Sara F.L. Kirk

Sign me up for free transit in exchange for a small municipal tax increase + doubling parking fees

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Aha, is that what it was?

Yes but I was the one that had to move 😬

Halifax traffic congestion is getting worse. What can be done? Experts say HRM can't build its way out of congestion as growth outpaces transit. Province highlights ongoing projects

Habib is on the nose here. Province still will not commit to BRT
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Summary of municipal finances basically saying "density pays for things"

Just spamming this to council during budget season is probably a productive activity, since its something they genuinely don't understand.

It really is yukky right now! Glad we have a filter...

This is just fucking embarrassing. First education and now healthcare.

An image of a city street (downtown Halifax/Kjipuktuk) from the POV of a person riding in the bike lane. Coming the wrong way in the bike lane is a black and red model train with a driver and people sitting in the passenger cars behind it. The train is captured by the camera as the cyclist moves into the street to get past. There are buildings in the background.

OK then, but I'd still rather a 🚂 than a 🚘 in the bike lane #BikeHFX

To walk or not to walk?

Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles Deal likely to trigger indepth investigation after agreement between Lord Rothermere’s DMGT and Redbird IMI

The consolidation of Right Wing power in the UK.

Number of maternal deaths by region Estimated number of deaths from maternal conditions, by region.

Source for maternal mortality statistics

ourworldindata.org/grapher/numb...

Worth saying I'm not an expert in maternity care. And I know even in wealthy countries with strong healthcare systems it often falls short of the standards we'd expect, particularly for people from ethnic minority backgrounds. But the alternative is many, many more dead or harmed women and babies.

Anyone who's read me ranting about screening will know I'm all for thinking critically about health care. But there's a reason maternal mortality has more than halved in the last 40 years. There's a reason maternal mortality is used as a proxy for health care quality globally.

The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?

The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

I mean, every driver has a display right in front of them at all times that tells them their speed everywhere they go. I guess the only difference here is maybe the element of public shame?

Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.

In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.

A billboard is a child biking in a painted bike line. Text says there will never be a bell loud enough to helmet, strong enough for clothing, bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure.

Enough.

Classic Sitcom The I love Lucy chocolate factory scene

Classic Sitcom scene
by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...

Nathan Gill's social media bio...

They claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope.

He was the head of Reform in Wales.

How do you think Reform would react if any other party leader had been found to have committed such crimes?

Car dominance is the “new smoking”, lung cancer causing chemicals being emitted into the air we’re forced to breath and all.

🎧BUDGET SEASON IS BACK part 1(🔒) Show notes on Monday, this has obviously been recorded before Friday’s budget meeting.

Part one of Monday's episode is out for subscribers.

Sedition Trump wants Democrats executed

Sedition, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

The Invisible Pedestrian; or, why Vision Zero doesn’t promote reflectors As the seasons change, and the days get shorter, we often get asked, “Why doesn’t Vision Zero promote reflectors and lights for pedestrians and cyclists? It seems like everyone wears dark rain coat…

"Personal protective equipment is the least effective layer of protection in the hierarchy of controls – by the time you need it, you’re already in danger."

ICYMI: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...

YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton Saturn Ion commercial

Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.

The study found that a shingles vaccine (Zostavax), is the most promising existing medicine that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
• news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!

Shingles vaccine appears to have significant additional benefits. Links to reducing dementia have already been reported. Now AD being investigated.
Great stuff. Glad i got mine on the day i turned 50.

The saga of Otago Drive part 1: Who cares about a speed hump? Van Halen’s warning for Halifax.

Do not get me started, I don't think this is correct, I think it's an excuse. If you do want to get me started I wrote a three part novella on a speed bump.