Geoff Caven
@gcaven.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇨🇦, Halifax -> Ottawa -> Halifax
Software Engineer, He/Him
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Software Engineer, He/Him
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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I really hope this serves as an example of how we can improve #Halifax streets for pedestrians, people who ride bikes, and transit users.
Dutch Village Road is getting sidewalks (on both sides), bike lanes, and trees. Nobody tell the premier of Nova Scotia. #BikeHfx
August 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I really hope this serves as an example of how we can improve #Halifax streets for pedestrians, people who ride bikes, and transit users.
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Never have a I seen a sign I agree with more after reading local news the last few days lol
July 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Never have a I seen a sign I agree with more after reading local news the last few days lol
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I don’t want a strong mayor, I want a competent one
July 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I don’t want a strong mayor, I want a competent one
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The correct action here is for Fillmore to resign, since a Harvard educated planner and former Halifax senior staff member should know the basics of how the city/council operates.
“I didn’t fully understand the barriers to fulfilling the mandate that I was elected to deliver until after I was in the chair,” Fillmore told reporters.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Slow Halifax City Hall needs fixing, and strong mayor powers will help: Fillmore
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore says he 'didn’t fully understand the barriers' until he took office
www.saltwire.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The correct action here is for Fillmore to resign, since a Harvard educated planner and former Halifax senior staff member should know the basics of how the city/council operates.
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"The barriers" are that he's just one guy on a council and the other Councillors (except Trish Purdy) don't agree with him on anything, and he's also spent zero time trying to persuade them while marinading his brain in goofy motorist Facebook groups.
“I didn’t fully understand the barriers to fulfilling the mandate that I was elected to deliver until after I was in the chair,” Fillmore told reporters.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Slow Halifax City Hall needs fixing, and strong mayor powers will help: Fillmore
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore says he 'didn’t fully understand the barriers' until he took office
www.saltwire.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"The barriers" are that he's just one guy on a council and the other Councillors (except Trish Purdy) don't agree with him on anything, and he's also spent zero time trying to persuade them while marinading his brain in goofy motorist Facebook groups.
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Can we get a pedestrian & cycling bridge like this over the Northwest Arm please?
Colchester county has approved a $7.9-million, three-pier, wooden bridge with a curved design to connect the communities of Truro and Onslow, so that people will no longer have to walk, bike, or roll along the highway
Colchester county has approved a $7.9-million, three-pier, wooden bridge with a curved design to connect the communities of Truro and Onslow, so that people will no longer have to walk, bike, or roll along the highway
Colchester selects design for pedestrian bridge at Fundy Discovery Site | CBC News
A historic route across the Salmon River in Colchester County is being restored with the addition of a multimillion-dollar pedestrian bridge at the Fundy Discovery Site, which is part of the Cliffs of...
www.cbc.ca
July 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Can we get a pedestrian & cycling bridge like this over the Northwest Arm please?
Colchester county has approved a $7.9-million, three-pier, wooden bridge with a curved design to connect the communities of Truro and Onslow, so that people will no longer have to walk, bike, or roll along the highway
Colchester county has approved a $7.9-million, three-pier, wooden bridge with a curved design to connect the communities of Truro and Onslow, so that people will no longer have to walk, bike, or roll along the highway
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I found a map from 1979 of Via Rail routes across Canada with daily service, and compared it to a new map I made of cities that are currently served by daily (minimum 7 trains/week) passenger rail service.
It's bleak.
It's bleak.
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I found a map from 1979 of Via Rail routes across Canada with daily service, and compared it to a new map I made of cities that are currently served by daily (minimum 7 trains/week) passenger rail service.
It's bleak.
It's bleak.
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You, a rube: all politics is gender
Me, enlightened: all politics is car
Me, enlightened: all politics is car
the data backs this sentiment up!
June 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
You, a rube: all politics is gender
Me, enlightened: all politics is car
Me, enlightened: all politics is car
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“Common sense” is something people generally invoke when they don’t have evidence to support their arguments, or they don’t want to be bothered having to do any deep thinking about the issue.
Purdy: we are sacrificing common sense on the altar of bike lanes and we don’t need to do that.
June 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Common sense” is something people generally invoke when they don’t have evidence to support their arguments, or they don’t want to be bothered having to do any deep thinking about the issue.
Trish Purdy don’t make me vibrate with anger every time you speak about transportation challenge (impossible)
June 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Trish Purdy don’t make me vibrate with anger every time you speak about transportation challenge (impossible)
@samaustind5.bsky.social Thank you for your “pointed” response to the mayor’s motion, it was good to hear a direct response to the nonsense. 🙇♂️
June 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@samaustind5.bsky.social Thank you for your “pointed” response to the mayor’s motion, it was good to hear a direct response to the nonsense. 🙇♂️
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Hey. Hi. Hello.
The Mayor of Halifax is putting forward a motion to pause all work on the city's bike network.
In this bonus episode of HFX By Bike, I try to provide relevant context, go over each argument in detail, and show how you can get engaged.
youtu.be/ogD1kOjiSXQ
The Mayor of Halifax is putting forward a motion to pause all work on the city's bike network.
In this bonus episode of HFX By Bike, I try to provide relevant context, go over each argument in detail, and show how you can get engaged.
youtu.be/ogD1kOjiSXQ
Built To Suffer - Addendum
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hey. Hi. Hello.
The Mayor of Halifax is putting forward a motion to pause all work on the city's bike network.
In this bonus episode of HFX By Bike, I try to provide relevant context, go over each argument in detail, and show how you can get engaged.
youtu.be/ogD1kOjiSXQ
The Mayor of Halifax is putting forward a motion to pause all work on the city's bike network.
In this bonus episode of HFX By Bike, I try to provide relevant context, go over each argument in detail, and show how you can get engaged.
youtu.be/ogD1kOjiSXQ
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Halifax should be on this list. We need to accelerate our progress, not slow it down or stop it altogether!
June 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Halifax should be on this list. We need to accelerate our progress, not slow it down or stop it altogether!
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I’m seeing folks saying that Mayor Fillmore is just proposing a pause so that the bike lanes can be made BETTER.
If Fillmore wanted to improve things, he wouldn’t be proposing a “pause,” he’d be proposing an energetic and purposeful acceleration, a courageous removal of barriers and delays.
If Fillmore wanted to improve things, he wouldn’t be proposing a “pause,” he’d be proposing an energetic and purposeful acceleration, a courageous removal of barriers and delays.
June 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’m seeing folks saying that Mayor Fillmore is just proposing a pause so that the bike lanes can be made BETTER.
If Fillmore wanted to improve things, he wouldn’t be proposing a “pause,” he’d be proposing an energetic and purposeful acceleration, a courageous removal of barriers and delays.
If Fillmore wanted to improve things, he wouldn’t be proposing a “pause,” he’d be proposing an energetic and purposeful acceleration, a courageous removal of barriers and delays.
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I wasn't expecting to drop everything to write this update today. Mayor Fillmore is putting forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network. It's problematic, reckless, and lacking in evidence. My take here samaustin.ca/the-bike-net...
The Bike Network is in Trouble - Sam Austin
On Tuesday, Mayor Andy Fillmore will put forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network and potentially throw away over $8 million in remaining federal and pro...
samaustin.ca
June 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I wasn't expecting to drop everything to write this update today. Mayor Fillmore is putting forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network. It's problematic, reckless, and lacking in evidence. My take here samaustin.ca/the-bike-net...
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*Glados voice*
This is you. This is what you sound like, Halifax.
Yes, I'm probably doing an video about it on Saturday or Sunday.
This is you. This is what you sound like, Halifax.
Yes, I'm probably doing an video about it on Saturday or Sunday.
June 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
*Glados voice*
This is you. This is what you sound like, Halifax.
Yes, I'm probably doing an video about it on Saturday or Sunday.
This is you. This is what you sound like, Halifax.
Yes, I'm probably doing an video about it on Saturday or Sunday.
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I am furious. You should be too. Our mayor is using lies to bankrupt the city, increase your cost of living, and needlessly kill Haligonians. Demand better. Email your politicians. Show up and speak at council. If there's no public participation section, yell and disrupt the meeting one at a time.
Mayor Andy Fillmore states that he will introduce a motion next Tuesday to halt construction of new bike lanes #BikeHfx
June 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I am furious. You should be too. Our mayor is using lies to bankrupt the city, increase your cost of living, and needlessly kill Haligonians. Demand better. Email your politicians. Show up and speak at council. If there's no public participation section, yell and disrupt the meeting one at a time.
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This discussion between Sam Seder and Ezra Klein is a succinct distillation of the intra-left conversation about housing affordability.
May 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This discussion between Sam Seder and Ezra Klein is a succinct distillation of the intra-left conversation about housing affordability.
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The only thing in cities that is zero-sum is space. Every inch that prioritizes cars is an inch that will never be a comfortable place for humans. These uses are incompatible. It's that simple.
May 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The only thing in cities that is zero-sum is space. Every inch that prioritizes cars is an inch that will never be a comfortable place for humans. These uses are incompatible. It's that simple.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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MAGA is terminal America brain. They don’t think other countries are real places with their own politics, interests, and agency. They get surprised when we respond to their hostility or team up.
They expect us to simply be acted upon by America, the only real country in the world.
They expect us to simply be acted upon by America, the only real country in the world.
what did you expect, you fuckin morons www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
MAGA is terminal America brain. They don’t think other countries are real places with their own politics, interests, and agency. They get surprised when we respond to their hostility or team up.
They expect us to simply be acted upon by America, the only real country in the world.
They expect us to simply be acted upon by America, the only real country in the world.
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A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵