Infrastructure
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Going Up in Downtown Dartmouth
DARTMOUTH – Things are looking up in Downtown Dartmouth. After amending the Dartmouth view planes last year, the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM...
By Sam Austin -
Opportunities abound with Fredericton’s trail system
FREDERICTON – The capital city of New Brunswick and a city featuring two universities, an arts college, a rich cultural scene (including the annual...
By Hassan Arif -
Transit First – Big changes for Metro Transit
Editor’s Note: On January 8th, Committee of the Whole unanimously endorsed a review and redesign of the Metro Transit Network, based on the Moving...
By Sean Gillis -
Transit: Let’s think beyond commuting
HALIFAX – There’s definitely a new, positive attitude in town. Saturday’s Herald Magazine feature – Love this town: A new outlook for Halifax...
By Sean Gillis -
Halifax’s Bridge to Nowhere
HALIFAX – With the current studies exploring the potential of a third Halifax harbour crossing, and the recent announcement of the closure of...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
The Great Disconnect: Another Bike Lane to Nowhere?
HALIFAX – On September 19, 2011, traffic patterns in Downtown Halifax were altered in an attempt to ease congestion in the city’s core. In...
By Matt Neville -
Main Street and the Department of Cars
SAINT JOHN – We are now a few months into the City of Saint John’s experiment with bike lanes on Main Street in the city’s North End and, from all...
By Morgan Lanigan -
Park(ing) Day!
Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...
By Hilary Best -
Transit can be a more moving experience than road widening
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is kindly cross-posted from the Halifax Media Co-op. Check out the original here. Also, Spacing Atlantic has created a...
By Jim Guild -
Atlantic Canada’s Densest Neighbourhoods – St. John’s
EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on feedback from an earlier post on urban density, Spacing Atlantic will feature one of the top five dense residential...
By Sean Gillis -
Saint John Airport takes on Plan SJ
SAINT JOHN – PlanSJ, Saint John’s community exercise to produce a new Municipal Plan, is coming under criticism from the region’s...
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Urban density – Is what you see what you get?
SAINT JOHN – Many characteristics affect the look and feel of urban neighbourhoods. Two very important characteristics are building height and...
By Sean Gillis