Halifax has a new transit boss for the first time in nearly a decade and he's learning the system from the blue seats of a city bus.

Robin Gerus became the executive director of Halifax Transit in January, after about nine years handling transit for Guelph, Ont. Gerus started as a streetcar driver in Toronto in the 1980s and worked his way up through that system.

Gerus is currently living in downtown Halifax. After decades of lengthy commutes into Toronto, he said he's had enough of driving.

"I di…