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Why council missed the mark with “free transit for seniors” day
Tuesday of this week marks the first seniors-ride-free-Tuesdays as HRM kicks off its three month pilot project. For the next three months, seniors (65 or older) can grab the bus or ferry between the
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Numbers can say anything. | Is Peter Kelly’s fare scare just bad math?
/ Because no one likes being messaged to. / Earlier this week I wrote about how mayor Peter Kelly erroneously linked the transit strike to “potential” future fare increases. If you’ll recall, Kelly’s musings
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Why the $4,000 lump sum payment to ATU 508 was a wise financial move for HRM
It has been a long road, but Halifax’s transit strike is over. Truly a joyous thing. But some people are finding themselves a little miffed over some of the details of the deal struck
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A tale of two completely separate and unrelated events. | Potential Metro Transit fare increases
/ Because it’s not always about what you say, but how you say it. / A city pulling itself out of a transit strike-induced collective depression. Signs of spring all around us. A feeling
Read More »Time to show what it means to lead. | Metro Transit and the next mayor of Halifax
/ Because now it’s about looking forward. / With the Halifax Metro Transit bus strike downshifting to a much-too-long awaited end, we find ourselves out of the contractual weeds and into a much larger
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