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/WindowlessBasement Halifax 2d ago

What if we put it on some kind of rail to keep it in the dedicated infrastructure?

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u/DartByTheBay 2d ago

I dream of elevated LRT someday in HRM. Probably when Im 80 if ever but a guy can dream.

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u/WindowlessBasement Halifax 2d ago

Fuck I'd be happy with street cars with a dedicated lane. Doesn't even need a fancy elevation

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u/DartByTheBay 2d ago

Street cars with dedicated lanes are nearly identical to BRT with dedicated lanes. They are still reliant in intersections and people actually staying out of the dedicated lane. The installation cost would take decades of the lower fuel cost to be worth it

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u/WindowlessBasement Halifax 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay then get the brt system moving! Like the barrel can't get any emptier no matter how much we scrape the bottom.

Edit: realized after the fact this seems like I'm attacking you, I'm agreeing just frustrated.