Winnipeg Transit is plotting a route to providing better protection for its drivers, amid persistent threats and violent incidents on city buses.

That likely means replacing the partial driver shields installed on Transit’s fleet in 2019 at a cost of $3.15 million.

The city is exploring floor-to-ceiling driver compartments that could cost as much as $15 million according to a ballpark estimate offered Thursday by Rick Young, Winnipeg Transit’s manager of operations.

A second option offering less protection would be full-size shields to replace the smaller equipment now in use.

“A full shield goes from the door of the driver compartment to the windshield — it goes to a certain height, (but) it doesn’t go all the way to the roof,” Young said.

“A full enclosure is exactly what it says —

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