Port of Halifax, Windsor St Exchange upgrades

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An aspect of this that hasn't gotten as much attention is that it fits in with the city's BRT or bus lane plans. A few of the routes go through the Windsor Street exchange.

Halifax's transportation infrastructure is pretty old now. It is basically a 70's system that has been tweaked over and over. You might make things move 30% better with a reversing lane or better signals but you won't get 4x improvements. The city needs some substantially new infrastructure, and transit service beyond basic buses.

Another angle is that the city will eventually need to establish some more concrete higher capacity transit corridors to enable better land use planning. Right now there's just a vague sense of allowing higher density closer to the central parts of the peninsula, and preserving single family dwelling areas. In cities with higher order transit like subways, the stations drive real estate development. In Halifax there is uncertainty over where bus corridors will go or if there will even be commuter rail or something else.