Paratransit Services - Paratransit Services in Canada, Paratransit Services in the United States, Metro Transit (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Paratransit services in Canada, Paratransit services in the United States, Metro Transit, MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, Capital Area Transportation Authority, Bi-State Development Agency, MetroLink, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Pierce Transit, Wheel-Trans, Madison County Transit, Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation, Timmins Transit, Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, New Castle Area Transit Authority, MetroAccess, MetroExpress, York Region Transit Mobility Plus, Mountain Line, Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, Charlottetown Transit, Central Arkansas Transit Authority, Jonesboro Economical Transit, Endless Mountains Transportation Authority, Rehabus, Monroe County Transit Authority, Altoona Metro Transit, HandyDART, County of Lebanon Transit Authority, Schuylkill Transportation System, Transhelp, Metro Call-A-Ride, London Dial-a-Ride, Caledon Community Services Transportation. Excerpt: Metro Transit is a Canadian public transport agency operating buses and ferries in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Owned by the HRM, Metro Transit's operations area is the urban core in the western part of the municipality, namely the Halifax and Dartmouth Metropolitan Areas, along with adjacent outlying neighbourhoods and communities. Metro Transit is the largest transit agency in Atlantic Canada, carrying 18.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2007/2008. The agency's roots trace back to its four predecessors: Nova Scotia Light & Power Company (March 1928-December 1969) and Halifax Transit Corporation (January 1970-February 1979) in Halifax, and Dartmouth Transit Service Buses Ltd. (April 1957-February 1978) and Dartmouth Transit (February 1978-February 1979) in Dartmouth. In March 1981, both Halifax and Dartmouth transit agencies merged their services to become Me...