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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4h

Extra fun if they added ferries too lol

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Bartek Ciszkowski @justbartek.ca · 5h

Realized yesterday morning (what else would I be doing at 5am when it's dark out and no one's awake?) that the Halifax Transit Vehicle Position feed is available for anyone and you can just plot buses on a map and it's kind of fun to watch them nudge around!

data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/pages/open-d...

An OpenStreetMap layer of Halifax and surrounding. The map contains icons (bus emoji) for each bus route. On each icon is the bus route ID and a small arrow indicating direction.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 21h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 10h

Ban cars

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 12h

All these people in cars would be a traffic jam. Instead, it’s a city.

Broadway in New York City. Photo by me. The street is pedestrianized with a row of bikes on the right and pedestrian activity in the center.

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving, Toronto. I'm grateful for the TTC and all its hard-working staff delivering transit service which I rarely have to wait more than 5-10 mins for at all hours of the day. Even with all its faults, the TTC delivers one of the most usable transit services in all of North America.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 1d

What a nice day to Ban cars

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Emergency naked bike ride is just a really funny idea

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 1d

Ban cars

Scarin' Olson @paddle2paddle.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, #Bikesky, have a look. Old bikes. People having fun on old bikes. It's always a nice reminder that despite the dour expressions on old pictures, that thete was play, athleticism, and frivolity, too.

(1895)(4K,60 fps) The First Wheelies: Vintage Bicycle Tricksters

YouTube video by Nineteenth century videos. Back to life.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto barriers are heavy and linked tightly to one another, giving them some rigidity, but they work by absorbing impact, and need to be reset after a collision. If they are not reset, obviously, they create a hazard and the impact resistance of the entire row is degraded.

Brandon der Blätter @intcreator.com · 1d

this bike lane has been blocked for two weeks. it has been reported many times by many people by the Find It Fix It app and by phone. I bet if it was a car lane @seattledot.bsky.social would have fixed it by now

the two way bike lane on Airport Way between S Edmunds St. and S Lucile St. with two 1673 lb concrete blocks blocking one of the lanes

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. AB (upon scraping a car), BC, PEI, QC, NS. They have their own e-bike rebate programs.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to him, but an ex-PM of Canada shouldn't be in the US right now.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

chat it's happening

uk.news.yahoo.com/katy-perry-j...

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau appear to confirm romance - report

After months of rumours, proof seems to be in that Katy Perry is dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The loved-up couple were spotted kissing and cuddling on board Perry's 24-metre y...

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Observing The City @observingthecity.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Toronto has 15 permanent bicycle counters around the city? I have created a portal that should be updated monthly when the city updates their open data. It's live now at: observingthecity.ca

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 2d

This is glorious

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 2d

BAN CARS OFF QUINPOOL

Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 3d

From reddit, dashcam footage of our road safety strategy almost killing two kids an adult and a dog.

From the halifax community on Reddit: Please watch for people in crosswalks

Explore this post and more from the halifax community

www.reddit.com

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like going somewhere but the only option is driving.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 3d

I don't want highway expansion, I want some buses connecting the most towns in NS.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 3d

another perfect day in our north korean paradise is written in yellow

ALT: another perfect day in our north korean paradise is written in yellow

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 3d

Mid-October and the Deedee’s bike rack has finally arrived in #BikeHfx. It’s just in time for ice cream with a jacket season!🍦

A bike corral on an asphalt street. The area surrounding the corral is outlined with a white painted line on the asphalt, and green flex posts marking. A blue e-cargo bike is parked at one of the corrals. A car, some trees, and some houses are in the background.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 4d

There's a revolution brewing in the world of transportation.

The trains are already being tested, and some stations are open.

The Grand Paris Express is next-level stuff...

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

Victoria shares the same problem, an underused/abandoned rail line just laying there. Since the private railway owners don't give a damn about track maintenance, it may be necessary to buy up the corridor which CN rejected when HRM was pursuing commuter rail

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

R A I L
S T U D Y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=10cX...

RMR: New High Speed Rail Study

YouTube video by MercerReport

www.youtube.com

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

BOOOO

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

You may not like it, but this is the peak traffic calming device. Drivers are scared of this.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

It comes down to the ownership of the corridor, Korean cities routinely use old and underused rail corridors for various projects. But in Canada, the most thing that can happen is rail-to-trail.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure they'll be circus back to the existing condition lol

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