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Residential Counsellor - pedestrian/cyclist/photographer/music lover/cat human/... - Punamu'kwati'jk (Dartmouth), Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia), Turtle Island

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And that’s with the terribly offputting setup of the current bike bridge

09.12.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wet, but clear, i saw while walking to bus stop; cyclists went normal speed

09.12.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw a truck plow on it next to the golf course, but i don’t know how well or how far

09.12.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess the airport could run their own shuttle πŸ˜€

09.12.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If seeing your planet burning and flooding is more tolerable than seeing a bike lane in your city, you might want to revisit your priorities.

09.12.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: β€˜Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

07.12.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13875    πŸ” 4244    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 96

I want to vote for human extinction too, but still not cynical enough

09.12.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

07.12.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10575    πŸ” 3270    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 160

Another great image of the space given over to cars in urban settings. This one is by Swedish artist Karl Jilg (www.jilg.com). It's important to give credit where it's due #CompleteStreets #CitiesForPeople

08.12.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You think we’re in Amsterdam?!?! ….weather ….hills ….narrow roads </s> 🀑

06.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Highway filled with cars

Highway filled with cars

Busy urban arterial filled with cars

Busy urban arterial filled with cars

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.

Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.

Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

05.12.2025 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 354    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

First time I ended up in Fairview on the bike, I couldn't stop thinking that I had seen way better/safer infra in some 3rd world countries; it just baffles me that people could think the new DVR is worse than before the redevelopment.

05.12.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The video is hilarious

04.12.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a contrast with β€œthe old days”

04.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You have to understand, the majority doesn’t like that cars aren’t efficient in the city, climate change, density, higher taxes, bus and bike lanes,… But outside of those, we’ll treat it as an emergency </s>

03.12.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!

Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.

City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

03.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1059    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 25

Send them all to a Scottish island to redo their drivers test, at least those roads are narrow

03.12.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Plus 20metres on Stuart Graham :-) but i love that short connection (could’ve been 2024 though)

03.12.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Solve congestion, remove homeless encampments,…

03.12.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Melvins "Working The Ditch"
YouTube video by Ipecac Recordings Melvins "Working The Ditch"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtk...

01.12.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're completely right, but the e-bike rules here are quite restrictive (and e-cyclists behave well here). I remember sharing trails as a pedestrian in Antwerp (Belgium) in 2019 with fast e-bikes who were going about 35km/h on narrow trails, next to slow car traffic; that was frightening.

01.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would even say that my 15kph uphill on Morris (with a line of cars behind me, cos I have to avoid the dooring zone) is appropriate, as long as we don’t get a bike lane there. 🀠

30.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Their incompetence is very efficient, though. They keep getting away with all their shenanigans.

30.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A black bollard with a picture of Charlie Chaplin at the top.

A black bollard with a picture of Charlie Chaplin at the top.

The Charlie Chaplin bollard.
#WorldBollardAssociation

10.08.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

And 2020, the year every cyclist would fly up Pine Street, without any problem

30.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also the zigzag from Wyse to Burnside still bugs me

30.11.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kinda funny how in 2020 there was absolutely no need to connect Point Pleasant

30.11.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Surviving the car centric hellscape day after day, we must be giants! </s>

29.11.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just used it! I had to go against traffic in the opposite car lane though, wouldn’t recommend, but traffic was so slow it wasn’t too bad.

28.11.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The New Eves - Highway Man
YouTube video by TheNewEvesVEVO The New Eves - Highway Man

Great new discovery, solid debut album www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lll...

28.11.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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