Halifax Transit route changes take effect Monday
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Big changes are coming to Halifax Transit‘s route schedule, starting Monday. Schedules are changing for 32 routes. Three others are being cancelled, each in Dartmouth and Cole Harbour.
Big changes are coming to Halifax Transit‘s route schedule.
The cuts are wide-ranging and necessary, according to city spokesperson Maggie-Jane Spray.
“Halifax Transit is currently still experiencing staffing issues which are impacting routes across the region,” Spray says.
Cancellations have become common since the pandemic. Bus drivers and ferry captains either found other work or just didn’t return to the job.
Schedules are changing for 32 routes. Three others are being cancelled, each in Dartmouth and Cole Harbour.
“Certainly I have heard from some residents who, these reductions, these adjustments, are going to affect their commute to work,” says councillor Trish Purdy, who represents Cole Harbour. “It’s not ideal but I understand why transit is doing it.”
HRM’s population grew by nearly four-and-a-half per cent in 2022. Transportation professor Asham Habib doesn’t think reducing transit is a good look for a growing city.
