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 The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Linda Mosher from Halifax West Armdale sent back.
 ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you?
As an […]
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Get up off your U-Pass
[Image-1] Students of Halifax, listen up: By now you’ve waited in line, smiled at a webcam and have had placed in your hand a small plastic likeness of yourself. This is the almighty student ID, an unassuming little card that proves you exist. Smack-dab next to your pretty mug you should see a little reflective […]
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Low-income bus passes arriving in HRM by September
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 A new low-income bus pass program could be ready by September, as regional council gives first reading to a new bylaw that also offers free Halifax Transit service to refugees. 
Council originally asked for a low-income transit pass program in 2014, but it was delayed for over two years due to some bylaw red […]
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Public transit should be free
[Image-1] Just like public health care and public schools, I believe that free transit is a public good because we would live in a better world if everyone was healthy, educated and able to get around. We collectively fund public health care because we see it as an important public good, but we fail to […]
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Halifax Transit drops $17 million on new buses
An influx of new buses will make Halifax Transit more accessible and more environmentally friendly—at a cost of nearly $17 million to the municipality. 
On Tuesday, HRM Regional Council awarded Nova Bus Ltd a contract to supply up to 100 new Halifax Transit buses to the municipality over the next five years. 
Halifax will pay […]
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Don’t underestimate the value of a decent transit map
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 Halifax Transit has a new roadmap for success, but figuring out how to get around this city on anything other than a smartphone is still something of a paper chase. On Tuesday HRM regional council tentatively approved an overhaul of the municipality’s transit network. The Moving Forward Together plan from Halifax Transit will begin […]
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Council asks for 23 amendments to new Halifax Transit plan
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 Regional council has voted to overhaul HRM’s transit network—barring a couple dozen amendments it needs to investigate first. 
Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan was discussed for several hours at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. The five-year plan has been in the making since 2013, and will dismantle and rebuild the municipality’s […]
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Blame Halifax Transit for low bus ridership
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 I was pleased to read Scott Edgar’s “The route of the problem,” published last week in The Coast. He appeals to mayor Mike Savage and city council to not vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together proposal until more detailed information can be gathered on the impact of the proposed changes. Speaking on behalf […]
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The route of the problem
[Image-1] Dear mayor Savage and HRM regional councillors: It’s More Than Buses is asking Regional Council not to vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan without seeing much more information about it. We would like Halifax Transit to provide more information about how many people will be able to use this network to make […]
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Crosswalk flags a success despite bureaucratic obstruction
[Image-1] A crosswalk-safety measure that was in the slow lane at City Hall for years has grown in popularity across many parts of the municipality. Right now there are 74 crosswalks in HRM with pedestrian-safety flags. Six months ago, the flags were only available at 36 crosswalks. Use of the flags was introduced several years […]
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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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Low-income bus passes long overdue
[Image-1] Terry Wilson relies completely on Halifax Transit to leave his Albro Lake Road home. The 62-year-old walks with a cane due to arthritis and two deteriorating discs in his back. The Department of Community Services used to give him a monthly pass, but he was one of many cut from the program in headline-making […]