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 […]
Every bus ride begins and ends at a bus stop. It’s the first point of contact riders have with Halifax Transit’s service. In Halifax it’s usually not a great first impression. Our bus stops aren’t just ‘not good enough’ – in fact a lot of our most important bus stops are a negative experience for riders. They don’t provide enough comfort, information, or both. No […]
Halifax Transit’s corridor routes in their own words “form the spine of the transit network”. However, riders might say otherwise about how reliable and frequent these key routes actually are. On page 37 of the Moving Forward Together Plan, corridor routes are described as the following: “The purpose of Corridor Routes is to provide consistent, frequent, service on high demand corridors, connecting residential areas or […]
Leaders need to care or things won’t improve. Not enough people care about Halifax Transit. Not enough people at City Hall. Not enough people working at Halifax Transit. Not enough Councillors. Not enough business leaders, advocates or everyday citizens. It is time to start caring and to demand better from Halifax Transit. Halifax Transit is in crisis. We’ve heard lots of excuses: COVID, recruitment, funding, […]
Halifax Transit has a staffing crisis. There aren’t enough drivers. Trips and routes are being cut. Sometimes buses just don’t show up. People trying to get to school, work, child care, and medical appointments are left in the lurch. The staffing crisis demands a rethink of how Halifax Transit operates, not management’s magical thinking that somehow we will turn a corner and hire enough drivers. The […]
Halifax Transit is in crisis. It’s been in crisis for a year now, and it’s not getting better. There aren’t enough bus drivers. In fact, there are so few bus drivers that service is getting badly affected. Buses are being cut on some of Halifax Transit’s core routes (the so-called Corridor routes). Outside of the core of the bus network, entire routers have been eliminated. […]
Photo credits to Google Earth This week, HRM was soliciting responses to Phase 2 of the Windsor Street Redevelopment Plan. IMTB responded with some very serious concerns about the plan’s lack of consideration for public transit that is fast, frequent, and reliable. In short, the plans to do not (at this point) guarantee that buses running through the newly developed Windsor Street Exchange won’t get stuck in private […]