Safe Cycling Tips

This short, fun video provides key tips to help you be safe while following Nova Scotia laws for cycling.

Please share and use this video freely. Special thanks to the Dal students and alumni appearing in the film, the Department of Health (Government of Nova Scotia) for co-funding this project, and to Journeyman Film Company.

Navigating the Armdale Roundabout

No matter where you enter the Armdale Roundabout, ride in the right most lane going to your destination. The map below shows these routes. Cycling in the right most lane will make you visible to other road users entering the roundabout. It may also be a good idea to "take the lane". Taking the lane means to place yourself in the middle of the lane that you are riding in. While this may slow vehicular traffic behind you, it also ensures that vehicles aren't dangerously passing you in the same lane as you.

If cycling through the Armdale Roundabout makes you uncomfortable, you do have the option to dismount and walk your bike in the crosswalks. Remember, it is illegal and dangerous to ride your bike through a crosswalk.

For more resources check out:

• Bicycle Nova Scotia
• Bicycle Nova Scotia Incident Report Form
• Halifax Bike Map, local events, municipal infrastructure capabilties
• Halifax Cycling Coalition 
• Move on Colchester
• Colchester Bike Plans and Maps
• Check out your local cycle shops