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all about making biking safer for the 1% of the population that uses bikes 6 months a year. ppl use this street as a major traffic route into the city. since there is more than enough room on the commons side of the street for 4+ bike lanes (and also does not further reduce the street for the 99% of the people that use it. ) bike lane planning needs to take into account how many ppl use them compared to how many ppl use the same streets it for cars. but i guess when it is one of the stated goals of city councils implementation of bike lanes is to make driving "painful and very difficult" (quote from my city councilor) the city has been very successful.

I tried Dunbrack several times or should I say survived Dunbrack several times. It's crazy. I can get up there by coming up the back way on Chain of lakes trail but I will never do something as crazy as riding on Dunbrack again .

With the shift.. it cuts off access from Dartmouth to the core via North Street. You need to navigate streets by zig zagging through the area south of the bridge. Not practical.

6:11 Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver is pretty similar to MacDonald Bridge; both the original design and the redesign that shifted pedestrians/cyclists to clip ons. However, Lion's Gate allows pedestrians and cyclists on both sides. And as someone who walked across it, I can confirm I was very uncomfortable having cyclists blow past me in it.

I would say the roundabout with the transit lines going through, but grade separated. Have the roundabout go down, and the bus lanes go up in a fly over. This: 1. Removes the conflict points of the buses trying to cut through the roundabout, especially during rush hour. 2. Prevents people from making a wrong turn down the bus lane when they miss their out. 3. Avoids signalised roundabout. which is another lay of complexity drivers have to watch out for.

How many people commute from Bedford to the penninsula on a daily basis 12 months of the year?

Is that ever terrible! I would never ride there.

Love the comments, I find myself saying the same thing as I bike or drive along watching the infrastructure change Thanks for this

I wish Halifax would take a lesson from Montreal, which shut down non-emergency motor vehicle access through its central park...

Great video! This is my commute... I usually demount and cross at the Ahern sidewalk to get across Bell Road; it's a really strange intersection. It's not uncommon to see people miss the turn where the shared path follows Ahern, and instead ride on the pedestrian-only sidewalk toward Bell... Where they discover that there's no sanctioned way to cross the street to the inbound bike lane.

I love those barriers, great practice for tight maneuvers

Did you consider the rails to trails paths? It takes you from Pleasant street pretty much all the way to the beach.

Fantastic idea

I’ve recently updated the Mount Hope overpass lights so by the time you make it to the next crosswalk by bike, the walk sign will come up automatically!

What I would give for those multi-use paths in my city 😢

Every. Single. Word.

instead of bike lanes build more multi use lanes and get rid of sidewalks then even people walking can walk better instead or falling when the sidewalks in some cases have not been fixed in years and are all broken and have a number of tripping hazards

love the roundabout idea for Trollope/Summer/Bell, regardless of bike infrastructure.

Funny, I got to Halifax in 1987, brought my crappy Canadian Tire 10-speed with me. I was biking home from my University Painters job, out Purcells Cove Road. Coming back to the south end, coming up Quinpool just after Armview when I was forced by traffic to ride into the parallel storm drain that ate my front rim and tire, then my back tire went in the gap, put an 8" dent in my rim, tore off my rear derailleur. I left my old bike where it died and I walked home.

5:40 about taking the long route to avoid a dangerous intersection: sometimes I do it too, but mostly I just change into a pedestrian holding a bike, to feel more care from others and to heighten my senses and take my safety into my own hands, do you do it too ? Ride safe 😊

The good and constructive version of induced demand.

Thanks for the great video. Keep up the good content and stay safe 😊

I think if I travelled that route regularly, I'd consider using the "Mainland North Linear Parkway". It goes farther in both directions and is car-free (though bike - pedestrian interactions have their own problems).

I like NotJustBikes term "Bike gutter". If there's no separation and no protection, calling it a 'bike lane' seems a bit generous.

1:19 That was absolutely scary. I've been biking my whole life, but I wouldnt choose to bike there. Greetings from Amsterdam, 👋

If it could be better connected to the network. Looks like a prime candidate for a dedicated bike path. Intersection are probably going to have to be reworked to accommodate it safely. but it could be a good connector between downtown, and bedford highway bike lanes. which are their own issue.

i avoid main roads when commuting because there are too many traffic lights…my 12km commute through quiet streets involves 4 traffic lights, the last two of which are on the main road. if i choose to ride on that main road, there are at least 9.

This really isn't simply a question of risk in terms of who will bike ride and who won't bike ride. Lots and lots of people are simply physically lazy, and to get around they will as a matter of course refuse any physical effort. They might see themselves as "coffee achievers" and so feel they don't need to be sporty with getting around or even simply exercise, but they are toads regardless. So I guess you could conclude that there is always going to be a big portion of the dwellers in a city who will refuse to do this no matter what the bike and street provisions are.

To the cyclists that don't know what arrows mean, it means you go in the direction the arrow is pointing. When you see the head of the arrow pointing at you, that means you are going the wrong way.

One reason why there is backlash or bikelash to bike lanes on streets is it removes street parking in residential neighbourhoods . The solution could be borrowed from Tokyo. I read one can not purchase a car in Tokyo unless they have a designated driveway to park the car . Biking can be safe on residential streets without protected bike lanes if on-street parking is banned on select streets. I'd like to see straight thoroughfares crisscrossing the city because they are more efficient than taking fifty to a hundred left turns , right turns and detours just to get from point A to point B . Tokyo also allows bicycles on some sidewalks. My closing note is A portion of Clyde Street has enough room for a short protected connector bikeway to get from the library to Southpark bikelane since there's too much car and bus traffic on Springgarden .

Couple of points - I do not see why traffic on Slayter needs to be diverted at all times if the traffic issues are mainly at peak times! There are people who live in the area who cannot bike and need cars, and the intersection at Thistle and Victoria is arguably the most dangerous, especially with the schools so diverting cars there is a bad concept. Second, both Pine and Maple are narrow enough in the winter as it is - a better alternative is to use the paths already available in the Dartmouth commons - taking bikes off the roads, giving a more accessible slope and already connected to the bikeway from the bridge to downtown. (This could also provide a new gate at the NorthEast end of the commons that has long been needed). The bike way could then move along either Thistle to Slayter; or better cut across Dartmouth High to the Nantucket bikeway. I do like the idea of the bikeway moving on the North side of Nantucket and School, as the south side has a blind slipway crossing that would be very dangerous; unless the route through Gladstone was used. I absolutely hate the concept at Frances St; and quite frankly think that the stop signs on Slayer slightly slowing down bike traffic is a good thing - I have seen some bikes moving faster than cars on Slayter, and that is just as dangerous to children and pedestrians.

I usually take these routes on the weekends. The car traffic picks up during tourist season . The bridge being down and ferry delays didn't bother or affect me at all and crossing the bridge was a breeze. Good news. There's a proposal for an active transportation route , bi directional bicycle lane included , from Portland street to Cole Harbour but it's getting some backlash from motorists.

A tunnel might be a good solution both for visibility and to allow ships with any height to pass, I dont know how costs would compare against a bridge.

would be fascinated to hear about how to improve darmouth crossing, honestly

For lower cost, lower exposure to whipping winds 50m above the water, and greater design flexibility (but possibly higher crossing time) I've been thinking about an urban gondola. An east end 'landing' could go at the corner of South and Oxford and leverage that little triangular park for space, and a west end landing could be put near Purcels Cove and Fleming, with corresponding bus route modifications on either end for transit connectivity. It would certainly make getting to Dal easier.

Spryfield has substandard bicycle infrastructure and is on par with Sackville as probably some of the worst cycling communities in hrm. There's a new paved multi-use bike and pedestrian lane up next to where the new hospital is being built. It's ninety nine percent complete and connects the industrial park to blt chain of lakes trail .

I thought the reason the bridge over the Arm never happened was because it would have been built in the most affluent neighborhood in the city, and they did not want the increased traffic a bridge would cause in their neighborhood.

Personally, as a resident of Klein Heights, I would like the designs to include some sort of bicycle escalator on Osborne Street

The elevated bikeway is the best solution for all. Cities in the Netherlands built elevated bikeways all the time and it didn't break their bank . City council is deliberately delaying it because they are just looking for votes so they can please the Nimbys . Similar sized Dutch Cities aren't any richer than halifax so if they can afford it so can we . Halifax will never reach its potential if we continually bow down to the belly-aching car-brains.

Loved the video, and the channel in general! What route would you take for the return trip once you get off the ferry in Halifax?

Trip suggestion: Dewolf park to Fultz House Museum. Note: This is mostly to get a video showcasing the Bedford-Sackville connector MUP. Also love the +1 -2 videos, keep up the awesome work

What's the alternative route to Pleasant?

Well now I wanna try and get up Pine

Love the Strava!!

Just as a note, part of their original proposals was a modal filter on Victoria. Not quite part of the general discussion here, but could have further justified flipping the stop signs as less car traffic would be coming through, and would be less dangerous at the Victoria intersection for all.

The trail is great, but it is super frustrating that there's no effort or roadmap to make a proper bike network around it - Lacewood could easily accommodate protected bike lanes on the existing verge and offer a ton of connectivity to destinations, not to mention what better connections into Bayers Lake or to the Chain of Lakes trail would get you.

The Chicago deal pains me every time I hear it

Don’t know what the parking fuss is about. I live in the Dal campus area and drive my bike and car about equally to get around town (when I’m not walking). I never have a problem finding a parking spot on the peninsula. There are these convenient green signs with a “P” on them that direct you parkades and open air parking throughout the central area. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I don’t agree with auctioning off permitted parking for residents who don’t have driveways/parking spots at their houses. The current residential parking permit system works fine. Currently it’s $75/year. It isn’t fair to make residents compete with wealthy non residents who want a dedicated parking spot downtown - let them buy a spot in a parkade.

Bizarro world is off-street parking being more expensive than on-street parking. On top of limiting the supply of on-street parking, it's unfairly competing with private parkades and businesses. Imagine if the government set up a hot dog store next to Costco and said, "you have hot dogs for $1.50? We're going to sell them for $0.50 and use taxes to cover our losses"

would LOVE to see the funding going into making the streets in my neighbourhood safer for pedestrians.