@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

This easy bus trip to city hall brought to you in part by car-free bus lanes

We saw a porcupine in a tree!

Begrudgingly signed up to speak at the meeting Wed, again, this time in person.

Halifax at 10% (2023) according to statcan link in thread, NS overall at 9%

Learned and did a lot in my time at Heroku/Salesforce. Worked with a lot of great folks. This calls for quite the burn party.

Send the bill for this audit straight to Andy Fillmore

#hfxws a bit more accumulation than I expected for my way home from music but still a pleasant ride in a gentle snowfall. Might be a little messy in the morning.

Probably won’t ever stop thinking about how the 2-3 Halifax councils before this one had the best chance to meaningfully change transportation here and did not.

Did a little ride to get some beans from Espresso 46. #hfxws Isleville up and down pretty good. Some slush. Filter at Young got a pass at least. And it’s warm! Was able to give my bike a rinse when I got home.

So nice to see friends today!

Couple updates to snowhfx.danp.net: Biggest is that if you click on a line/segment and its clearing deadline has passed, there's a "Report to 311" button that helps you craft an email with info. If you use this to report things please let me know how it goes!

#hfxws report for my bike trip to the library and Local Source: Devonshire: ok/snowy, skipped southern end Barrington Gway: ok, slushy curb cuts Up Wat / Hollis: snowy patches, unusable bike intersection bits Uni: ok except Cohn Almon: ok, some snowy patches Isleville: maybe filter at Young plowed?

I just did this! Prepared by practicing my NS inhaled “yup”s but that wasn’t really necessary

#hfxws biked from north end via Isleville / Northwood / Creighton / Summer to IWK and things mostly ok. Took path alongside Summer to avoid car clog, seemed fine

#hfxws biked to music along south part of Isleville, Bloomfield, and Agricola. Mostly ok, slushy, nothing seemed icy.

Which design best says “we’re not Europe?”

Could really go for some double digit high temps this weekend! *monkey's paw curls*

Had been planning on walking to music tonight. But then I stubbed my toe big time earlier today. It hurts. Thanks to #hfxws reports I was able to ride my bike! #CyclingEasierThanWalking

The #BikeHfx feed now includes #hfxws per @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social request

See when the sidewalks and bike lanes you care about should be cleared by here: snowhfx.danp.net

Almon between Agricola and Gottingen was one-way earlier. Routine underground work or an experiment to see if Almon could be one way for vehicles to make room for needed #bikehfx infra? (probably not the latter but should be)

#hfxws very nice out. Some icy patches when cycling including Devonshire near Young and most of Almon eastbound

Just pushed a big update to snowhfx.danp.net, it has a cycling / #BikeHfx mode now! This was tricky since it involves joining 3 HRM datasets, including the one it has been using for sidewalks. Added an About bit that hopefully explains why things show up or not. Feedback welcome.

#hfxws Devonshire down Barrington through Cogswell by bike all good So nice to be out now that it’s not minus eleventy billion!

NS could have found a creative way to turn bridge tolls (and more) into something like congestion pricing to fund Halifax-area transit and get other benefits. We did the “common sense” thing instead and removed the tolls entirely, ugh.

Apologies for the delay in replying to your Reddit comment about how no one rides bikes in Halifax, I was out riding my bike Will say again: if I could be out riding today despite the temperature, so many others could be as well with proper support.

Wholesome #BikeHfx content in @halifaxexaminer.ca today, featuring local heroes @danp.net and @justbartek.ca!

It has been 0 days since "check out When Driving Is Not an Option" by @nondriver.bsky.social was the perfect response to "we need to accept that a large majority need vehicles."

New bot dropped. It often feels like people share news of Halifax permits, esp for demolition, as if they are secret knowledge. It’s all open data and now this bot posts them with street view (if available) and maps. Just demolition for now but may expand depending on volume.

Very cool to see numbers consistently trending up for the established counters like SP here and Vernon! Related, if you want to "push back" against Austerity Andy and tell Halifax Council you want more investment in cycling (and other needed services), you can do that on Jan 27, 6 pm, City Hall

Single-occupancy vehicles: the century-old mode we overwhelmingly prioritize that ruins your daily commute

The best conference talk recordings show, at all times, both the speaker and the slides/presentation