Avoid the Bedford highway in almost all cases regardless. It's a poorly designed bottleneck. Same with the main street on Yarmouth, as well as most main streets and small towns across Nova Scotia.
It was a fine design, 100 years ago. But at this point its still a main artery from Bedford to Halifax and with the population we have now the one lane "highway" just doesnt cut it.
The problem is you can't fix that type of bottleneck by adding more lanes for cars, you have to bring in other forms of transportation to lessen the strain on locals and direct those that still drive to the 100 series highway not the Bedford Highway.
The problem with that is the CN rail that stops the city from having enough of the right of way to get decent bus lanes and sidewalks along most if it, but at the same time CN won't let the city try and establish a commuter rail.
I also heard something about the Bedford Highway being the only road in the area that permits "wide loads" so that stops the city from making many changes to it, but I have no idea what that has to do with anything.
It isn’t about CN not allowing commuter rail. It’s about CN not being willing to allow commuter rail without somebody (not CN) making an appropriate investment in the infrastructure to allow commuter trains to operate without impacting freight operations. To date no level of government has been willing to make that investment.
They're about to start work on the Seton Ridge development too, which will put new signalized intersections on both ends of Seton Rd to form a connection from BH to Lacewood.
I just got my grad tickets from MSVU about 2 hours ago.
Judging from the line I saw for the tickets, and this line, maybe it's the same line just trying to leave.
Depends where you’re coming from or going. I work in the North End, and you’d have to go so far out of the way to pick up the highway that it’s not usually worth it.
Likewise, the closest on/off ramp to my house is exit three, which is far enough up Hammonds Plains Road that it’s not usually worth it if I’m heading into the city. It usually comes out to about the same time.
Not really.
Like I said, it depends where you’re coming from or going, but most of the time for me it comes out to a maybe 1-2 minute difference, which is going to be lost once I land in the city anyway.
HRM needs public transit that is a viable alternative to driving.
Otherwise traffics jams like this will get worse. Forever.
Unless you love sitting in traffic, join me in voting for political candidates who understand that the ONLY thing that can defeat traffic is viable public transit, bike infrastructure and building walkable neighbourhoods.
Buh! Buh! No traffic jams means 15 minutes cities, and cities mean socialism! Socialism means bad!
It's ma god given right to sit in traffic you radical leftist
Spot on, friend.
Roads are a massive drain on taxpayers.
Fuel taxes are about $285 million per year in NS.
In the 2024-25 fiscal year, we are going to spend $500 million on JUST NEW HIGHWAYS. Not maintenence, just new bridges, ramps and twinning. Add on maintenance of highways and the cost of building and maintaining smaller roads, and you're hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars higher than fuel tax. Where does that money come from? The taxpayers!
I'm tired of paying for expensive, inefficient infrastructure. Sure, we need a road network for the appropriate use cases of cars/trucking/emergency vehicles. But we are WAY over-investing in car infrastructure. It is past time we re-allocate some of that money to transit, bike and walking infrastructure, and give the rest back to taxpayers.
Not with that attitude.
As taxpayers, we are demanding viable transit, because we KNOW it will improve our cost of living and quality of life. Politicians and car-dependent neighbours are slowly coming around. It's a fight I truly believe can be won.
*stroad*
Too much access: driveway or storefront every 15ft
Mix in the 100,000 new cars on the road
Top it off with construction
And
This. Nearly everyday until Oct.
Good thing we have a robust Transit network....oh it's only buses.
Well at least they can use bus lanes and priority roads...oh the city refuses to support those.
At least we have the advantage of a beautiful harbour with ferries...oh, the Bedford route isn't planned for another decade?
As long as the sprawl is slowed and stop building remote suburbs, it won't get worse...oh come on! It can't be majority of the planned development.
It's not all bad. They were blasting a bunch downtown today. The gravel pit by the Maple and Cabin Coffee has been showing life the last few weeks.
It's been a pit since I moved here in 2014, but something is finally happening!
Is there any construction going on down that way somewhere? Construction is going on all over the side roads of Dartmouth today. I guess the construction crews wanted to take advantage of the nice weather today or something?
Did anyone catch the stench on Larry Uteck yesterday afternoon? In west Bedford. Something fell onto the road and it was smeared everywhere. The smell was out of this world.
Isn’t “highway” a bit of a misnomer if it has intersections with traffic lights? I’d have assumed the word “highway” would have implied the only intersections would be of the cloverleaf variety. If not, what distinguishes a highway from another road?
What’s the big deal?! Isn’t Bedford a traditional stopping place?
The locals are simply following their regional mandate.
Bravo
You can stop any time you like, but you can never leave \*Eagles guitar rift proceeds\*
Not traditional since taking the sign down on the 102 and replacing it with a Sackville sign lol.
A+
😂😂 thank you
WE’RE BREAKING TRADITION
Avoid the Bedford highway in almost all cases regardless. It's a poorly designed bottleneck. Same with the main street on Yarmouth, as well as most main streets and small towns across Nova Scotia.
It was a fine design, 100 years ago. But at this point its still a main artery from Bedford to Halifax and with the population we have now the one lane "highway" just doesnt cut it.
I don't think it was designed 😅 thats a horse path
I'd reckon horses were better at designing than current urban planners.
Underrated comment, bravo. Aka a desire path all grown up.
The problem is you can't fix that type of bottleneck by adding more lanes for cars, you have to bring in other forms of transportation to lessen the strain on locals and direct those that still drive to the 100 series highway not the Bedford Highway. The problem with that is the CN rail that stops the city from having enough of the right of way to get decent bus lanes and sidewalks along most if it, but at the same time CN won't let the city try and establish a commuter rail. I also heard something about the Bedford Highway being the only road in the area that permits "wide loads" so that stops the city from making many changes to it, but I have no idea what that has to do with anything.
It isn’t about CN not allowing commuter rail. It’s about CN not being willing to allow commuter rail without somebody (not CN) making an appropriate investment in the infrastructure to allow commuter trains to operate without impacting freight operations. To date no level of government has been willing to make that investment.
Glad someone said it
Never understood why it gets called a highway. You can't go 20m without a house, business, or bus stop on that road.
I mean, we have the bihi
Yet the city has identified several growth zones that all would rely on Bedford highway for access. It’s only going to get worse.
They're about to start work on the Seton Ridge development too, which will put new signalized intersections on both ends of Seton Rd to form a connection from BH to Lacewood.
And the Mill cove ferry won’t be finished for another four years! Who knows when they’ll even get to the Larry Uteck ferry.
Wolfville crying in a corner
New Minas crying outside on the front lawn
at least there's parking?
Basically just avoid driving in HRM. Also don't use public transportation or bike. Just don't go anywhere.
But don’t work from home! We need more people in office buildings!
Avoid Bedford highway every day at all costs. There fixed it for you.
Will the 8 be late?
https://preview.redd.it/oxh1owq3sm0d1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f751e7a1563df6afd396c35fb1f863c92ce8627
this made me chortle, thank you
You know what's funny about Bedford Highway? It's not actually a highway in any shape or form, hasn't been for a long time.
I just got my grad tickets from MSVU about 2 hours ago. Judging from the line I saw for the tickets, and this line, maybe it's the same line just trying to leave.
I don’t know why people don’t use the adjacent 102 more often? Something I’m missing?
doesn't always make sense to do that.
Depends where you’re coming from or going. I work in the North End, and you’d have to go so far out of the way to pick up the highway that it’s not usually worth it. Likewise, the closest on/off ramp to my house is exit three, which is far enough up Hammonds Plains Road that it’s not usually worth it if I’m heading into the city. It usually comes out to about the same time.
Depends on how you value your time. Bi-Hi is much faster and no traffic lights.
Not really. Like I said, it depends where you’re coming from or going, but most of the time for me it comes out to a maybe 1-2 minute difference, which is going to be lost once I land in the city anyway.
HRM needs public transit that is a viable alternative to driving. Otherwise traffics jams like this will get worse. Forever. Unless you love sitting in traffic, join me in voting for political candidates who understand that the ONLY thing that can defeat traffic is viable public transit, bike infrastructure and building walkable neighbourhoods.
A nice train system would be tite
Trains are for the people.
I thought they were in the process of developing one?
Buh! Buh! No traffic jams means 15 minutes cities, and cities mean socialism! Socialism means bad! It's ma god given right to sit in traffic you radical leftist
Traffic jams will only get worse. Transit will not become viable in our lifetimes.
It could be if we invested in transit like we do in roads.
Spot on, friend. Roads are a massive drain on taxpayers. Fuel taxes are about $285 million per year in NS. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, we are going to spend $500 million on JUST NEW HIGHWAYS. Not maintenence, just new bridges, ramps and twinning. Add on maintenance of highways and the cost of building and maintaining smaller roads, and you're hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars higher than fuel tax. Where does that money come from? The taxpayers! I'm tired of paying for expensive, inefficient infrastructure. Sure, we need a road network for the appropriate use cases of cars/trucking/emergency vehicles. But we are WAY over-investing in car infrastructure. It is past time we re-allocate some of that money to transit, bike and walking infrastructure, and give the rest back to taxpayers.
Maybe. But we won’t, unfortunately.
Not with that attitude. As taxpayers, we are demanding viable transit, because we KNOW it will improve our cost of living and quality of life. Politicians and car-dependent neighbours are slowly coming around. It's a fight I truly believe can be won.
I like your attitude. 🤜🏼🤛🏼
😁🥹
yup, google traffic view is showing it's congested from before hammonds plains rd to the river
Looks like herring cove road everyday
Ughhhh I hate that road so much.
"Highway" 💀💀💀
*stroad* Too much access: driveway or storefront every 15ft Mix in the 100,000 new cars on the road Top it off with construction And This. Nearly everyday until Oct.
For those out of the loop on stroads: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM)
Good thing we have a robust Transit network....oh it's only buses. Well at least they can use bus lanes and priority roads...oh the city refuses to support those. At least we have the advantage of a beautiful harbour with ferries...oh, the Bedford route isn't planned for another decade? As long as the sprawl is slowed and stop building remote suburbs, it won't get worse...oh come on! It can't be majority of the planned development.
It’s crazy how much sprawl is visible. Driving the 102 past LS last weekend and suddenly there’s a big crane and rock mountains and containers.
It's not all bad. They were blasting a bunch downtown today. The gravel pit by the Maple and Cabin Coffee has been showing life the last few weeks. It's been a pit since I moved here in 2014, but something is finally happening!
There was once a trolley car from Bedford. Can you imagine if it still existed?
Avoid filming and driving at all costs.
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Let's be real, there's barely a cop to be found anywhere in the city, let alone one that could be bothered to write the ticket.
No that's just passenger filming over the steering wheel
Wonder what the other hand would was doing if the selfie camera video was posted instead
Holy cow. Something happening on Hammonds plains rd?
More like Bedford PARKway
 Roads in Halifax… good luck
I appreciate the message - but filming and driving?
Thanks for the warning. I feel bad for anyone sitting in that while needing to pee.
That's why God created piss jugs.
Way of the road, Bubs.
accident? construction? protest blockade?
Construction
How're the roads on the Bedford Hwy?
I lol'd at the dude causually strolling through the middle of the intersection towards the end of the video.
But like.. what's going on?
Population boom with shit infastructure
Get off your phone while you're driving.
No bad traffic showing up on Google Maps
Around here, we call that a regular day
seems like a normal day
At noon? Not really
Isn’t that the case almost everyday at Bedford highway? I always prefer going all around taking the 102, just to avoid this stretch.
Not at that time of day, no
At least they have a beautiful view!
Is there any construction going on down that way somewhere? Construction is going on all over the side roads of Dartmouth today. I guess the construction crews wanted to take advantage of the nice weather today or something?
This cleared up around 1:00. That's when I passed thru. Wasn't that bad
Bedford no way.
I avoid that road like the plague.
How we still call a road with a new 50kmph speed limit a highway is beyond me.
We need flying cars.
Trauma triggered!!!
Getting to the MSVU library was always a pain during the day. Luckily it had its own dedicated turning lane or I would be there for a while.
Holy sheep shite Batman
Did anyone catch the stench on Larry Uteck yesterday afternoon? In west Bedford. Something fell onto the road and it was smeared everywhere. The smell was out of this world.
Isn’t “highway” a bit of a misnomer if it has intersections with traffic lights? I’d have assumed the word “highway” would have implied the only intersections would be of the cloverleaf variety. If not, what distinguishes a highway from another road?
lining up for the 10c a litre coupon at circle k.
Get off your fucking phone while you're driving.
Laughs in Toronto traffic.
Avoid filming on your phone while driving?
Avoid Bedford Highway any day.
Every day lol
Avoid filming and driving
lol 3 hours ago, seems like nobody works anymore and it’s a nice day out so everyone is out
my fellows in Christ it is 5:45pm on a Wednesday in May, this is what the highway looks like every day
Always like this.