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234 H alifaxTransit isaCanadianpublic transport serviceoperatingbuses andferries intheHalifaxRegional MunicipalityofNovaScotia.Found- edasMetroTransit inMarch1982,Halifax Transitprovides servicealongtwo ferryroutes (five ferries),57conventional bus routes,and fiveexpress routes (332conventional buses),as well asoperating39Access-a-Buses,adoor-to- doorparatransit service for thosewhocannot use the fixedrouteservice. Inthe2ndquarterof2017,HalifaxTransit’s conventional bus ridershipwas3.99million,its ferryridershipwas644,600,andAccess-a-Bus ridershipwas38,800.Operationsareoverseen fromheadquarters inDartmouth,NovaScotia. Withastaff of960,thecompanyisamajor em- ployer for the region.Aftermore thanadecade working forHalifaxTransit,includingthe last twoyearsasDirector,DaveReageknows the publictransit service insideout,andhaskeen insights into its future inthe region. Reageshares,“MetroTransitwas formed in theearly‘80s throughamalgamationof the transit systemsofHalifax,Dartmouth,and HALIFAX TRANSIT MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER AT A GLANCE HALIFAX TRANSIT WHAT: A public transport service operating buses and ferries WHERE: Halifax, Nova Scotia WEBSITE: www.halifax.ca 235