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Council approves $15 million from reserve to install assault barriers on transit buses

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Councillor Raj Dhaliwal: 'We need assault barriers, not these little shields' Council voted unanimously to withdraw up to $15 million in one -time funds from the city’s fiscal stability reserve to retrofit buses to secure driver separation barriers.

Council vote comes after a Calgary Transit bus operator was beaten and stabbed on May 13 in northeast .

Union president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 calls funding a 'fantastic' investment.

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