Overcrowded buses stink. Lots of riders have to stand. People are packed together, jostling each other when the bus hits bumps.. Getting on or off takes a long time. And when it rains, well, sometimes the buses literally kind of stink. Overcrowded buses are slow and uncomfortable – the opposite of good buses that people want to ride. Halifax Transit has an overcrowding problem. It’s […]

Why does Halifax Transit provide so little information? Halifax Transit has a big problem: it is way too hard to understand. Look at the bus stop above: The sign tells you none of that critical information. It doesn’t say where the routes go or what direction they are travelling. It doesn’t say when the buses run or how frequently they come. The sign is also […]

Everyone hates Halifax Transit bus tickets. Or more to the point, everyone hates that it’s impossible to know where to buy them. Bus terminals? Ferry terminals? Nope, you can’t get bus tickets there. That would be way too convenient. If you want bus tickets, you have to guess which grocery store or drug store sells them. And then you have to hope one of those […]