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Originally Posted by Keith P.
So far the only answers from HRM are more bike lanes and narrowed streets in the core to accommodate them. This has always been lunacy at a high level as any sort of a solution to our long-standing traffic woes but now with the explosive growth the city is experiencing it is coming home to roost.
Years ago we had a thing called the Metropolitan Authority that was responsible for some shared services among Halifax, Dartmouth and the former Halifax County pre-amalgamation. It seems something similar needs to happen now for transportation given that HRM has totally dropped the ball on that file and only wishes to cater to activist agendas. Hopefully the recently-announced initiatives where the province will be getting involved in things that were delegated to HRM as part of amalgamation will include robust and realistic transportation planning.
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Maybe an issue with Hollis street congestion is the reduction of lanes. Given the turning lanes and parking requirements, I don't know if an extra lane down Hollis would be possible.
But the idea of getting the container trucks off Hollis will assist. Earlier this week, I watched the intersection of Hollis and Duke.
Three container trucks were lined up at the red light. When the light turned green, it took the whole length of the green light for the container trucks to power up enough to pass through the intersection.
When the third truck passed through, the light turned red leaving a long line up of cars and other trucks in its wake. We're currently trying to channel 21st century vehicles through roads designed in the mid-1700's.
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