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[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

The time has come again. November 22, 2021 changes are planned for Routes: 5, 7, 14, 32, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 78, 79, 90, 91, 159, 194, 401 & 433.

Below will be a thread outlining these changes.

[Halifax info and traffic releases @haligonia]

🌃 Headlines | Five months later, many still unhappy with the latest Halifax Transit route changes https://t.co/mTvbgP5dqW

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Quick break to highlight this excellent pilot project. This will mean excellent things for not just transit, but active transport and overall mobility along one of the main stretches of downtown!

[hfxgov @hfxgov]

Starting June 2022, Spring Garden Road between South Park and Queen streets will be bus-only from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. The bus-only corridor is part of a one-year pilot.

SGR will be open to people walking, rolling, taking the bus, and cycling: https://t.co/moykHacjtC

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Out drinking on Spring Garden? Easy! Just take a 1/10 to Scotia Square, transfer to your new 5 to take you up to Portland Terminal, then transfer again to your residential routes that run once every hour! #moveforwardwithoutme

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Reminder that if you're having problems with transit service/transfers, reach out to your local representatives and have that discussion. Don't try to make the broken network work by ..... alternative means...

[Halifax Traffic @hfxtraffic]

New transit routes got some people missing their connections I guess #hfxtraffic #nofb

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

5 Portland providing frequent, 15 minute service only means as much as the routes that are required to connect passengers to it. 15 minute frequency means nothing if your only way to get home is every hour.

[Ken Wilson @ATU508Pres]

Is the new @hfxtransit service in Dartmouth better or worse? @beckykentHRM @TonyMancini_NS @SamAustinD5 @communitycathy @hfxgov @CityNewsHFX @globalhalifax @CTVAtlantic @TwitCoast @HfxExaminer @ATU_508 @ATUComm @atu_canada

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

@_strawbemmy @hfxtransit These changes (and those years prior) largely favour 9-5 workers who work/commute from the downtown core. There have been quite a handful of people that have found great new travel options, however a large majority of existing riders -especially off peak were negatively impacted.

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Roughly the same outcome that happened to Lower Sackville. Reduced frequency along residential areas paired with forced transfers result in an unreliable network for regular use.

[Ryan Lowe @rjalowe44]

@hfxtransit Going from Cole harbour to University used to be 1 bus and 1hr travel time. Now it’s 3 buses and 2 hrs travel time. Also why do Cole harbour buses now only run once an hour??? Super inconvenient for everyone out here.

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

@ADBartlett @hfxtransit @MikeSavageHFX Actually, the plan was created based on public feedback! ..... back in 2013-2014 when ridership was extremely different... Also the plan contradicts some of the key principles identified from public feedback as well...

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Welp... After months on silence and no large scale announcements, turns out the November 22 changes are still happening. We'll talk more to them and what they mean for riders over the next few weeks, but for now, here's a thread made in March that summarizes what to expect:

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

The time has come again. November 22, 2021 changes are planned for Routes: 5, 7, 14, 32, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 78, 79, 90, 91, 159, 194, 401 & 433.

Below will be a thread outlining these changes.

[Halifax Transit @hfxtransit]

Halifax Transit buses travel approx 62,000 km each weekday; that’s enough to drive around the Earth and the Moon in a single day! Each trip reduces the need for a private vehicle on the road, helping to lower greenhouse gas emissions. #EarthDay2021

[Veronica 🦄 @veronica_lha]

@HfxVig Don't get rid of the 14 SMU to Scotia Square PLEASE!!!!! There will be no room on the 10 & 29 leaving SMU when classes get out!

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

The thru-route 14/61 is one of the most well used Routes outside of corridor routes. There are a lot of comments to be made about why discontinuing these routes and breaking it up so much is a poor idea.
#MoveForwardWithoutMe

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Route 14 will be replaced by new Route 24. It will follow the same route, but end at SMU, no service to Spring Garden/Scotia Square & no through-route to Dartmouth/Portland Hills. According to the MFTP, frequency may also be reduced, but who knows...

[Halifax Transit @hfxtransit]

At 3 p.m. today, all buses will pull over for two minutes to observe a province-wide moment of silence, to remember and honour those most impacted by the events of April 2020. #NovaScotiaStrong

[Robyn Merrithew @starrydays17]

@HfxVig I dont think any changes benefit off peak riders. Bus frequency sucks after 630 pm in many parts of HRM. The whole system seems to be built around taking people downtown in the morning and home at 5 pm!

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

And of course, there seems to be a few km missing from a rather important community... @northbeaverbank

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

It's unfortunate that we'll likely never get any statistics on how the November 2019 changes to Sackville/Bedford routes impacted ridership, due to COVID-19. Things got pretty quiet rather fast, so to anyone that uses any of the impacted routes, what are your thoughts?

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Based on what little we've heard, seems like changes were overall very positive for peak riders, but leave off-peak riders worse off than before. Transfers to Dartmouth seemed more difficult, as well as frequency issues along the Bedford Highway.

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

@safe_hrm @morethanbuses @HRMLovelace Unfortunately, I'm no expert when it comes to taxing, and won't pretend to be. I'd be interested to read more details on what's put forward, especially surrounding the MetroX routes.

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Something I missed was the lack of any 153 Express to go with the new 53. Current peak riders of the 53 coming back and forth from downtown will now have to transfer at the Bridge/Alderley in order to get back and forth from downtown during peak hours. (current 53 pictured)

[#MoveForwardWithoutMe @HfxVig]

Route 53 will be overhauled to service a line instead of a loop, adding service to Alderney at the cost of loss of service along Victoria. Seems like mostly a positive change, but we'll leave that up to the riders of this route to decide.