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Travelling within the Halifax Regional Municipality is fairly easy. The major form of transportation for residents of Halifax, is the Metro Transit System. It spans from one end of the HRM to the other, including smaller regions outside the main centres.
Metro Transit buses provide regular service to metro area universities. Bus route numbers 9, 10, 14, 17 and 18 have stops adjacent to Saint Mary's University. Request Stop service is offered to unaccompanied persons; particularly women, children and senior citizens who use regular scheduled services after dark or 6 p.m. (whichever comes first). Request Stop enables more safety for travel at night. The student fare for a one way trip is $2. Tickets are available in books of 20 at most drug stores for $32 or individually at the O'Donnell Hennessey Student Centre Information Desk for $1.60 each (or in sheets of 20). Monthly bus passes are also available for $54. Call MetroInfo 490-6600 or visit Metro Transit online for more information. University students with disabilities who use the Access-A-Bus are eligible to use the U-Pass, although they may choose to withdraw from the U-Pass program if they wish. For more information, consult your Student Association (SMUSA) located on the 5th floor of the Student Centre or pick-up a bus schedule or route map from the Student Association Information Desk in the O'Donnell Hennessey Student Centre.
Metro Transit staff, Saint Mary’s University Student Association and TRAX (Ecology Action Centre) introduced a U-Pass for Saint Mary’s students in September 2003. The U-Pass provides a transit pass, valid for the school year from September through April, to all Saint Mary’s University ful- time undergraduate students. The proposed fee of $110 will be paid by every student as part of their university registration fees and is to be administered through the Student Association. In February 2003, TRAX and the Saint Mary’s Student Association coordinated a student referendum on the issue of whether students would be in favour of the U-Pass. Approximately 65% of the 1,400 plus students who voted supported the U-Pass concept at the price of $110. Prior to the Referendum, Metro Transit estimated that the average Saint Mary’s student uses the bus 7-8 times per month, based on load count and survey information. This is a combined figure of students who never use the bus and those who use it every day. A number of other Canadian transit properties who have already adopted a U-Pass system, including those in Victoria, B.C. and London, Ontario, who reported an estimated student usage of between 10-15 times a month. This would mean the 6,000 full-time Saint Mary’s students could make an additional 30 to 35,000 trips per month by Metro Transit this fall. The additional revenue generated by the sale of U-Passes will be invested in the extra service which will be required to accommodate U-Pass users. The Saint Mary’s U-Pass proved to be so successful, that Dalhousie University introduced the U-Pass to their 16,000 full time students in January 2006. For details on the route and schedule adjustments being made in conjunction with the UPass, please visit Metro Transit News & Changes Page.
This list is meant as a reference only. The University does not, in any way, suggest one accommodation over another. The University is not responsible for any problems arising from this information.
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