Until pretty recently the bike infrastructure in Halifax was dysfunctional, disjointed, and utilitarian-looking at best, but the most recent stuff has been turning out really well:
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Hali87, on Flickr
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Hali87, on Flickr
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Hali87, on Flickr
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Hali87, on Flickr
(compare to
this,
this, or
this, all of which were considered "maybe-too-ambitious" about 10 years ago. Before that, there were a few trail networks but no real street-aligned bike lanes.)