Transitive Halifax: An Activity-Based Search Engine for Bus Routes

Transitive Halifax is an activity-oriented mobility service that allows users to search for bus routes toward places where they can perform their desired activities. The service is based on the observation that individuals often go to a place to conduct an activity. Simultaneously, the activity is often not strictly related to a single place since one may go shopping or eating in different locations. Transitive Halifax has a web interface that helps the user find the most relevant bus routes and bus stops candidates that they could use to go to places where they can perform their intended activity. The system implements a search engine that ranks the bus stops candidates according to the user’s preferences and desired activities.