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MetroLink (Halifax)
MetroLink is Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality's BRT (bus rapid transit) express bus service, operated by Halifax Transit. The system consists of two limited-stop fully accessible express routes, connecting downtown Halifax's Scotia Square bus terminal, with the Portland Hills terminal in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Cole Harbour on the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth side, and the Sackville Terminal in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Lower Sackville. History The MetroLink service was developed in 2003 between the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Nova Scotia, Province of Nova Scotia and Transport Canada's Urban Transportation Showcase Program, a five-year program designed to demonstrate and promote urban transportation strategies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The program selected cities across the country to showcase a number of different initiatives in reducing greenhouse gases. Halifax Regional Municipality's $13.3 million proposa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrolinx
Metrolinx is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), which comprises much of Ontario's Golden Horseshoe region. Headquartered at Union Station in Toronto, the agency was created as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority on June 22, 2006. The agency adopted its present name as a brand name in 2007 and eventually as the legal name in 2009. The agency is responsible for the Presto card, the electronic fare system used on public transport systems in the GTHA and on the OC Transpo in Ottawa. In 2009, Metrolinx assumed responsibility for GO Transit, the regional commuter rail and coach network. Metrolinx owns and operates the Union Pearson Express, the airport rail link connecting Toronto Pearson International Airport to Union Station. Metrolinx is also responsible for the construction of transit expansion projects worth nearly $30 billion in Torontoincluding Line 5 Eglinton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
