Halifax Cycling Coalition Calls for Interim Bus Rapid Transit on Key Halifax Corridors

Derek Belmore presents on behalf of the Halifax Cycling Coalition to the Transportation Standing Committee, arguing that Halifax’s Bus Rapid Transit plan is badly off track six years in with very little built, and that the cancellations of the Spring Garden Road pilot and Windsor Street bus priority have been significant setbacks. Drawing on 2021 census data showing 81.5% of HRM residents drive, he calls on the committee to commission a staff report on BRT progress and to pursue interim painted bus lanes with full transit signal priority on key corridors as a fast, affordable path to modal shift.