova Scotia spent $1.35 million on a home sharing app, hoping for 500 responses. They got 60 leases in two years. That money could have been used to actually build housing.