Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
Health Promotion Prof @dalhousie.bsky.social. Posting mainly about pop health, climate anxiety & advocacy for safe streets. UK export now physically located in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. Volunteer board member of @velocanadabikes.bsky.social. She/her.
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Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Thought I'd better crack on with a pinned intro. I'm an applied health researcher, using primarily qualitative methods & focus on how policies & environments shape health behaviours like healthy eating & active living. I ❤️ bikes & volunteer with Velo Canada Bikes to promote a #BikeFriendlyCanada 🚲
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The original sin of municipal finance in Halifax is that the city provides low density, essentially empty space, as a service that has real, material costs, but doesn't have a way of entering it in the budget.
So it just shows up in higher costs of everything and everyone is mad.
So it just shows up in higher costs of everything and everyone is mad.
February 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The original sin of municipal finance in Halifax is that the city provides low density, essentially empty space, as a service that has real, material costs, but doesn't have a way of entering it in the budget.
So it just shows up in higher costs of everything and everyone is mad.
So it just shows up in higher costs of everything and everyone is mad.
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A lot of people don't know how the city works. In Halifax, we put them on council.
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A lot of people don't know how the city works. In Halifax, we put them on council.
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On and on and on.
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
On and on and on.
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2 unhoused community members have died this week while trying to survive outside, unsheltered. Two. In just few days. One in Amherst and one in Halifax.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
2 unhoused community members have died this week while trying to survive outside, unsheltered. Two. In just few days. One in Amherst and one in Halifax.
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This is an example of how density brings down service costs. jk
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is an example of how density brings down service costs. jk
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Suspected intoxicated driver attempts to park at police headquarters, gets stuck in snowbank
Just another day in car crazy HRM
haligonia.ca/man-arrested...
Just another day in car crazy HRM
haligonia.ca/man-arrested...
Man arrested for impaired driving after getting stuck in snowbank at Halifax Police HQ – haligonia.ca
haligonia.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Suspected intoxicated driver attempts to park at police headquarters, gets stuck in snowbank
Just another day in car crazy HRM
haligonia.ca/man-arrested...
Just another day in car crazy HRM
haligonia.ca/man-arrested...
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In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all was that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our culture, writes @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all was that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our culture, writes @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
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Just a note on the lede of this story. Gabrielle can't find parking because it's priced too low, so people are incentivized to use it, which means they are, which means no spot for Gabby.
Circling the block: What's the parking situation in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth? www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Circling the block: What's the parking situation in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth?
How Halifax Works explores parking frustrations and changes on the way
www.saltwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Just a note on the lede of this story. Gabrielle can't find parking because it's priced too low, so people are incentivized to use it, which means they are, which means no spot for Gabby.
This article should be sent to every councillor. Have it in the public record that they are STILL condemning residents to death and destruction. Not hyperbole - more traffic deaths & more damage from #CarBrain decisions will follow as surely as night follows day. #ZeroVisionHFX #WorldClassShitty 1/
Transit advocates decry Halifax mayor's autocentric plan to address traffic congestion by providing more space for cars
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This article should be sent to every councillor. Have it in the public record that they are STILL condemning residents to death and destruction. Not hyperbole - more traffic deaths & more damage from #CarBrain decisions will follow as surely as night follows day. #ZeroVisionHFX #WorldClassShitty 1/
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This could be written for today’s continuing debate on transit etc.
Transit advocates decry Halifax mayor's autocentric plan to address traffic congestion by providing more space for cars
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This could be written for today’s continuing debate on transit etc.
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Will future generations still be debating over whether cities are for people or cities are for cars in another FIFTY TWO YEARS?
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Will future generations still be debating over whether cities are for people or cities are for cars in another FIFTY TWO YEARS?
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Saving this for May's traffic video.
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Saving this for May's traffic video.
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Wow that whole debate on transportation and sprawl. Carbon copy of the one now and repeated for decades, with the old values and ways ultimately winning
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Wow that whole debate on transportation and sprawl. Carbon copy of the one now and repeated for decades, with the old values and ways ultimately winning
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When I say Halifax is regressive, I didn’t realize how accurate that was
February 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM
When I say Halifax is regressive, I didn’t realize how accurate that was
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Transit advocates decry Halifax mayor's autocentric plan to address traffic congestion by providing more space for cars
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Transit advocates decry Halifax mayor's autocentric plan to address traffic congestion by providing more space for cars
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
"If transit is to work it must be freed from having to compete with cars for existing road space. That means bus lanes or other forms of separated rights of way"
– February 1974
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Bikes actually increase the reach transit can have. You walk about 5km/h, but can bike 15-20km/h. Thus a transit hub can be accessible from 3-4 times further away if it is well connected to bike lanes.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Bikes actually increase the reach transit can have. You walk about 5km/h, but can bike 15-20km/h. Thus a transit hub can be accessible from 3-4 times further away if it is well connected to bike lanes.
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Councillor, I can’t drive. Should I be expected to pay for roads for cars?
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Councillor, I can’t drive. Should I be expected to pay for roads for cars?
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The best cities I have ever been to make drivers pay for using their cars with a congestion or emissions charge. Because it costs (by far) the most to support car use.
As a result, lots more bike, walk or bus and what they need is better financed.
Does that make sense?
As a result, lots more bike, walk or bus and what they need is better financed.
Does that make sense?
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The best cities I have ever been to make drivers pay for using their cars with a congestion or emissions charge. Because it costs (by far) the most to support car use.
As a result, lots more bike, walk or bus and what they need is better financed.
Does that make sense?
As a result, lots more bike, walk or bus and what they need is better financed.
Does that make sense?
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Do you know what municipal budgets don't get this much attention? The police budget.
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Do you know what municipal budgets don't get this much attention? The police budget.
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I want to know a dollar cost, if there is one, to all this debate on pausing and looking at alternatives. As Acting CAO Brad Anguish said today, it's the debate that's holding back the delivery of the network. So, what is the dollar cost on that?
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I want to know a dollar cost, if there is one, to all this debate on pausing and looking at alternatives. As Acting CAO Brad Anguish said today, it's the debate that's holding back the delivery of the network. So, what is the dollar cost on that?
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Canada blanked by the USA.
Council voted to look at killing some kids to defer like $20 in property taxes until 2035.
Pretty shit day all around.
Council voted to look at killing some kids to defer like $20 in property taxes until 2035.
Pretty shit day all around.
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Canada blanked by the USA.
Council voted to look at killing some kids to defer like $20 in property taxes until 2035.
Pretty shit day all around.
Council voted to look at killing some kids to defer like $20 in property taxes until 2035.
Pretty shit day all around.
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Halifax council passes Andy Fillmore’s motion on reviewing more AAA bike lane projects
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Halifax council passes Andy Fillmore's motion on reviewing more AAA bike lane projects - Halifax Examiner
Councillors continue to debate costs, safety, and AAA standards around network.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Halifax council passes Andy Fillmore’s motion on reviewing more AAA bike lane projects
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social