The city’s transportation committee has signed off on a new partially protected bike lane for Almon Street. The bike lane is supposed to be part of the city’s planned all ages and abilities (AAA) bike network under its transportation plan, and would stretch from Windsor Street to Gottingen Street. At a virtual meeting on Thursday,...
Is the time finally right for a municipal bike-share program?
Cycling advocates say with protected bike lanes, a connected network, and enough bikes, a bike-share program can be built to succeed in the city.
This is part 1 of a two-part series on bike-share programs. Here, Philip Moscovitch looks at bike-share programs in Nova Scotia and across the country and speaks with cycling advocates what needs to happen in the HRM to make a program work. A mandatory helmet law, hilly streets, winter weather, and a lack of bike […]
Parking boots, Centre Plan, climate change and more: Halifax council round-up
After parking the topic at the last meeting, Halifax regional council agreed on new regulations for the vehicle booting industry on Tuesday. Council’s Transportation Standing Committee asked for the regulations in February 2020, and parking manager Victoria Horne brought a new bylaw to the committee in June. As the Halifax Examiner reported following that meeting:...
Too good for second opinions? Halifax Transit refuses expert help
This is clearly a transit agency that is hostile to the idea of outside help, and its "baffling" report to city council is a clear red flag for problematic leadership from transit head Dave Reage.
Halifax Transit’s latest report to council’s Transportation Standing Committee can be summed up in a word: No. Six months ago Halifax Regional Council unanimously requested a report on hiring a consultant to review the corridor routes of Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together (MFT) plan. You may remember reading about it here. On Wednesday, June 7, […]
Low income transit pass program to grow this year, but passes will still be out of reach for poorest of the poor
Halifax is poised to make its Low Income Transit Pass pilot program permanent, and start talking to the province about getting transit passes into the hands of income assistance recipients. If council approves the recommendation from their Transportation Standing Committee, the city will start accepting applications for the new permanent program in May, with a […]