By Stephanie vanKampen, CBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2016 8:15 AM AT Last Updated: Sep 23, 2016 8:15 AM AT

The municipality of Halifax is looking for ideas from the public to combat growing congestion on streets and highways.

It's putting together an "integrated mobility plan" to look at changes to transit, active transportation, and urban design. 

"[Traffic is] only going to get more congested," plan project manager Rod McPhail said.

By next summer, McPhail said council wants to have create a long-term 15-year plan to fight heavy traffic by 2031. 

"We have to start using our car less and start using other forms of transportation more," said McPhail. 

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