M. Parsons Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 T6H-5307N and myself went and tracked down the buses for Fort Sasktachewan Transit. I believe these will see their first service this Saturday/ Sunday with the regular service starting on Monday. Free service until May 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I knew Leduc was getting transit, but Fort Saskatchewan? I honestly had no idea. It's about time though, with all of that growth in the southern and western ends of the city (hospitals, big-box stores and multi-family housing), it's definitely needed. Also saw Shawn post a map of Route 198 with reduced service through the city (in the new schedule), now I know how this can be explained! Good for Fort. Sask. Anywhom, from praise to "posting to contribute", since I have not seen this thread before or heard the topic: http://www.fortsask....sidents/transit - site. Surprisingly, no mention of the new local service, just the ETS service. http://www.fortsaska...ystem-launching Instead of depositing a fare, riders can drop a ballot on buses for a chance to win a tablet, courtesy of the City of Fort Saskatchewan.Paid fares will begin May 1: • Students: $1 one-way or free with U-pass. • Adults: $2 one-way. • Seniors: $1 one-way. Route 582 will provide service to Westpark, Pineview and the Southfort area to the Dow Centennial Centre; while Route 583 will run through Bridgeview, downtown and Sherridon to the Dow Centre, where riders can connect with Route 198 to the Clareview LRT Station in Edmonton. Both routes will run weekdays on a 30-minute frequency from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and from 1:22 p.m. to 8:25 p.m. Chad Paddick, manager of Transportation Services, said the City wanted to introduce the new transit system to offer improved services in Fort Saskatchewan and to increase ridership from the Fort to the Claireview LRT Station in north-east Edmonton. Honestly couldn't find a map of the local, not-ETS transit system. Does anyone have a copy, or a link? And also, reading that, does that mean from 7:30am to 1:22pm, there is no transit service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I knew Leduc was getting transit, but Fort Saskatchewan? I honestly had no idea. It's about time though So what was the service that ETS has been contracted to provide for the past number of years if it wasn't transit service? And, for the record, the new service is contracted as well. Fort Saskatchewan probably doesn't own those buses. Fort Taxi is the contractor for the service. The other bus decaled for Fort Saskatchewan Transit seems older then FTS14 and is certainly a different make and model, meaning, most likely Fort Taxi just pulled at least 1 bus from the their existing fleet. Basically, the same idea that ETS has provided... The contractor is providing the buses and drivers for the transit service. Anywhom, from praise to "posting to contribute", since I have not seen this thread before or heard the topic: http://www.fortsask....sidents/transit - site. Surprisingly, no mention of the new local service, just the ETS service. The Transit page did have all of the information on it a few days ago. Odd. New ETS route pamphlets for the 198 include the maps and schedules for the 582 and 583, although, with a note that ETS has nothing to do with those routes. I'm sure ETS has the new PDF of the 198 on their website as well. In a perfect world transit would run 24/7. Reality is though with limited funding, you have to do the best you can with what you've got. Studies indicated that the desire was there for more of a midday service, so I guess having to choose either morning service or midday service, they went with midday service. Rumours of all day service have proven to be untrue, but, perhaps in the future we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Turns out I still had the page open with original information.... Hopefully the file I attached works. Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Fort Saskatchewan Transit.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainTransit_4488 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Effective April 27th 2014 rte 198 will run hourly from W Clareview Stn to Dow Centre Ft Sask to connect to the 582 583. I will be driving the 198 on Mondays if anyone is wanting to go out there Monday to confirm, if I connect with those buses ill get photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Effective April 27th 2014 rte 198 will run hourly from W Clareview Stn to Dow Centre Ft Sask to connect to the 582 583. I will be driving the 198 on Mondays if anyone is wanting to go out there Monday to confirm, if I connect with those buses ill get photos Assuming you mean hourly starting at 13:26? No service from Clareview between 06:57 and 13:26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainTransit_4488 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Assuming you mean hourly starting at 13:26? No service from Clareview between 06:57 and 13:26 yes you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 26, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 There is a free shuttle operating today for the trade show up in Fort Saskatchewan. Some other good links: http://fortsaskonlin...17029&Itemid=33 http://fortsaskonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16994:what-you-need-to-know-about-the-forts-new-transit-system&catid=3:local-news&Itemid=354 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 28, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/2014/04/17/new-transit-system-launching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 29, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Made my way up to Fort Saskatchewan today with a fellow board member. Got some photos of the buses operating routes 582 and 583. The local routes have red text on the bus stop signs. Drivers were nice and had the FST logo embroidered on their uniform! I also updated the Wiki with information: http://cptdb.ca/wiki...tchewan_Transit And a couple of photos of bus stops along the routes: And a ticket: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The Lions Club has bus shelters to donate?! This is a surprise... that or they donated money towards one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 The Lions Club has bus shelters to donate?! This is a surprise... that or they donated money towards one. There are many bus shelters donated by the Lion's Club around Fort Saskatchewan. Between the U-Haul Charter on Tuesday, and A. Wong's visit on Monday they had redecaled the bus stop flags. Pretty glad we went out of the way to shoot a few bus stops that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted May 1, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Looks like in M. Parson's second picture that it is also bus stop 7967! (One I also posted a photo of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 There are many bus shelters donated by the Lion's Club around Fort Saskatchewan. I've never seen any pictures of the bus stops around Fort. Sask. before this thread. I do know though, the Lions Club does take a large interest in the communities its in. Back here in Winnipeg, they turned the local football field behind my house, which had nothing substantial other than a plain football field and airport fencing w/barbed wire (I live under the flightpath) 15 years ago, into a new sports park, with upgraded buildings, paved parking, electronic game signage, a playstructure upgrade... I know they can fundraise and build it when it comes to projects. I just didn't think they would be into bus shelters. Guess i'm wrong! And that they take community improvements/donations into different things than I've seen in Manitoba. Wonder if they would be planning anything bigger in terms of these donations towards public transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Looks like in M. Parson's second picture that it is also bus stop 7967! (One I also posted a photo of) Yep! That it is. New concrete pad at that stop too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted May 8, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Maps and schedules available here: http://fortsask.ca/visitors/transportation/transit/commuter-service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted December 4, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sounds like the transit system was in question during the city's budget discussions. Listening to Mix 107.9 this morning, Mayor Gale Katchur spoke on the commitment to the citizens on running the transit system and how they will need to start promoting it better. http://fortsaskonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18549&Itemid=33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Transit project survives the axeBy Lindsay Morey, Fort Saskatchewan RecordThursday, December 18, 2014 3:01:56 MST PM [...] For the 2015 budget, council approved another $637,000 from reserve funding toward the 18-month transit pilot project, which comes with a total price tag of $1.12 million. Almost $593,000 of that goes towards the ETS commuter contract, and the remainder pays for the two local bus routes. [...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 The 6-1 vote is reassuring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Analyst deems transit pilot a successBy Lindsay Morey, Fort Saskatchewan RecordThursday, October 29, 2015 2:27:07 MDT PM Three options were presented for the future of Fort Saskatchewan Transit (FST):1) Have an ETS commuter route only and eliminate the local service. [...]2) Extended ETS commuter route through the Westpark neighbourhood but no local service. [...]3) Modified existing local route with ETS commuter. Article also includes options for Fort Saskatchewan buying different buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Analyst deems transit pilot a success By Lindsay Morey, Fort Saskatchewan Record Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:27:07 MDT PM Article also includes options for Fort Saskatchewan buying different buses. I noticed in the transit route maps, the main shopping area - with the Safeway/Wal-Mart off of 86 Avenue, is serviced by only one route, going CCW (but not the other way around). If they had two-way service to that retail area as opposed to a transfer system (having to travel to "D" in order to transfer back to the blue line/582), I honestly believe that transit use would climb over 3,000/month locally. It would cover more ground in less time, build ridership and provide faster travel between other sides of town. Also, the two massive chemical plant facilities must be big employers... why not try out service as they do in Brandon with Maple Leaf? I'm on Google Maps looking at the parking lots, and by the lots alone, it looks like there is a considerable need for public transportation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 9, 2016 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Fort Saskatchewan is looking for 3 buses. Might we see a change in the livery? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 With Fort Saskatchewan Transit entering it's 3rd era on September 6th with City owned Arboc's replacing the private high floor cutaways, probably a new contractor (haven't checked to see if there's any information on who won the tender), and most imporantly, I believe this means the local system is no longer in the "pilot" stage, figured I should head out for some photos. Bus stop signs for commuter stops were still ETS style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted October 30, 2016 Board Admin Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Mix 107.9 has a new radio ad about the new buses in Fort Saskatchewan. They are advertising with the URL GoFortTransit.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 FST Spotted at Big Rig in SE Edmonton. Not sure why it was there. Here is about the best photo I could get without getting run over by traffic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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