http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/4471/0 fr http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/bayers-road-gets-stay-execution/8241 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> HRM defers decision on road widening for one year </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/lineup_0.jpg" alt="" title="Several hundred people voiced their opposition to the widening of Bayers Road at a community meeting on September 14. Photo: Jim Guild " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Facing near-unanimous opposition to the widening of Bayers Road, HRM today decided to take cover for a year.</p> <p>The HRM Regional Council today deferred for at least one year any decision on whether or not to approve two large technical reports which would have effectively committed the muncipality to the $21-million project.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/bayers-road-gets-stay-execution/8241" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/bayers-road-gets-stay-execution/8241#comments Jim Guild Transport transportation Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:24:04 +0000 Jim Guild 8241 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca http://www.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/transit-can-be-more-moving-experience-road-widening/8115 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/chalk_drawing_0.jpg" alt="" title="A big idea needs a big drawing board" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/more_than_buses_team.jpg" alt="" title="NSCAD student Liam Logan and graduates Nathan Patterson, Noah Logan and Sarah Gibeault used the Grand Parade to represent the More than Buses transit concept. " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/more_than_buses_peeps.jpg" alt="" title="Artfully and creatively presented, even public transit can be fascinating. After several public meetings, the More than Buses project revealed its high-frequency public transit network concept." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mtbroutes_v4_07sept2011.jpg" alt="" title="This High-Frequency Public Transit Network concept developed by More than Buses shows clearly identified, high-frequency public transit corridors and transfer points throughout the region integrated with an improved service in the urban core. Future development could be designed to fit in with the transit network." width="450" height="348" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>There&#39;s no way to get around it. &nbsp;Metro needs better transit.</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Fichiers attachés à cette publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/mtbroutes_v4_07sept2011.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=71623" title="MTBRoutes v4_07sept2011.pdf">Here is the most up to date network map.</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/transit-can-be-more-moving-experience-road-widening/8115" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/transit-can-be-more-moving-experience-road-widening/8115#comments Jim Guild Environment Halifax News Politics Disability and Accessibility Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:53:30 +0000 M.Albiani 8115 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca