Speed is everywhere in our modern culture. Fast phones, fast food, fast cars. Like it or not, in our culture, fast is good and slow is bad. Even Disney movies push the message that fast wins. Lighnting McQueen, the superstar racer in the Cars movies starts every race with the mantra, “I am speed.” If there’s ever a Halifax Transit bus in a Cars movie, […]

Halifax desperately needs a more aggressive plan to provide many more residents with fast, frequent and reliable transit service. Sadly, Halifax Transit’s preliminary budget for next year doesn’t provide us with that plan. The status quo reigns: a five year roll out of the new network (the Moving Forward Together Plan) and modest expansion of standard bus service this year. The proposed budget falls dramatically […]

Everyday, people have places they need to go, on time. Everyday, people riding Halifax Transit wonder if they’ll get where they need to go, on time. There are ways to keep transit moving – transit priority. So far, Halifax hasn’t tried very hard. Without transit priority, our system is slow, unreliable and unpopular. When transit runs late, it plays havoc with people’s schedules. Traffic is […]

HRM Council voted a couple of days ago to approve a massive new four-pad arena in Dartmouth. That’s great news! Except Council approved it without any discussion of how anyone who’s not driving a car will get to it. The location is very inaccessible by transit. On weekends, the closest bus will be a full kilometer away. Weekdays aren’t much better. That nearly guarantees that […]

It’s More than Buses is calling for fast, frequent and reliable transit in Halifax. Great transit will help make Halifax a great city. We need transit that is attractive for more trips, for more people. Frequency – a bus, train or ferry coming soon – is a huge need. Providing frequency will get more people using transit, since most people won’t choose transit with a […]

March 31, 2015 Dear Halifax Transit staff: It’s More than Buses (IMTB) has been working for four years to build support for a fast, frequent and reliable transit system for Halifax. We support a high-quality transit network that serves high numbers of riders simply and efficiently and contributes to achieving the vision for the Halifax region described in HRM’s Regional Plan. IMTB is the voice […]

Key Points It’s More than Buses supports the concept of ten key corridor routes. As proposed they provide straighter, faster service with less overlap. Many of them have much better frequency, which will make trips quicker and convenient for thousands of people riding the bus. We want to see this plan happen, but we feel there are key changes that could provide better service to […]