Business View Magazine | March 2020

148 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 transit lanes on the streets,” he states. “We’ve got some transit lanes that are working well; and one that’s downtown. This spring/summer, we’re looking at the biggest construction year we’ve ever had, in terms of building transit lanes in the city. And the impact on riders is going to be pretty significant. In some cases, where there’s congestion, it’s a pretty slow crawl through some of these corridors. So, we’re very excited to try to get some bus lanes in there and get the service operating more efficiently for people.” Hughes adds that Halifax Transit has also invested in its infrastructure. “We’ve built some really beautiful transit terminals in the last few years,” she reveals. “We get a lot of compliments on them. “It really comes down to: how do you make transit attractive enough to get people to leave their cars at home?” Reage adds. “By building transit terminals that are actually nice places to be – not just utilitarian, but well- designed and comfortable. How do you make the bus more time-competitive with the car? And