The Grand Parade

Homework: How to fix Halifax's BRT /w HFX By Bike


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Since journalism is homework the job, after last episode where I explained in great details the issues with the HRM's planning, I felt obligated to explain how I'd fix it.

For this bonus episode I invited Kevin Wilson aka HFX By Bike and the two of us work through fixing the BRT. Over on his YouTube Channel, Kevin does this sort of thing on a regular basis in his let's fix video. Recently he took a look at the Halifax Commons. Check it out:

https://youtu.be/iwIj95vOHpY?si=_mZ6A-pb-O1zzqkV

In this episode, we talk a lot about pedestrian safety, and the more you look into it, you'll realize that crosswalk safety is mostly a convenient lie. Check it out for yourself though, here's what I'm basing my opinion on:

https://ggwash.org/view/40788/traffic-engineers-still-rely-on-a-flawed-1970s-study-to-reject-crosswalks

https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/driving/article/id/28343/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847821002503

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332300079_Eye_Contact_Between_Pedestrians_and_Drivers

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361198118790645

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The Grand ParadeBy Matt Stickland