News and Articles
August 3, 2025
HCC writes HRM Council imploring them to stay the course on Morris St. We ask them not to give in to Houston’s bullying and not to obey in advance. We take strong exception to the staff report and recommendations.
August 2, 2025
HCC writes to Premier Houston regarding his threat to overturn HRM Council’s decision regarding Morris St. We point out the obvious parallel with Ontario and the court decision there declaring that making arbitrary decisions that threaten people’s right to safety is a violation of the Charter of Rights.
July 17, 2025
Premier Houston has threatened to overturn HRM Council’s decision on Morris St. This is about more than bike lanes on Morris St. It is a threat to our local democracy and evidence -based decision making. Martyn Williams covers this and more in his letter to Premier Houston.
July 6, 2025
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Council considers a staff report for alternatives to the previously approved plan for Morris St. We write in hope to preserve a viable solution.
June 9, 2025
Councillors, please vote against Mayor Fillmore’s motion and maintain momentum on many worthwhile projects. There is no emergency which would justify suspension of normal procedure.
June 6, 2025
Mayor Fillmore has called for all new cycling infrastructure to be suspended. We urge everyone to write their councillor to oppose this misguided motion.
May 25, 2025
In the view of the HCC, none of the currently designated LSBs in Halifax (a partial list includes Isleville Street, Northwood Terrace and Creighton Street, Maynard Street and Fuller Terrace, Vernon Street) meet HRM’s own criteria.
LSBs that meet the design criteria set out by the NACTO guidelines could serve as one part of an integrated, connected bike network in HRM. However, it remains the position of the HCC that separated, protected bike lanes are the gold standard for bicycle infrastructure and should form the backbone of the bike network for HRM.
May 25, 2025
The Report lists financial costs but completely ignores the costs in terms of lives lost, injuries, and traumas suffered by people cycling on our streets due to a lack of safe cycling infrastructure. It attributes all the anticipated adjustments to Halifax’s infrastructure (to the construction of bicycle facilities rather than recognizing that many of the costs are to avoid impact to motorized vehicles.
April 5, 2025
Bill 24 that was just passed in the NS legislature gives strong executive powers to the minister of public works on all matters of transportation, including within Halifax. We have written to the Minister to express our concerns, and requested that the Province make the Joint Regional Transportation Agency and Active Transportation Strategy reports public.
