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New blog, on another example of tolls crushing congestion open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/b...

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Hey Halifax, new paper out today. In this issue: Local economist @denysullivan.bsky.social walks us through council's choice to starve Halifax of resources. Editor @landofsticks.bsky.social covers a meeting that wasn't and ponders Halifax's strategic plans. @ Atlantic news now, Dart Gallery Wed

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I went on the Grand Parade podcast to game out how to plan Halifax's BRT network. extremely Forrest Gump voice "Transit's like going to the gym. You have to have a goal to achieve results" open.spotify.com/episode/7B6g...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

How much will Halifax’s vacancy rate go up over the next few weeks with students leaving?

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I think Carneys answers on housing in this were excellent youtu.be/V11qNDDElZw?...

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Un bon petit blog après le débat français d'hier soir (english version included) deny.substack.com/p/does-canad...

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The property tax cap is basically a scam in favour of longer-term residents at the expense of new arrivals and the young. But there are ways of gently backing away from this system, which can only ever get worse over time. deny.substack.com/p/nova-scoti...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

New blog deny.substack.com/p/city-serie...

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Hey. Hi. Hello. In the latest HFX By Bike, I make a trip from Crichton Park in Dartmouth to the QEII Health Sciences Centre by the Commons. youtu.be/dKgtqIeDLXM?...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

DATA: Another slowdown in population growth for Nova Scotia, now at 1.1% Y/Y, and very slightly negative quarter over quarter - first such decline since early 2020

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As usual, @uytaelee.bsky.social hits it out of the park. Two minor comments. A big part of stagnant construction productivity is the shift from new construction to (unproductive in creating homes) repair construction when much of Canada downzoned and restructured building new homes in the 70s.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

The best thing for Halifax the media can do is start reporting property tax increases for the 90% of capped properties. 1.5% tab bill increase

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/66d740f...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

New blog! This ones about inequality, and what reduces it deny.substack.com/p/dont-fix-c...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Shit accidentally added the dairy cartel to my group chat planning the destruction of the dairy cartel

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Energy east is (was) an oil pipeline - so I’m confused about this…

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Social housing in Vienna vs social housing in Nova Scotia. Only one of these is a serious scaleable effort to house people

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

And ICYMI, here's yesterday's episode of the Grand Parade, which recaps what happened Wednesday and where we are starting from this morning

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

This is about Ontario, but it’s also true for Nova Scotia - and it’s why it’s so disappointing that the PCs haven’t done anything since their big win

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New Blog! On the declining stock of mortgages open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/w...

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Plenty of evidence from the toll road sector - road pricing lowers traffic, often by a lot www.robbain.com/The%20Traffi...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IuW...

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Traffic smooth as tolls removed on Halifax bridges; CEO, MLA recall surprise at election promise Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

Here's what a travel times looked liked for the MacDonald Bridge before the toll removal - will be tracking this going forward

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Canada is Under Attack. We Need to Build. With @rmtransit.bsky.social @stevelafleur.bsky.social @ericlombardi.bsky.social

submitted 64 days ago • 14 comments

I would like to speak out about the Houston governments lack of overreach on housing, where municipalities are wrong and Nova Scotia suffers for it

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments