There will either be zero ribbon cuttings to open the new green line transitway that council pledged $520 million for this week, or a dozen or more ribbon cuttings.
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Greyhound terminal staying put
Hatters should not be concerned that Greyhound Bus Lines may change local operations even though the downtown terminal is listed for sale, a company spokesperson told the News on Monday.
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Strathcona County first in Alberta to get double-decker transit bus
EDMONTON – Alberta’s first double-decker transit bus steered into Strathcona County on Monday as the municipality marked the beginning of a fleet makeover designed to get more commuters to leave their cars at home.
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Survey shows declining support for transit
Support for a local transit services in Okotoks is slipping.
Results of the Town’s community household survey show support transit services within Okotoks is dropping.
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Despite few YYC customers, high hopes rein for Calgary’s airport bus
More than 1,000 people ride Calgary Transit’s airport express bus weekly, but only 30% of those are getting on at YYC, says a report going to the city’s transportation committee Wednesday.
And of those getting on at the airport, only 35% are travellers, with the remaining passengers people who board downtown and along Centre St. N.
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Proposed transit terminal dropped from Montrose site
After collectively showing their disdain with plans to build a transit terminal in the field to the south of the Montrose Cultural Centre, a group of concerned citizens have kept the slate clean in what has been referred to as Grande Prairie’s jewel.
More than 12 people – most of who were opposed to the idea – presented to a council committee of the whole meeting Monday, which led the committee to exclude a transit terminal as a possible fit for the currently vacant land.
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Towns’ bus service stalls
Bus service between Lacombe and Blackfalds is stalled.
The communities can’t launch a planned service to Red Deer until the province calls for new public transit application grants.
“We’ve been taking the time to get everything in line, but this is all very much contingent on the province,” said Guy Lapointe, City of Lacombe’s community economic development manager.
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Bus route extended to serve far-flung suburb
CALGARY— It’s one thing to be the only new Calgary community its size without a single transit stop.
In the city’s far southeast corner, Mahogany residents have had to trudge — trespass, actually — across the ring road construction zone to catch a bus ride.
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Bus routes bound for Google
Google Transit will soon be arriving at a Grande Prairie bus stop near you.
City officials are working on getting the Grande Prairie Public Transit system on the web-based schedule manager before the new year, said Jason Henry, City of Grande Prairie transit manager.
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