Created in 2006 by members of the community, Friends of the Halifax Common is dedicated to protecting the Halifax Common as green space.
Halifax NS
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Groundbreaking Study Highlights How Design & Development Decisions Affect Embodied Carbon. (& affordable housing!) treehugger.com/real-estate-d… via @string
Write to Stop the $200m Robie St widening. BRT doesn't require widening, The 70 deeply affordable homes & 80 trees are irreplaceable. There's no transit delay at North Cunard. Wider roads increase traffic & congestion. Push pause & reprioritize spending tinyurl.com/5b9c66zj
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Our cities need to go back to being sponge cities with green oases. Trees are and always will be the best way to do that. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌳🌲🍀💚
Whatever 53% avg am & 41% pm peak improvements are in minutes, its short term. Wider roads increase traffic, congestion, accidents, pollution. Better solution? Reallocate road space + transit priority signals. cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
Halifax's updated Integrated Mobility Plan targets for modal shift astonish. Relative to population growth a 70% vehicle use target increases HRM vehicle numbers from 350,000 to 605,5000 by 2050. (slide by Halifax Cycling Coalition). Building roads increases traffic/congestion.
Halifax's $200m plan for a 2nd Robie St bus lane defies data. The most impacted area-North to Cunard- has no transit delay. BRT can fit within existing road space. Wider roads=more traffic/congestion. Why demolish 70 deeply affordable homes? Cut 80 trees? Write: [email protected]
Global human population is pushing Earth past its breaking point phys.org/news/2026-03-global… via @physorg_com Humanity can stay within planetary boundaries but we need political will to tackle issues. Admit that the open for business, economic growth models must hit the brakes.
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🏙️ All cities make mistakes.
🤔 Good cities learn from them.
💪 But only GREAT cities fix them.
@GemeenteUtrecht took out 1970s car infrastructure to let the water of the #Catharijnesingel return.
(by @thelabofthought)
Thanks Sasha Izard-The BC developer playbook mimics Halifax. The Urban Development Institute first showed up here with Brent Todarian to promo 4 towers (then 5) atop an historic neighbourhood. Hfx is now a crane-filled demolition zone. cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/… via @CityHallWchVAN
HRM councillor Virginia Hinch's motion to re-visit look the $200m Robie St widening plan was defeated. Write [email protected] to thank Councillors Cuttell/Purdy for their "Yes!" & remind the rest of Council there's budget & housing crises. [email protected]
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“There’s more cars crossing the bridge. So that’s what’s called induced demand. You’ve made it easier to drive so more trips are being taken", Councillor Laura White (Halifax South Downtown).
AND $200m to widen Robie St even for public transit will increase traffic & congestion.
When you have a #SuperMajority, I guess science doesn't matter much.
“There’s more cars crossing the bridge. So that’s what’s called induced demand. You’ve made it easier to drive so more trips are being taken", Councillor Laura White (Halifax South Downtown).
“There’s more cars crossing the bridge. So that’s what’s called induced demand. You’ve made it easier to drive so more trips are being taken", Councillor Laura White (Halifax South Downtown).
AND $200m to widen Robie St even for public transit will increase traffic & congestion.
When you have a #SuperMajority, I guess science doesn't matter much.
“There’s more cars crossing the bridge. So that’s what’s called induced demand. You’ve made it easier to drive so more trips are being taken", Councillor Laura White (Halifax South Downtown).
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Meanwhile, @TimHoustonNS and his @nspc govt. get their first lesson in #InducedDemand. Ouch.
@jen_taplin Has losing the tolls helped or hurt? It’s 10% more traffic, right off the bat. #nspoli #nspc #TrafficEngineering #Halifax #HRM saltwire.com/nova-scotia/hal…
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JEN TAPLIN: Tolls can be an effective way of easing traffic if they’re done right, according to Halifax infrastructure investment analyst @denysullivan.
Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock
Oct. 2025 op-ed. #HRM
saltwire.com/nova-scotia/hal…
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Who knew that 'fun with figures' was one of @AndyFillmoreHFX's strong points? And the media keeps regurgitating them.
@CTVAtlantic By last year, the total projected cost of the program increased to $85M and more than $66M in work still needs to be done. ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-sco…
Stop the $200m Robie St Widening! HRM budget public participation is Tues, Jan 27, 6pm. Email [email protected] by 4:30pm Mon to register to speak to council, online or in-person. "Don't bulldoze affordable homes, cut 80 trees for a 2nd bus lane, use transit priority signals!"
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1963:
“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.” - Lewis Mumford
Today:
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Barcelona closed off hundreds of streets to traffic and saw major public health improvements.
Why can't your city do the same?
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For the sake of balance, @FriendsHalifax says residents in the area strongly oppose the plan.
Story by @haeleydirisio Nov. 2025. ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-sco…
New data ranks Halifax 3rd worst in Canada re traffic congestion cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot… Population growth is 1 factor but the Premier removing bridge tolls added 10,000 cars/day. Who knows what free hospital parking added?
time for BRT pilot w/o dedicated bus lanes for a route?
The 12 Golden Secrets of the Economics of Kindness Secret #1: Humans are a Cooperative Species open.substack.com/pub/theeco…