http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/2174/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-bike-lanes-herring-cove-real-loss-here-community/4212 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Council&#039;s vote is in spite of studies showing benefits of &#039;road diets&#039; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/DSCN0673.JPG" alt="" title="Cyclists battle cars for space on HRM streets (photo: Ben Sichel)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>All across Nova Scotia, municipalities are making progress in promoting cycling as a method of active, low-cost, sustainable transportation.</p> <p>Except, it seems, in Halifax Regional Municipality.</p> <p>Communities from Glace Bay to Yarmouth to Bridgewater and even Guysborough County &ndash; the least populated in Nova Scotia &ndash; are working toward building cycling infrastructure.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-bike-lanes-herring-cove-real-loss-here-community/4212" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-bike-lanes-herring-cove-real-loss-here-community/4212#comments Ben Sichel Environnement Pauvreté Sports Transport bike lanes cycling Halifax health Herring Cove poverty Spryfield sustainable transportation Environment Halifax News Dominion Stories Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:57:31 +0000 bsichel 4212 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca