Past Projects of TRAX

“which way forward”- A map of public Transit In Nova Scotia.

Undertaken in cooperation with community transit-Nova Scotia, the project explores service gaps in public transportation systems across Nova Scotia. Funded through the Nova Scotia-TRIP project of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, gaps in service where explored from an accessibility geographic time and frequency perspective. A large portion of the Project involves setting up a GIS compatible map of Transportation services.
You can download:

• Which way forward? A public transit map of Nova Scotia, 2010, by Dr Wayne Groszko [pdf, 2.7 MB]
• Nova Scotia Transit Map, 2010 [pdf, 3 MB]

Seniors on Board

Seniors on Board, focused on developing a training manual to encourage older adults to use public transportation. In order to adequately address this, our focus group with Halifax seniors was conducted as well as individual discussions with service providers from across the province. The project resulted in a letter to the Mayor and to Metro Transit as well as a manual for the delivery of bus training to seniors.

Seniors on Board: Helping Older Adults become Familiar with Public Transit and Community Based Transportation Systems (March 2010) is available for view or download here:

• Facilitators Guide [pdf, 55 KB]
• Manual [pdf, 2 MB]

Canadians idle-less

In 2009- 2010, natural resources Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia, funded the Ecology Action Centre to work with two communities to help them develop idling restriction policy. The two communities were Antigonsh and Bridgewater. The project also developed a compendium of Idling restriction measures that could be adopted by Municipalities or the Province. The results of the project are available here:

• Municipalities Idleless: Idling Reduction Options [pdf, 551 KB]
• Nova Scotia Idle-Less: A Compendium of Idling Reduction Options [pdf, 656 KB]