Petition: HRM, do not widen Robie Street — instead, choose homes, trees & better transit!

Halifax Regional Council and local elected decision-makers

We urgently ask HRM, please make better choices for better transit, protect trees and repopulate homes!
Do not spend public money for an unnecessary 2nd bus lane where there is no transit delay (North to Cunard).

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We the undersigned ask Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor & Council to:
  • Not widen Robie Street at this time- the Transportation Corridor Reserve remains in place for future.
  • Not waste $200m to destroy homes, cut trees, increase traffic and congestion;
  • Optimize transit by painting bus lanes within existing road space (Quinpool - Inglis) & installing transit priority signals etc.
  • Spend municipal money instead to improve service: more electric (not diesel) buses, more bus drivers, more transit shelters, lower transit fare, more micro-transit, necessary ferry/terminal overhauls, and improving public safety; and
  • Repopulate the vacant Robie Street buildings HRM has purchased, and work with the province and non-profit sector to protect all affordable housing.

To: Halifax Regional Council and local elected decision-makers
From: [Your Name]

We the undersigned ask Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor & Council to:

- Not widen Robie Street;
- Not waste $200m to destroy homes, cut trees, increase traffic and congestion;
- Optimize transit with signaled lane changes from North Street to Cunard Street;
- Spend municipal funds, instead, on more buses, more bus drivers, more transit shelters, lower transit fare, micro-transit, and improved public safety; and
- Repopulate the empty Robie Street buildings HRM has purchased, and protect affordable housing.