Did a little Devonshire #BikeHfx trimming this morning, phew. Should be possible to ride up and down without hitting one’s head or having to avoid too much. Knotweed before and after:

Just about every day I do a ~12 km #BikeHfx ride around the peninsula. Usually I leave a touch after 9. I've noticed recently how consistent it is, taking right around 45 minutes. Regardless of car clogs I see. Had to leave a bit earlier today. Saw more car clogs. Took me 42 minutes get around.

A few days ago I tweaked my Halifax Bird (scooter/ebike) out-of-bounds parking map to try and deduce if a vehicle has stayed in the same place, and for how long Saw this example today and found it on the map! It's been there at least 2 days, 9 hours

This is leading to drivers ignoring the “no straight along Vernon across Jubilee except #BikeHfx” signage even more than usual

Feel free to comment on this that open data should have been a priority from the start

"I try to take public transportation everywhere I go" Joey Votto, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Find yourself a partner who channels your rage into a map. Much love to @danp.net for creating this map that shows all the Bird devices parked outside their designated nests. Bird could just be looking at this themselves, rather than using my labour to report all the badly parked Birds??

I’m back from a few days in Barcelona where I was able to do some cycling with Lime bikes. Pretty nice!

Caught our new #BikeHfx sweeper on Hollis out for its very first sweep!

Forwarded this to [email protected] and asked if could do stuff like this

I have a loaner Tern GSD while my HSD is getting some much-needed love. As part of my normal ride around #BikeHfx today I stopped and got some milk, then bread+treats from Luke's. Found myself thinking "this is way too much bike for what I'm doing." Then I remembered cars.

On a couple outings recently I’ve crossed paths with @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social with us yelling “I love you!” or, today, being able to kiss each other. Really hoping people observing think it’s just standard #BikeHfx greeting protocol

I remain disappointed the city is not taking this over. “Locals sign up to help manage popular Halifax-area road” is not a headline that would ever be written, because we assume stuff for cars is important

Maybe we bought more Scotia Square (car, presumably) parking for Halifax councilors? “Parking for Councilors, Scotia Square” Awarded but doesn’t say amount.

Scritchy has returned, with helpers! #BikeHfx #PylonWars

Our family doctor is in the Timberlea Medical Centre and we've visited by bike, via the BLT, more than by car

Driving and gas should never get cheaper.

Saw these “fiets tellers” (bicycle counters) in Amsterdam, like this one in Rembrandtpark. They make it very clear it’s not a camera. We have counters in Halifax, too! Take that, “we are not Amsterdam.”

We're back from a week in Amsterdam. Enjoy some tram on grass with people cycling by.

Does this count as "gold-plated"?

A year ago today! So cool.

I dropped off more cones. Looking good!

Happy new Wintersleep and Courtney Barnett day!

Best way to get to my last inhaled COVID vaccine study appointment at IWK? Bike, of course.

Pretty wild weather ride home from my haircut but got to experience the transition from dark skies and fluffy flakes to blue skies and sunny! Lovely out now

Phew, made it to the pharmacy, picked up some beans from Espresso 46, and got home just as the first flurries were falling. Nice out!

Tax Me Daddy update! We sold 49 t-shirts! And thanks to @hfxshippingnews.bsky.social providing the shirts at cost and volunteering their labour AND a donor matching every dollar raised we were able to raise $1750 for African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity anseconomicprosperity.com

Me now that Dee Dee's has reopened

Andy: well if the federal and provincial governments are cutting and making people's lives worse, we should do the same

Mon/Tue highs of 12 and 14 got me wondering about most recent double-digit (on the plus side) highs (from YHZ): Last 10+: Dec 19 Last consecutive 10+: Nov 26-27 Last 14+: Nov 11 I am ready

Time for another HRM Budget Committee public participation clip thread! These are from the 3rd. First up, @envirojen.bsky.social, 1/2:

@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social new "Built to Fail" response has dropped: > I think this video misses the contributions of rural regions relating to food and resource extraction. cc @ph0enix.bsky.social

The awful NS provincial government is trying to gut arts/etc funding and our awful mayor is trying to do the same for HRM. This and more are still up for debate at the city level.

Let's sell some t-shirts for charity he said. It'll be fun he said. It's been a wild weekend but things are coming together. Going to stop taking orders tonight. Hopefully have the Tax me, daddy shirts out for delivery next weekend (That's gonna be a whole n'other thing 😅) #halisky

The mayor made a shady request to look into sudden cuts to Halifax staff at the Budget Committee meeting Friday. Here are meaningful councillor and staff comments about that. First up, @samaustind5.bsky.social:

Got our first new @halifaxwater.bsky.social bill showing the new rates. If I understand correctly, if the new rates had been in effect for the entire three month period the bill covers, our bill would have been about $8 more over three months

Another storm coming, another round of updates to snowhfx.danp.net: There's now support for community reports on sidewalks and cycling routes. Click on a segment and let others know how it looks! Use the Reports view to what's been reported. They expire after 3d or when there's a new event.

Councillor/Chair Cathy Deagle Gammon's speaking on the mayor's briefing note request at Halifax's Budget Committee yesterday, with a reference to @seebo429.bsky.social's "tax me, daddy" finish on Wednesday, 1/3

Just pushed an update to the "email all Halifax councillors" tool to add a note to try and include your district in your message. @samaustind5.bsky.social pointed out recently this is important so (typically) the councillor for your area can respond.

Made it from home to the VG and back for a blood draw in under an hour*, because bike * was on the home stretch and had a chance chat with a friend who saw me, because bike, so my real trip time was slightly longer, but I could have done it

Remarks from @seebo429.bsky.social at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/3 (you're gonna wanna watch number 3)

Remarks from @npilon.bsky.social at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Remarks from @benmacleod.bsky.social at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Remarks from Evelien VanderKloet at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Remarks from Kay Macdonald at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Remarks from @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Remarks from me at Halifax's Budget Committee

Remarks from @cgeroux.bsky.social at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

Nancy Hunter's remarks today at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2