Cost-benefit analysis

Benefit Cost Analyses: HCC Concerns with Consistency

Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) staff have access to and can apply Benefit–Cost Analysis (BCA) tools, despite prior statements to the contrary. We request that these tools, methodologies, and assumptions be…
Letter to HRM Council: Response to Cycling Costing Report

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…
Making the Case for Cycling: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Bike Lane Infrastructure

Talan Iscan of the Halifax Cycling Coalition presents to the Active Transportation Advisory Committee, arguing that HRM's decision-making on bike lane infrastructure accounts for costs but ignores measurable benefits. Drawing…
The Case for Counting Benefits: Cycling Infrastructure at the Transportation Standing Committee

Talan Iscan of the Halifax Cycling Coalition presents to the Transportation Standing Committee, arguing that HRM treats separated bike lanes as a pure cost with no known benefits, despite evidence…