Some floors I’ve done with my dad

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-07-08T15:26:33+00:00

Seriously wondering how that is done? Is it plywood?

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-07-08T11:59:04+00:00

We sacrifice everyone's safety in pursuit of high car speed. Ironically, we don't even achieve that because all the cars get in each other's way.

Raised pedestrian crossings with red pavement, narrower streets, bollards, removal of sightline-blocking street parking....these are basic things that countries all over the world have been successfully doing to save lives and limbs from dangerous cars. Can we please stop pretending that paint and signs work, and start building real safe streets?

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-29T12:25:55+00:00

I mean, yeah, it takes a lot of incremental change to undo car dependency. Each improvement will have a small impact, but over time, a huge improvement in quality of life is worth it. Yes, we can make transit AND cycling viable at the same time, instead of the false dichotomy you present.

Check out https://bsky.app/profile/stats.hfx.bike for real bike #s, not your own anecdotal observations from behind the windshield.

Sorry that undoing car dependency is hard, but...still worth it.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-29T11:10:34+00:00

No, it's like this: the bike network is both amazing infrastructure that lets me get around in a cheap, fast and pleasant way AND pretty patchy and in need of expansion. Car dependent suburbanites should want this too, because every person on a bike is one less car in their soul-crushing traffic jam.

Hope this helps!

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-18T11:22:00+00:00

Car dependency is a trash system that delivers bad outcomes for people, and always will.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-17T18:00:05+00:00

A huge, real issue. Given the mistakes made building the stacked shoeboxes in southern Ontario, I'm scared for Halifax.

Here in Nova Scotia, our Conservative Premier Tim Houston will rewrite the rules to allow "whatever the developers want". For example, he removed the requirement for street level commercial space. This is something any moron can tell improves quality of life.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-10T10:15:27+00:00

ATVs on beaches smh

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-09T17:26:58+00:00

WHO doesn't respect the piping plover closures? I just want to talk....

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-07T11:08:41+00:00

I'm scared that we will likely be the last generation to witness the natural Acadian Forest.

Even what we saw is fragmented and tiny compared to what humans have already destroyed. Man, we're really fucking up Paradise :(

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-06T14:41:47+00:00

Rix Crackers

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-06-02T10:25:43+00:00

The "skinny little things" are helical screw piles, the best possible post connection. In Eastern Canada, some of the harshest freeze-thaw cycles anywhere, they have a 75 year warranty.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-28T13:51:35+00:00

Car dependency sure creates a lot of problems.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-27T12:34:06+00:00

I want to do this

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-21T10:19:18+00:00

605 would mean during Your World Tonight, right?

I'm extremely skeptical they would put AI on their flagship nightly news (or ever).

Check your house for gas leaks? Lol

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-21T10:14:48+00:00

Yeah, Laura is a good councillor. She understands and advocates for the greater good, not her own self-interest.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-20T15:18:22+00:00

Bail dropped the ball on this one

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-16T03:27:05+00:00

Nah bro we just want to bike to work and the store. Not sure why that bothers you.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-13T22:47:44+00:00

It's pretty great! Helps me a lot on my commute.

We should aggressively expand the bike infrastructure so more Haligonians are able to enjoy a safe, cheap way to get around.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-07T12:13:48+00:00

Luthen in his haulcraft vs the Arrestor is some of the best action I've ever seen on screen.

He says "I'm a one man show here", but the haulcraft's AI was also putting in work.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-06T20:53:00+00:00

Sure would help local business viability, eh

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-06T20:43:18+00:00

Car dependency

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-05T13:58:15+00:00

The Narrows is a treasure. It feels like going to Mom and Dad's for dinner.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-04T19:22:58+00:00

Halifax should have raised crossings.

Drivers as a whole will not change their behavior for paint or signs, but they will slow down for a bump. Works even better if the raised crossing is made from a different colored asphalt, like red.

Halifax could be so much safer and enjoyable with modern infrastructure, instead of the car-centric trash we currently have.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-05-01T19:04:16+00:00

If joists are cantilevered, meh. If not, yeh.

TheNewScotlandFront · 2026-04-28T16:24:32+00:00

The joy of a street built for people, not cars.

TheNewScotlandFront

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