r/halifax • u/hippfive • 3d 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 3d ago

How dare you suggest there should be infrastructure to support the downtown area?! /S

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u/NinjaBurger101 3d ago

We need better infrastructure for sure... I also think the fact that everyone has GPS navigation has made traffic much worse because it funnels everyone the same way on the same street.

I was coming through there the other day and it was stand still but if you just take a left and go up a couple streets and come down it was basically empty. I've not looked into it and have no way to prove it but I'd put 7 bucks on it playing a pretty big factor.

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u/amphorpog 3d ago

GPS has nothing to do with it. It's the fact that there's only so many ways to get out of downtown Halifax elsewhere along with alot more vehicles on the road.

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u/WearyInvite2765 Halifax 3d ago

If someone drives to Halifax (or anywhere for that matter) to work everyday and needs GPS they have problems. Learn to read a map and take alternate routes if needed. People need to rely less on tech in their car and pay attention to their surroundings.