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Paul Falvo was surfing novascotia.cbc.ca and sent you this CBC News story with the comment:
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HRM SHOWS OFF EXPRESS BUS
HALIFAX -
Metro Transit hopes the promise of a faster trip on a bus that can stop traffic will get more commuters climbing on board.
Officials with the Halifax Regional Municipality showed off one of the new $400,000, diesel-fuelled buses Tuesday. It has air conditioning, high-backed seats and bike racks.
Winnipeg-based New Flyer Industries is building 20 of these MetroLink buses as part of a plan to slash travel time from outlying areas to the Halifax core.
"They are going to operate on a more direct route [with] limited stops, so it will in fact reduce your commuter time," said Lori Patterson, with Metro Transit.
The rapid-transit bus also comes with an Opticom signal system, allowing the driver to control traffic signals to extend the green light or turn the side-street light red.
Workers have already taken the bus for a test drive. On one run, it made only four stops from Cole Harbour to the city centre, shaving eight minutes off the usual ride.
The new bus service is scheduled to start in the fall in two traffic corridors.
The 23-km Windmill corridor would connect Halifax to Sackville via the Burnside Business Park, while the Portland corridor would be 14 km long and link downtown Halifax to Dartmouth and Cole Harbour.
The project is part of Transport Canada's Urban Transportation Showcase Program, designed to attract new riders to public transit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next five years.
TRANSPORT CANADA: Halifax's transit proposal
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