Whitehorse Transit
bus service, paratransit | |
Routes | 7 |
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Fleet | 15; 13 40-foot NOVA LFS buses and 2 two cutaway units [1] |
Website | www |
Whitehorse Transit is a city-owned transit company serving
They also operate a door-to-door Handy Bus service for people with disabilities.
The transit system was founded in 1975 and went into service early in 1976 as the Women's Minibus Society but was taken over by the city by 1981. The system was originally established with five Fleury mini-buses, painted a lime green on white, the only colour that would show through snow, fog and rain.
By 1980, the system had retired some of the
During the mid-1980s, the colour scheme, which had changed from lime green to a more natural green, was changed to a red colour on the white.
The transit terminal was long located on Ogilvie Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, but from June 21, 1998, to January 3, 1999, the terminal was located on Range Road at the Takhini Arena; complaints by riders and Takhini subdivision residents led to city council ordering a return to Ogilvie Street.
A major update of the existing bus routes was originally planned for July 1, 2022,[3] but this update was canceled on short notice, and the first stage of a revised update is now scheduled to come into effect on July 1, 2023,[4] with the second stage planned for 2024.[5]
Routes
There are currently seven scheduled bus routes.[6]
1 | Riverdale North - Porter Creek Express | 2 | Riverdale South - Copper Ridge - Granger | 3 | Riverdale North - Raven's Ridge - McIntyre - Hillcrest (Including YXY Airport) | 4 | Porter Creek - Crestview | 5 | Takhini - Lobird - Copper Ridge Express | 6 | Ingram - Granger - Porter Creek - Whistle Bend | 7 | Whistle Bend - Riverdale North (Weekends only) |
Fleet
See also
- Public transport in Canada
References
- ^ "City of Whitehorse Transit Master Plan, pp. 31" (PDF).
- ^ 'More freedom': Sunday public transit is official in Whitehorse
- ^ New 'simplified' transit route network coming to Whitehorse July 1
- ^ Whitehorse tries to update its bus service - again
- ^ Modernized Transit Routes 2023/2024
- ^ Whitehorse Transit: Transit Schedule 2022-08
- ^ Handy Bus Services
- ^ Arboc Specialty Vehicles
https://www.whitehorse.ca/departments/transit/schedules-and-information