Pop psychology gospel says it takes three weeks to make a habit stick. Just ask anyone with a Pinterest account, where elaborate, 21-day “life hacks” are pinned into ubiquity. Fast-food monolith McDonald’s knows it, too: Why else would it discount its coffee to a dollar a cup just long enough to make you change your […]
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First phase of transit priority approved for Robie and Young streets
Transit priority lanes like the ones added on Gottingen Street are coming to Robie and Young streets. This week Halifax Regional Council approved phase one of the plan, which will see time-restricted bus lanes on weekdays from 6am-6pm on Robie Street from Young Street to Quinpool Road—hopefully speeding up routes 80, 81 and 7—and a […]
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City hall apologizes for widespread racism within Halifax Transit
Twelve years after the initial complaint was filed, an independent board of inquiry from Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Commission has determined Halifax Transit’s work environment to be abusive and discriminatory. Lynn Connors, chair of the HRC’s board, states in a recently released decision that there is “ample evidence” that “discrimination was ongoing in the workplace.” […]
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Communications strategy needed for Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan
Think of it as a municipality-wide bus announcement system. A request for proposals sent out Friday morning by Halifax asks for a communication and marketing strategy to help Halifax Transit inform the public of upcoming service changes caused by Moving Forward Together. According to the RFP, the goal of the communication plan is to educate […]
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How you can help Halifax Transit make the buses run on time
If you liked The Force Awakens and are wondering what excellent sequel to watch next, you’re in luck. Today we’re launching “Why are the buses late in Halifax? Part 2,” the follow-up to last summer’s blockbuster municipal services video “Why are the buses late in Halifax? Part 1.” Without giving away any spoilers, we can […]
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Become an expert on the new bus plan
Halifax Transit is talking about some big changes to the bus system, and they want to know what you think. But you definitely don’t want to read a thick report about it, so we made this video summary for you. Yeah, you. Because for once you deserve to have something about Metro’s buses be useful […]
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It’s More Than Buses
[Image-1] A blueprint for redesigned transit in Halifax was released tonight, but in case you missed the event by It’s More Than Buses at the aptly-named Bus Stop Theatre, you can read the group’s full proposal here. As we’ve covered, the citizen-created advocacy group has been working since 2011 to try and improve what Halifax […]
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Bridge Terminal construction finally starting by “end of month”
Work on Dartmouth’s Bridge Terminal should begin by the “end of the month,” city officials say. This is the first public acknowledgement that an important contract has been signed for the much-delayed Metro Transit bus station. Quebec firm Pomerleau was awarded the $12.1 million contract for construction earlier this month, just after the provincial Department […]
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Bus to the airport gets green light
An airport bus appears to be coming after all. Mention of the airport bus was left off the Five-Year Transit Plan delivered to council a few weeks ago, but a separate staff report submitted to council this week says the airport bus is in the works. Sort of. Metro Transit hopes to incorporate the bus […]
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Transit plan: not perfect, but necessary
Forget about the fast ferry to Bedford. Forget about an airport bus. Make the Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road shopping districts car-free so more buses can use those streets, but cut the already paltry bus service to Dartmouth Crossing. Increase transit use by 18 percent in five years, by spending $93 million on new […]
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Road ragers need to get off the road!
To the stupid road rager that forced the bus off the road on the corner of Barrington and Duke at rush hour: I don’t care who cut who off, YOU put everyone on the bus in danger by driving like a lunatic in order to make the bus pull over. You also almost ran over […]
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Pick on a Bus Shelter Your Own Size
How much of my tax dollars are being spent refitting glass panes on shelters broken by thrill-seeking glass breakers? Same bus shelters in my neighborhood get vandalized at least once a week. I’ve been told by one person with HRM that the bus shelters get vandalized for a various of reasons across the HRM . […]