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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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 . […]
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Expecting privacy in public places
Michael Jackson’s passing last week at the tender age of 50 shocked me right down to my shoes. “It’s getting deadlier and deadlier for celebrities like us,” I was overheard to remark. The King of Pop’s demise was likely brought on by the stress of rehearsing for 50 concerts starting this summer in London. In […]
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Dartmouth students protest Metro Transit plans
Several dozen Dartmouth High School students braved a downpour last Thursday to hold a spirited protest against Metro Transit’s plans for an expansion of the nearby Bridge Terminal. They carried signs calling for preservation of the Dartmouth Common, and chanted “Metro Transit, we need a better plan” and other slogans. The students were well received […]
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Metro Transit’s polluting buses
Seven buses sit parked with their engines running on Trollope Street in front of Citadel High School. They’re on layover. They’re not done their shift, but they’re not picking up passengers either. Some have 10-minute layovers, but others idle for up to half an hour. And the problem isn’t just on Trollope Streeet. Beverly Miller, […]