Improving Transit through TrafEc
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P ublic transportation and fixed route transit systems in particular play an important role in the movement of residents within an urban area. In the Halifax-Dartmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada) area (population 252,000), public transit is operated on a regional basis by the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) under the direction of its board of directors and the Metropolitan Authority. Established regionally in 1981, MTC operates a fleet of 153 standard size urban buses carrying in excess of 15 million revenue passengers annually. The operating deficit of this system is shared by four municipalities with assistance from the Province of Nova Scotia. When one considers the impact of transit on traffic flows and the transportation infrastructure in Metro, two distinct sides must be examined: 1.
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