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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 10h

Huh, maybe you should tell Patrick Condon, who continuously acts like the CoV can be analyzed as an independent unit

Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 13h

An extremely well placed right of way through the South End (rail cut) sends off one train a day to Ontario/Quebec

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

10% increase in traffic on already congested bridges.

If you hate traffic, this has added over 10,000 vehicles per day, vehicles that clogging up the roads. Vehicles that *literally* weren’t willing to pay $1 to make their trip

Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 2d

Bridge traffic up 10% since tolls removed

Story by me

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

Bridge traffic up 10% since tolls removed - Halifax Examiner

Meanwhile, collisions down 40%, according to Halifax Harbour Bridges.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 2d

Bridge traffic up 10% since tolls removed

Story by me

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

Bridge traffic up 10% since tolls removed - Halifax Examiner

Meanwhile, collisions down 40%, according to Halifax Harbour Bridges.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

He has a similar argument about property taxes increasing rents and I believe he is wrong about that one

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Very good, and convincing video on Montreal party politics. I'd like to see Halifax get parties into municipal politics, to bring more coherency and simplicity for voters

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 3d

This video is a long time coming.

People always ask me: what makes Montreal so ambitious on urbanism? (At least for bikes and pedestrians.)

I've been thinking through this and asking Montrealers, and in this video I want to cover *part* of the answer.

The Secret of Montreal’s Urbanism Success

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

youtu.be

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

They have many good opinions of issues outside of their jurisdiction...

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

IMO staff do a bad job of highlighting the impacts of the CAP

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

New blog! updating the numbers on a bad idea (pre-construction condos)
open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/p...

Pre-construction condos (update)

Oopsie — your 5x leveraged deposit is gone

open.substack.com

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 7d

And as tough as housing may be to solve, I think congestion is more difficult

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 9d

Strong case for upzoning the peninsula

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 9d

That one’s particularly dumb because, would you like to have pay for OAS instead? EI? Healthcare?

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 13d

open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/p...

Population growth slows again

Back to 1% - and dropping quickly

open.substack.com

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 14d

His training as a bureaucrat — can always use another study

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 14d

New data: Population growth continues to slide in Nova Scotia, now down to 1% Y/Y

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 15d

Stocks or flows?

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 17d

Halifax should and could be Canada’s most housing friendly city

More Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 17d

Congrats to our friends at @makehousingaffordable.ca who have been working for this more comprehensive housing action plan for Ottawa.
* more flexibility on fees
* affordable housing on city-owned lands
* more permissive zoning near transit
Oui au logement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mayor announces plan to make Ottawa 'most housing-friendly city in Canada' | CBC News

Housing acceleration plan aims to make it cheaper and easier to build homes in Ottawa by waiving fees and transforming the culture at city hall.

www.cbc.ca

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 17d

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.

It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.

It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

youtu.be

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 20d

Or today's HRM should get to borrowing 😎

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 20d

New blog! Talking about a small change that could help first time homebuyers in Nova Scotia
open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/p...

Policy Pitch: Keep the CAP

Protecting First Time Homebuyers from Punishing Tax Increases

open.substack.com

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 22d

Good demonstration of “studying as a replacement for action” form HRM. Someone is studying it, no one willing to put their name on it, and no one to explain why they missed a chance with the redevelopment to get more space

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 22d

Would be cool to do a scatter plot with population growth by region as the other axis

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 22d

Reinventing yourself to fit the political winds can be a long process

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 22d

So who's writing Mayor Fillmore's first year in review? I see a bunch of dysfunction, begging for more power (to then do the *Good Things^tm), and no action on any of the crises (housing, traffic, fiscal)

Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 22d

No God's, No (Strong) Mayors!

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/16/t...

'There shall be no strong mayors': N.S. premier confirms

Nova Scotia’s premier says the province will not be implementing any “strong mayor powers” during the upcoming session of legislature. Premier Tim Houston confirmed the news Tuesday on The Todd Veinot...

halifax.citynews.ca

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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 22d

lol, lmao even