Community Buses
You may have noticed a smaller ETS bus cruising Edmonton streets.
These community buses are used in areas where a larger, full-size bus cannot manoeuvre as easily as its mini counterpart. ETS also uses these buses in areas and times of low ridership. Community buses are less intrusive to the neighbourhoods they serve. On some routes, these small buses can bridge the gap between low floor bus and DATS door-to-door service.
Community buses have the same accessible features as the full-sized buses, with low floor entry, fold out ramp, and flip-up seats in the priority seating area. They operate on standard schedules and customers pay regular ETS fares.
Senior's Community Bus routes, introduced in 2008, are designed with senior's destinations in mind. These routes travel to areas with higher populations of seniors, stopping at destinations such as senior's residential complexes, medical/professional buildings, senior's social and recreational activity centres, retail complexes, and transit centres. While the senior's community is encouraged to use these routes where convenient, they are available for use by any ETS customers.
ETS's community bus fleet is made up of 49 wheelchair accessible units.
Take a community bus for a spin with a virtual tour. The tours provide a 360 degree image of a bus, which can be viewed from your computer. It gives viewers a sense of walking through the bus, like a sneak preview of what to expect before you even board the vehicle!
All community bus routes can be found with our Route Brochures and System Maps.
For More Information
Contact ETS Customer Service Centre
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