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Everwind Fuels Aims To Sell Hydrogen & Ammonia In N.S With Largest Wind Project N.S Has Seen.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 1d

Everwind Fuels applied to set up 54-turbines, 432-megawatt wind project in Guysborough County. The goal is to sell green hydrogen and ammonia overseas.

This project would cause some fish habitat loss and changes to 80+ wetlands

The project would require the clearing of about 623 hectares of land

Halifax Fire Chief Steps Down Due To Fire Fighters Union Losses All Faith In Chief & Senior Staff

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 6d

@hfx-fire.bsky.social Fire Chief finally steps down.

The union has experience from senior staff
• Mismanagement of funds
• Racist/Sexist retaliation
• Poor Management Of Staff During Crisis
• Lack Of Proper Recruitment and Training

They protect #NovaScotia everyday and deserve better

Tim Houston Aims To Save Money By Reducing Funding For Greatly Needed Heating Rebate Program

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 7d

So #TimHouston is looking for ways to claw back from the projected $1.2 billion deficit he put us in.

So one of these ideas is to reduce the funding for the greatly needed Heat Rebate Program? Which helped 132,000 Nova Scotians last year.

All the while N.S Power aims to increase rates.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

During events you will see an influx of people using transit or even the ferry services. Depending on the event HFXtransit may even use a special bus specific to drive from Point A to Point B.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Precisely it's all about trying to find that ever elusive happy middle ground. Nova Scotians need more parking but the city needs to make revenue for it.

On-street parking, pay stations, using HotSpot app to pay for parking in Halifax Regional Municipality.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Have you seen the data on the pricing for downtown? It's not based on availability but zoning.

Here's a link that's actually made by HRM and the hotspot system.

If you have links that show pricing is based on availability please share it with the class.

On-Street Parking

www.halifax.ca

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Love to see the data if available. Please remember depending on the parkade it may limit who uses it. Some do not allow public access to them if it has restrictions. So while there may be available spaces there could be a valid reason why. I would speak to those running it to ask why.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Parking fees go up and down depending on the zone you are in. The topic is not about the fees but the lack of available parking spaces downtown vs N.S growing population.

N.S population could easily fit in cities like Montreal so comparing our parking to larger cities will give you incorrect data.

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

All those numbers included all the lots, given limited characters for each post I named the major ones. You can confirm these numbers online easily enough so long as you use Halifax data and not U.S

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Unfortunately yep car sharing,transit, or other means of transportation has become the main advice our city gives you.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Now we have over 12,000-18,000 at the low end that every day requires parking downtown to work. This does not require those who park downtown due to deliveries, spots closed due to construction or events.

I hope this helps you understand as I included your parkades.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Let's do the math with rough estimate data that u can find online. On-street and off Street parking. Parkades has roughly 7,500 parking spaces, Scotia Square (1,700 spaces), Metropark (589 spaces), Nova Centre Parking Garage (350 spaces), Queen's Marque (300+ spaces), that's just under 10k spots

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Good for you? Where you park is your choice this is a discussion over available parking for the masses not just yourself? Parkades manage their availability by knowing how many r using their spaces. Unfortunately there are not enough of them to help all of Nova Scotians who park downtown.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Every major city is different across the country, right down to their infrastructure. If you are going to use data to back up your argument you should use factual data for the area you are talking about.

Some cities may have it better than others, some have it worse. Every city is unique.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Even the Spring Garden Area Business Association (SGABA) among many other businesses have been asking for more parking for years, That is covered not only in this article shared in the original post but countless articles and studies about downtown Halifax.

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

you realize that's focused on the U.S and mentions nothing about Canada, Nova Scotia or Halifax parking infrastructure right?.

We have the hotspot parking app for downtown parking tracking and payments but it does nothing for the steadily increasing demand for parking.

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Street parking has become a huge problem because of this, causing issues not only for traffic but transit. It's a literal nightmare for anyone working downtown

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

While parkades can help in some areas they fill quickly, they also do not help across downtown. Then there's the boost in the city population and our Premier removing the requirements of new buildings including parking. This causes more cars in the road and less parking overall.

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

Where? I worked downtown for years and everyone that drove had to park 10-15 mins away from their job, maybe excessive on the weekends.

HRM growth to cost at least $1.4 billion in debt

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 9d

What do they expect us to do?
Costs are going up across the board, greedy unchecked corp landlords keeping us 3rd most unaffordable province
Minimum wage is not keeping up
Money thru I.A is a joke
Parking downtown is basically non-existent

Nova Scotians barely can afford to live here anymore

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Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 9d

Issue 19 of the paper is out now—no paywall on this issue.

On the front Giancarlos Cininni dives into the city's 1.4 billion debt problems.

On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social explains how council has given up on Halifax Transit and road safety.

Grab it in your inbox or at Atlantic News.

Property taxes aren’t keeping up with expenses

www.grandparade.news

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TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 12d

The #NovaScotia Gov has come out with an update on their housing plan, while more housing is great our infrastructure is suffering badly.

The Construction Association of N.S are in a skilled trade workers crisis

HFX Fire Fighters, N.S Schools, Utilities companies, and etc are all struggling

N.S Housing Plan Looks To Exceed Goals, Yet The Infrastructure Can't Keep Up

Federal Government Starts a Pilot Program For BuyBack Of Assault Style Firearms In N.S

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 13d

#Canada Federal Gov has initiated a Firearms Buyback program with focus on Assault Style firearms, as these types of firearms are not used for hunting or shooting practices.

The pilot program will start in #NovaScotia.

Will It Work?

You can view details of that here
www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...

Halifax Council votes 12-5 to try and limit infilling at the Dartmouth Cove, Andy Fillmore Votes No

TalksWithNerds @talkswithnerds.bsky.social · 14d

#Halifax Council votes 12-5 to move forward with efforts to potentially limit infilling at #Dartmouth Cove.

#AndyFillmore voted against this due to Downtown Dartmouth Water Revitalization project

Andy's opinion on this matter has been called into question as the company did donate to his campaign