Business View Magazine | March 2020

141 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 HALIFAX TRANSIT PART OF THE CHANGE H alifax Transit is a Canadian public transport service operating buses and ferries in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia. Founded as Metro Transit in March 1982, and rebranded in 2014 as Halifax Transit, the agency manages 2 transit facilities, 13 Park & Ride lots, 11 bus terminals, 353 conventional buses on 66 bus routes, 3 ferry terminals, and 5 ferries. It also operates 47 Access-a-Buses, a door-to-door paratransit service for those who cannot use the fixed route service. With a staff of 1036, Halifax Transit’s operations are overseen from its headquarters in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Its annual operating budget is 65 percent from municipal property