Whether you’ve been riding all winter or waiting for warmer weather, March 18th-24th is Roll into Spring Week and we have some great events for you. The week starts with Speedy Bike Info Night when you can hear (briefly!) from 10 local cycling groups. Throughout the week you have several chances to take in the […] The post Roll into Spring Bike Week appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

Substantive errors in HRM’s Strategic Plan Updates Report make us wonder who is paying attention?  They cannot be dismissed as simple clerical errors as they reflect a deeper malaise indicative of the lack of organizational determination to implement the IMP. 30 November, 2023 To: Mayor Savage and Chief Administrative Officer Cathie O’TooleCc: Waye Mason, Chair […] The post Open Letter to Mayor Savage and CAO O’Toole appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

Executive Summary Halifax Cycling Coalition (HCC), as part of the 2023 Let’s Walk, Roll & Ride, Spryfield! Program undertook a Cycling Audit on October 15, 2023. This report summarizes the findings of that audit which we hope will inform and motivate improvements to the cycling infrastructure in Spryfield. The Spryfield community has many of the […] The post Spryfield Cycling Audit Report appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

With change comes opposition, but mayors behind ambitious road sharing reclamations are consistently rewarded. In a 2021 online Guardian news article, ‘The Bikelash Paradox – How Cycle Lanes Enrage Some, but Win Votes’, the writers, Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow, point out how easy it is to argue about parking, yet how difficult it is […] The post Preparing for Municipal Elections 2024 appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

City Council has recently approved a pilot two-year bike share and micro-mobility share scheme, which is expected to commence in 2024. We welcome this decision and look forward to sharing our streets with more people cycling and wheeling, and to seeing more mobility options.  Micro-mobility sharing is a positive step forward for urban travel – […] The post Bike & micro-mobility share will transform how we travel in Kjipuktuk – with the right conditions in place appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

Summary: The Halifax Cycling Coalition, The Bicycle Mayor of Halifax and the Healthy Populations Institute have written to Municipal and Provincial decision-makers to request urgent action on vulnerable road user safety. Three awareness-raising videos have also been released. About Road Safety Week: The 7th UN Global Road Safety Week runs from 15-21 May 2023. It […] The post PRESS RELEASE: UN Road Safety Week appeared first on Halifax Cycling Coalition ..read more

Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 26, 2023 – The 2017 HRM Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) put people who are pedestrians and cyclists before all other road users in a plan to upgrade our streets for the safety and equity for road users of all ages and abilities. We are running three to five years late on ..read more

The Halifax Cycling Coalition (HCC) is looking for a Treasurer to become part of our board of directors. The Treasurer oversees the finances of the HCC, and attends monthly meetings with the board of directors. The time commitment for this role is 2-5 hours per week. Responsibilities include planning and keeping track of budgets, collecting ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Sunday, November 27, 2022 Key message: Delays to the construction of cycling infrastructure are not supportable, and are strongly challenged by the Halifax Cycling Coalition. Our membership rely on protection from vehicular traffic for their daily mobility needs. Vulnerable road users lack the physical protection engineered into motor vehicles. This means external ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, August 8, 2022 K’jipuktuk (Halifax) – Halifax’s Peninsula South Complete Streets Project will be a valued section of our minimum bike lane network. It will provide suitable safe infrastructure for people biking and all other road users, including people walking, wheeling, micro-mobility users and vehicle occupants. Re-allocating street space to ensure ..read more