News and Articles
January 28, 2025
A call for external consultants to develop a Vulnerable Road Safety Action Plan and other urgent actions.
January 28, 2025
It is sad that staff have spent so many years developing a design that does not meet the original objectives given by Council nor the principles of the Integrated Mobility Plan. In particular, the lack of dedicated bus lanes in the northbound direction represent an utter failure. The diminishing share of costs borne by federal and provincial governments and port authority make us question why HRM priorities are not first in line.
January 26, 2025
Multi-use pathways (MUPs) require people walking, rolling and cycling to share the same space. MUPs are used as a substitute for separate and protected bike lanes even though they are unsuitable in most of our urban corridors and high-volume contexts: they prioritise vehicle use, delay modal shift in the municipality, and fuel pedestrian-cyclist conflicts. It is the HCC position that bicycle infrastructure in urban settings be separated from people walking and rolling, and protected from vehicle traffic.
January 26, 2025
Results of the latest HRM survey of residents have been released. At least one councillor observed that the survey is racially biased in that 90% of respondents are white. It is also biased by age with those under 24 underrepresented (2% respondents vs 11% of the population) and seniors over-represented (32% of respondents vs 21% of the population). We don’t know if the sampling was seriously biased in other dimensions as that data is not provided. In the Advocacy section, more problems with the survey are exposed.
December 20, 2024
Reflecting on the successes of the past year and memberships which help us achieve them. The good, bad and ugly of the new HRM Council decisions to continue or discontinue relevant staff reports. Monthly cycling tips focussing on safer winter cycling.
November 22, 2024
We produced this video for the 2024 election but the message doesn’t age: Halifax is a biking city. We wanted an upbeat message for general consumption, so we highlighted the Statscan report that Halifax is second only to Victoria in the proportion of commuters who use active transportation. And, we have the fastest growing rate in Canada.
November 22, 2024
It’s about time the Traffic Safety Act, passed with all-party support in 2018, was proclaimed. And, we’ve just published a draft policy on Multi-use paths (MUPs) for feedback.
October 22, 2024
We now have the overwhelming majority of Council on the record as supporting cycling and sustainable mobility. We’re not naive — we realize that it still needs to translate into tangible support.
The situation in Ontario is grim with the provincial government using bike lanes as a wedge issue. Find out why this matters to us.
October 17, 2024
We have published the results from our Candidate Survey and we reference coverage from the Halifax Examiner and Ecology Action Centre.
