Winnipeg Transit is exploring options for new shields to provide increased safety to drivers.

Currently, all buses in the fleet have partial shields , which the city installed in response to rising concerns about violence, including the stabbing death of driver Jubal Fraser in 2017 .

The union representing drivers says safety remains a problem for both operators and passengers, after it recorded 37 safety incidents on Winnipeg Transit buses in April — the highest monthly total since it began tracking in 2020, it said.

Now, the city has put out an expression of interest as it considers whether to install extensions to the existing shields, or move to a fully enclosed safety barrier.

Chris Scott, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, says he strongly supports the lat

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