After a Halifax Transit driver was attacked near the Dartmouth bridge terminal on Thursday, questions of whether increased security measures should be taken are being raised.

Tevin Pond is one of the 22,000 people who pass through the terminal every day. He says violent incidents are all too common.

“I see fights like almost every day,” he said. “You hear a bunch of yelling and you hear a bunch of smashing. And then the cops showed up.”

Police say a 46-year-old bus driver waiting to start his shift was approached by upwards of 10 teens, two of whom punched and kicked the driver.

The group then fled to the Dartmouth Sportsplex parking lot, where they punched another man, breaking a taillight on his car with a pipe-like object.

“The first victim pursued one of his attackers,” said Const. Diane Woodworth of Halifax Regional Police. “He and another civilian held the youth until police arrived.”

Both victims were checked by emergency officials, but neither went to hospital.

Police say a 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene. A second suspect, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested at his home a short time later.

Police say both teenagers are facing assault charges, and that the 14-year-old is also being charged with property damage and assault with a weapon.

Both are expected to appear in Halifax youth court at a later date.

Transit Union President Ken Wilson spoke with the driver who was attacked Friday morning and says he'll be back on the job by Sunday.

“He's a little bit shaken up, as you would expect after getting hit a couple times in the face. But he's doing okay,” said Wilson.

With so many drivers and passengers spending time at the terminal, Wilson and the union want a permanent police presence in place. 

“We have a security guard that patrols 24/7 at the terminal,” said Halifax Transit spokeswoman Tiffany Chase. “Also, we have over 50 cameras that are in place at the terminal (capturing) all different angles of the terminal site itself. And all of our buses are equipped with cameras, as well.”

Wilson says security guards are only allowed to call police, but can't get involved.

“That's the problem,” he said. “A few years ago we had an operator that got in the middle of a fight between two girls and the security guard just stood there and watched, and the operator got jumped on by three or four people.”

Wilson says the changes have helped, but it's still not enough.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Matt Woodman.