Any protective shield for a bus driver is better than nothing, Winnipeg Transit operators say, but they are worried the models selected for a recent safety trial are inadequate.
Winnipeg Transit installed two different types of protective shields in six buses last fall, as part of a pilot to see if shields would make operators feel safer on the job.
Three buses got adjustable shields and three others got fixed ones; the other 600-plus buses didn't get any new infrastructure.
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