Halifax Active Transportation

[Dartguard]

Originally Posted by fatscat

Yeah, it sure is fun being stuck in a metal box because traffic is so gnarly. Only going to get worse as the population increases. What's your solution there?

Self driving cars going to save you? Sorry, L5 is a long ways away and what we will get with self driving cars is likely more akin to a taxi service (the premium version for those who don't want to take a bus)

Is your solution to widen roads? We know that doesn't work. Induced demand and so on.

What if we took more people off the roads? Wait, maybe that can work! More buses and alternative forms of transport!

Many people actually *do not* want to commute in a vehicle. It sucks, it's a waste of time, and most only do it because there are no other options.

I don't understand why you nuts go into these active transportation threads to troll. Go do something productive.

So no rebuttal then?
OK Here is where I see the Halifax region in the next 50 years. There will be a Tunnel under Halifax Harbour to connect the 111 to downtown Halifax. What travels in that Tunnel will NOT be commercial Trucks because by that time the Container ports will be on the Dartmouth Side as World wide economic activity takes off with the Rise of India and China owning Eastern Russia if Russia survives. The Canadian Navy will be much larger than it is now and our Allies will demand that a bridge not hem in the RCN facilities.

The Metro Halifax population will be almost 750-800 thousand and the Peninsula will have the same opportunities and constraints as Manhattan. Less rich but probably far safer. The best transportation options in the future will be underground. Period. Ferries will move lots of folks but are busier on Holidays for recreational reasons than regular business. The City should plan to copy the old Tram routes that existed in the 1940's. Underground.

The pendulum in Canadian politics will swing back to fiscal prudence so the Trudeau spending on every left handed short guy with purple hair is coming to a close and immigrant inclusion will need more investment. Housing, Transit, educational infrastructure and the new Infirmary should be doubled in planning. The extra Hospital space built now should be used for long term care until demographics says good bye to the Boomers ( me included).

Cycling infrastructure is a nice to have but the future population will out pace the space and resources demanded of the cycling coalition. As people get richer they will buy Cars. Probably EV's but who knows ?