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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 3h

Rare case of the comment section being far better than the article.

Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 4h

The section on HRM’s finances is especially worth reading in here:

Sam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social · 5h

Council Update from this week's meeting: Dartmouth Cove infill bylaw amendments approved and potential changes to the deed transfer tax rate. Read about it here samaustin.ca/council-upda...

Council Update: Dartmouth Cove, Deed Transfer - Sam Austin

Agenda, October 7 Dartmouth CoveSeveral years worth of public debate and concern culminated in a public hearing on Tuesday. The stakes? Whether or not HRM should implement a bylaw restricting infill i...

samaustin.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 5h

Anyways, I’m sorry you felt like you had to brace for an explosion! We’re all just trying to get from point a to point b.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 5h

I love riding my bike, and talk about cycling a lot, but I also think expecting every single person to want to choose the same method of transportation is absurd. We shouldn’t force people to bike any more than we should force people to drive or force people to take the bus. Options = good!

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 5h

I really hope they start taking internalized misogyny seriously. This isn't just women being dimissed by male physicians. It's also women healthcare workers refusing to take other women seriously.

Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 11h

27,000!!! That response rate says it all.

"[The results]...paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system."

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

www.cbc.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 6h

I wish we all had better options to choose from! The bus and private vehicles all being stuck in the same congestion sucks for everyone.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 8h

I appreciate the appropriate number of olives

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 8h

Do it! Any of the routes that go to rural parts of HRM would be neat for views and fall colours. The 415 goes to York Redoubt.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 8h

There are some great trails to get comfortable on too before testing out routes with mixed traffic.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 9h

I’m going to need a bigger shed.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 9h

Theodore!

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Emily @em616.bsky.social · 9h

There's a thread on Facebook in Ask NS, complaining about trucks on Lower Water St (fair). All of the comments are saying how there's no other routes! As if the entire city didn't decide that Morris St was the only possible route 2 months ago 😂🫠

Can we have the bike lane now?
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 9h

Going to the dentist is stressful enough already. No need to add traffic congestion to that stress if he doesn’t have to

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Neovagina 👻Evangelical👻 Evangelion - Gamma Rae Design @gammarae.design · 9h

The fox proclaimed himself the best hen advocate in the henhouse.

Caffeinated Chaos @amindfulmess.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, Andy Fillmore just proclaimed himself as the "best bike lane advocate in Halifax," and I'm dyyyyyiiiiinnng. What it must be like to love in this man's inflated reality of overconfidence.

I did not make the district 8 town hall meeting tn. But for folks there, I must know more 🤣🤣🤣

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, the only traffic delay I ran into on the multiuse trail was two toddlers who wanted me to stop and look at a really cool rock they found.

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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 10h

A core segment of @hfxgov.bsky.social's supposed 'all ages and abilities' & 'traffic calmed' bicycle network on a residential street felt neither comfortable nor connected today. A complete failure! Plus I don't think these were all residents 👀 #ZeroVisionHFX #CarBrain #BikeHFX

A screenshot from the Halifax (Kjipuktuk) Regional Municipality's website describing the characteristics of local street bikeways as part of the All Ages and Abilities bicycle network. It reads: Local Street Bikeways are bicycle routes on local (often residential) streets. If necessary, the street is modified in a way that lowers vehicle speeds and volumes. This allows people cycling to share the road comfortably with vehicles without the need for designated bicycle lanes. The impact on parking on streets with Local Street Bikeways is often minimal.
Local Street Bikeways have the following features:
Signs to show that the street is a Local Street Bikeway
Pavement markings to remind all road users to expect people bicycling and assist with their placement in the lanes
Traffic diversion measures, where necessary, to discourage through trips or “short-cutting” by motor vehicles
Traffic calming measures, where necessary, to reduce the speed of motor vehicles
Intersection improvements to create safe, convenient bicycle crossings of major and minor streets
Other landscaping, bicycle parking, and pedestrian improvements where appropriate

POV from a bicycle of the Vernon Street Local Street Bikeway with a long line of cars ahead. There is a green and white sign on the road to denote this as a Local Street Bikeway, i.e., a traffic calmed residential street to support comfortable cycling for people of all ages and abilities but clearly drivers did not get the memo.

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Caffeinated Chaos @amindfulmess.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, Andy Fillmore just proclaimed himself as the "best bike lane advocate in Halifax," and I'm dyyyyyiiiiinnng. What it must be like to love in this man's inflated reality of overconfidence.

I did not make the district 8 town hall meeting tn. But for folks there, I must know more 🤣🤣🤣

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 9h

Pardon?!

a german shepherd dog is sitting in a living room and looking at the camera while saying huh ?

Alt: a german shepherd dog is in a living room making quizzical faces and saying huh?

media.tenor.com

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Tyler McKay @tcmdev.ca · 10h

Reliability and frequency is more important than anything else. If people don't need to worry about when the bus will come, or if the bus will come, then they will use it. Especially if it gets them to their destination on time

They won't use it if it makes them late b/c the only bus never came

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 16h

The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:

Provide frequent service

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 10h

Oh jeezus. Honking at traffic, that outta help.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 10h

You got this! I’m sure it will turn out great! And if it doesn’t….well even a bad pizza is still pizza. 😆

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Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · 12h

e-bikes (with bike lanes) are one of those things that you really do have to try to understand how the city both shrinks and opens up. You get on one and think "if only more people knew about this!"

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14h

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 12h

“I live my life without a transit schedule, and I like it.”

That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 16h

The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:

Provide frequent service

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11h

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI

Jennifer Gillivan, president and CEO of the foundation, said they were hoping to receive around 2,000 responses. They got more than 27,000.

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

www.cbc.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 11h

None of this surprises me, but this is such important work. Grateful to the IWK and everyone who put their time and energy into the survey

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