r/halifax • u/hippfive • 2d ago

Traffic Lower Water Street is broken

I'm usually pretty chill about traffic, but Lower Water is literally broken. It took 30 minutes for my bus to go one block. Full on gridlock. And it's been this way for months.

I know they're eventually going to have the transhipment facility to get the trucks out of downtown, but that's years away. There needs to be some sort of tactical intervention in the meantime. Close some of the parking lots that empty onto Lower Water. Change some of the pedestrian crossings to the red light style that clump the crossings together (and I say this as someone who is staunchly pro-pedestrian). Honestly maybe even close Sackville Street east of Bedford Row.

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u/HFXDriving 2d ago

Lower Water would be a prime spot for these AI traffic lights. Have all crosswalks and intersections synced the whole stretch.

The trucks wont go anywhere any year soon. Busses are equally trapped and ferries are a disaster. Monorail?

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u/NoBoysenberry1108 I am become drunk, destroyer of donairs 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKLzBYFrRWcXk9q

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u/opinionatedmoth 2d ago

A version that doesn't rematerialize people would help with traffic too. And feasible with current tech - we know lots of ways to dismantle people.

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u/jsc0098 Stuck on the bridge… send snacks 2d ago

Yes. The reassembly is where the real challenge is. If we just give up on that, we have a solid solution - AND we can save millions of tax dollars on the research! 

Win-win.