Alternative Energy Transport 2000 Hotline Plug-in Cars Current.comBicycles are part of the solution, not the problem, and yet last week our myopic civic leadership voted against bike lanes.
Green P Ltd. will be offering test drives on their Veloteq Electric “Scooter Style” Bikes? E-Bikes require no gas, are powered by rechargeable batteries, produce zero emissions and offer a fun and effortless riding experience.
The transit system in Halifax is probably the best in the province but it still isn’t very good — just ask anyone who uses it regularly.
In a baffling move Halifax council votes against its on active transport policy. Herring Cove Road paving project will proceed without proposed biking lanes.
“We are building an alternative mode of transportation in the HRM,”
Bike Week entices Haligonians onto their cycles using a well-worn technique: rewards.
Saturday, May 8, 2010 – Transport Action Atlantic (formerly Transport 2000 Atlantic) – hosts David Gunn
Government move called a blow to public access
Access Nova Scotia relocating to business park
NS Think-tank proposes better busing in rural areas, public auto insurance.A new Crown transit corporation that would develop affordable transportation to link Nova Scotia’s rural communities with Halifax is one of the major items in an alternative provincial budget released earlier this week.
The high costs of sprawl should not come as a surprise to HRM officials. There is a high service cost to low density development in the periphery of the city.
Minor improvements on the way we drive can make a difference.
Highway 103 connector road would damage environment, ‘Estabrooks hears.
Residents near Hammonds Plains Road say the thoroughfare’s fast-moving traffic and lack of streetlights and sidewalks makes it extremely dangerous.
Simply put, the Crosstown-Connector is a single, connected bike lane that unites the
South-end of Halifax to the North-end, and further heads in the direction of the Bedford highway, where it will eventually connect with the Bedford Highway Bike Lane.
Bill Black has ideas for the Rail Cut.
Active & Safe Routes to School in Nova Scotia encourages more children, youth and their families to use active transportation – such as walking and cycling – for the environment, physical activity and traffic safety. It is coordinated in Nova Scotia by the Ecology Action Centre in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection as part of the Active Kids Healthy Kids Initiative.
Nova Scotia Power is desperate to get some production going – by burning the forest or otherwise – because it’s failing to meet its deadlines under the 2007 renewable energy regulations
Despite all of their efforts to move their energy sources in the right direction, we should take note that NewPort Pulp and Paper’s biomass system is in fact, not a renewable energy source though a step in the right direction.
It is imperative, now, that we embark on an aggressive program of renewable energy for power generation, heating and fuel consumption.
If we want a healthy democracy, we need to value the diversity of views in our great nation.We need arm’s-length and accountable committees and boards that consider the best interests of the greatest number of people. Then we could say we are truly becoming a little more democratic.
Here are three questions you probably won’t hear during the current Nova Scotia election:
The immediate shortsighted responses from Stephen McNeil and Darrell Dexter are disconcerting. The structure of the HRM is clearly a provincial policy issue and Nova Scotians deserve answers from provincial candidates.
De-amalgamation is not the issue, but a review of the HRM governance model is needed. After 10-plus years since amalgamation, it is irresponsible not to review.
The security issues of having a busload of inebriated students in one confined space, with one sober driver, clearly is illogical and an unreasonable risk for any employer or employee to take. If the driver is a female, the risk increases exponentially.
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