Halifax Transit

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

That Route 89 sounds like a great idea. Many Bedfordians have doctors or just want to shop in the Lacewood area. This serves Kerney Lake, Bedford, Lwr Sackville, Bedford West Business Campus, Lacewood, Wdgewood and indirectly Kingswood and Hammonds Plains. If we get any more routes out here we'll have to consider take over #'s 90-99.

I'm guessing there will be more routes in the next few years as more development happens in the area. RIM is just one part of a larger office park and there will be residential development along the lines of Bedford South happening between Kearney Lake/H. Plains/102.

The Tantallon area must be growing fairly quickly as well.

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by reddog794

Or an articulated Bedford link in the mean time.

I wonder if any of the new buses are going to Burnside. I'd imagine they would service DC a bit more as well, to improve that economic shot.

The problem as I see it with Dartmouth Crossing, is the two routes which service it originate in east Dartmouth, specifically Portland Hills. The 72 should continue to service DC, but the route 56 should never have been put in the way it was, it should be running from the Sportsplex/Bridge terminal to DC via Victoria and Highfield.

[Dmajackson]

I imagine there will also be a new route for the Mainland Common Rec Centre area. Bedford West will get one when it is developed, the 88 will be extended to include all of Bedford Commons, a new route should loop around Bedford South/Hemlock Ravine, and imagine the Sambro Loop might get a route eventually.

All in due time though...

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

I imagine there will also be a new route for the Mainland Common Rec Centre area.

That area is already pretty well covered for transit...

[reddog794]

I wonder if they are going to improve the bus service inside of Burnside. Alot of people avoid the bus if they work there, unless they work on Ilsley, or Burnside drive, because they can't get around very well outside of those two drags.

[Dmajackson]

I believe they are planning to have shuttle buses for Burnside (like what they want downtown).

[hfx_chris]

Yeah, that's the plan - also a Community Shuttle for Cole Harbour, Sackville or Bedford and one for Clayton Park I believe. But like all things Transit does, while the idea behind it is okay, the execution is all wrong. They're planning to use smaller Access-A-Bus style vehicles. Yeah, I'd love to see how crowded those are in Burnside during rush hour...
They're also going to use those for the Metro Express / rural express service. Again, I'd be willing to bet those fill up very quickly.

[reddog794]

The next big thing, "Accordion Access-a-Bus"

[hfx_chris]

Huh?

[Dmajackson]

lol...i can actually see that happening:

If we are goin to be obsessed with small buses this should the way to go:

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Route #1 in ten years from now:

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[hfx_chris]

Yeah, could you imagine a double-articulated bus in downtown Halifax?

Actually, it would probably be okay as far as cornering is okay, since most drivers say the artics they have now are easier to get around corners than a regular bus, despite how it looks.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by hfx_chris

Yeah, could you imagine a double-articulated bus in downtown Halifax?

No, I can't. Barrington Street would come to a standstill and gridlock would result.

[terrynorthend]

Originally Posted by hfx_chris

Yeah, could you imagine a double-articulated bus in downtown Halifax?

During a snowstorm?? Lol

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by terrynorthend

During a snowstorm?? Lol

Oh yeah, the artics have a bad enough time fishtailing at the foot of Spring Garden as it is

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

No, I can't. Barrington Street would come to a standstill and gridlock would result.

Dunno. They would be able to take on more passengers with, in theory, fewer buses.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by hfx_chris

Dunno. They would be able to take on more passengers with, in theory, fewer buses.

Except you know that the idiots that run Transit don't adjust bus frequency when a different sized bus is used. If they did we would see #10s far more frequently when the useless low-floors get assigned to that route. But we don't. They would still run these triple-artics every 5 minutes on route 1 and since every other route in town also goes down Barrington there would be no room left.

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

They would still run these triple-artics every 5 minutes on route 1 and since every other route in town also goes down Barrington there would be no room left.

No, they would continue to run regular sized low floors on the route 1

[Dmajackson]

I would love to see one of these make the corner on Joe Howe. And we thought the vehicles have problems nowadays...

[hfx_chris]

Which corner? Joe Howe and Scot Street?

[Dmajackson]

Turning from the Windsor St Exchange onto Joe Howe. The corner that flips trucks all the time now...