1.0Spacing Atlantichttps://spacing.ca/atlanticAlex Boutilierhttps://spacing.ca/atlantic/author/alexboutilier/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zGx7dxEIdu"><a href="https://spacing.ca/atlantic/2009/12/09/mo-money-mo-study/">Mo’ money, (fo’) mo’ transit study</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/atlantic/2009/12/09/mo-money-mo-study/embed/#?secret=zGx7dxEIdu" width="600" height="338" title="“Mo’ money, (fo’) mo’ transit study” — Spacing Atlantic" data-secret="zGx7dxEIdu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> HALIFAX - Remember that extensive, expensive transit study that was made public a month or two back? Theone I wouldn’t shut up about? Well apparently it wasn’t extensive or expensive enough. City staff asked for more money to further study two aspects of public transit – the Access-a-Bus program and the city’s ferry service – at last night’s regional council meeting. How much more money, you ask? Only about $69,100 [PDF]. Of course, that’s $69,100 on top of $258,200.16 already paid out to the IBI Group, the independent consulting firm behind the Metro Transit Five-Year Strategic Operations Plan [PDF]. That’s 26.76% of the value of the original contact. Council approved.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4097124666_c33497a6ff_b.jpg