NewStartNS.ca wants to make the rail cut a better place
Bill Black has ideas for the Rail Cut.
4/03/10
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.
Active and Safe Routes to School Newsletter NS: Winter 2010
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.
Parking Permits for Halifax Peninsula
Councillor Dawn Sloane is proposing to make all the side streets of Halifax Peninsula no parking without a permit. She is proposing the permits would be slightly more expensive than a monthly bus pass.
CBC radio is having a call talk show today between 4:00 and 4:30. They have assembled a panel to discuss [...]
Halifax considering open data
Council considers move as demand for information grows
Halifax-Boston ferry could become reality
THE STARS are aligning to make a ferry service between Halifax and Boston a possibility by this spring.
Best of Green Viral Videos
No Polar bears were harmed in the making of this playlist. Please share other compelling or funny green videos in our comments section.
The case for commuter rail in Halifax
Take some vision, add a bit of political will, throw in a dash of common sense, and you might solve some traffic woes
Congestion Tolling for HRM: Lessons from Stolkholm
Stockhom has established a congestion tolling system in its downtown core. Commuters must now a pay a premium to enter the downtown core. Let us know in the comments section if this concept has merit for the Halifax peninsula? Perhaps this is a good funding alternative for Metro transit rather than increasing rider tolls.
Bike Sharing In New Zealand (video)
Bike share program’s are a hit and a boon to tourism.
New Toyota Hybrid
TOKYO — Toyota showed its new plug-in hybrid Monday, available for leasing this month in Japan, the U.S. and Europe, and promised the green vehicle for sale to regular consumers by 2011 at an “affordable” price.
Is Teaching Fuel Efficiency a Religion?
A rebuttal from Manny Lopez’s column saying that fuel efficiency should not be taught to youth due to him claiming it as being a religion.
Cap & Trade Visualized
The Climate Justice Network (international group of activist) decided there wasn’t a tool out there that would explain to the general public the dense and complex issue of Cap and Trade. So they approached the creators of The Story of Stuff, (that video that talks about…well…how we use stuff), and asked them to make the story of cap and trade. Their main point: while everyone’s attention is leap frogging to trading, we need to develop a concrete plan to cap emissions.
News from Transport 2000 Canada
“The Energy and Utilities Board says New Brunswickers will get a chance to be heard in this province when it considers Acadian Coach Lines’s proposal to cut some bus routes.” the Fredericton Daily Gleaner reported on Nov. 21.
People for an Aerial Tram from Halifax to Dartmouth
A new Facebook group for proponents of a Halifax Harbour Tram.
Halifax Geo Thermal Eye Candy (Video)
Great time lapse video showing Halifax Harbour and the Alderney Gate Advanced Geothermal Energy construction.
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Mr. Premier: Take renewable energy out of Nova Scotia Powers hands
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
NewPort Pulp & Paper – Renewable? Hardly.
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.
Missed opportunity: the challenge of sustainability
It is imperative, now, that we embark on an aggressive program of renewable energy for power generation, heating and fuel consumption.
Democracy Diversity and the Utility Review Board
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.
Four questions and an election
Here are three questions you probably won’t hear during the current Nova Scotia election:
Halifax’s success a provincial issue
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.
Next government must review HRM
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.
Find your own way home
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.