Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services
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| Founded | 1888 (as Sault Sainte Marie Electric Light and Transit Company) 1903 (as International Transit Company) 1942 (as Algoma Steel Corporation Transit) 1964 (as Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services) |
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| Headquarters | 111 Huron Street 46°31′04″N 84°20′57″W / 46.51778°N 84.34917°W |
| Locale | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Service type | Bus service, Paratransit |
| Routes | 7 Major Bus Routes 2 Community Bus Routes |
| Stations | Downtown terminal 160 Queen Street East 46°30′56″N 84°20′16″W / 46.51556°N 84.33778°W |
| Fleet | 27 Accessible 2 Minibus 11 Para-bus |
| Website | Transit Services |
Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services is a local public transportation service serving the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Sault Ste. Marie Transit has seven major bus routes and two community bus routes serviced by a fleet of 27 buses and 2 minibuses, These fixed routes cover 1.765 million kilometres annually and provide for 1.95 million passenger trips in 2013, at an estimate of 5,350 daily.
The Parabus service consists of 11 Parabus vehicles, which travel a total of 262,723 km (2013), and provide 47,258 passenger trips (2013) for 2,641 registered clients (July 2014).
History
Sault Ste. Marie transit services since 1888[1]
- 1888 to 1903 - Sault Sainte Marie Electric Light and Transit Company
- 1903 to 1942 - International Transit Company (the last day of streetcar service was 31 October 1942)
- 1942 to 1964 - Algoma Steel Corporation Transit
- 1964 to present - Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services operated by the City of Sault Ste. Marie
Route
Current
| Route Number | Route Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastside | |
| 2 | Great Northern | |
| 3 | Korah Road | |
| 4 | Sault College | |
| 5 | Riverside/McNabb | |
| 6 | North Street | |
| 7 | Steelton/Second Line | |
| Central | Central Community Bus | |
| Northern | On Demand Service | |
Former
| Route Number | Route Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastside (interlines with Steelton at Downtown Terminal) | |
| 2 | Steelton (interlines with Eastside at Downtown Terminal) | |
| 3 | Second Line (interlines with Riverside at Downtown Terminal) | |
| 4 | Riverside (interlines with Second Line at Downtown Terminal) | |
| 5 | McNabb | |
| 6 | Cedar Heights | |
| 7 | North Street | |
| 8 | Sault College/Algoma U | |
| 9 | Great Northern | |
| A | Community Bus A (alternates trips with Community Bus B) | |
| B | Community Bus B (alternates trips with Community Bus A) | |
| C | Community Bus C | |
Fleet
See CPTDB Wiki https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Sault_Ste._Marie_Transit
Collisions
| Date | Number | Route | Description |
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| Afternoon City Police attended at the intersection of Wilcox Street and Maple Street for an accident involving a city bus and a car. Stafie Ochman of 52 Kent Avenue was travelling southbound on Maple Street and stopped for the stop sign but then proceeded through. A city bus operated by Henry Tulonen of 8 Gordon Avenue was proceeding eastbound on Wilcox Avenue when the Ochman car drove in front of the bus. Mrs. Ochman has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario with one count of fail to yield to through traffic. Mrs. Ochman received non-life-threatening injuries but did not require medical treatment at the time of the incident. None of the persons on the bus were injured.[2] | |||
| A bad situation happened in just about the best circumstances when a Sault Ste. Marie Transit driver passed out behind the wheel on Thursday. The female employee lost consciousness when she had a medical episode, police say. The eastbound Riverside bus she was driving, with eight passengers on board, left Queen Street East, jumped a curb, passed through driveways of two homes at civic addresses 2166 and 2172 and plowed over small trees before stopping in an empty field about 140 metres from the road. The 32-seat 1991 MVI Classic did not hit any oncoming, or parked, vehicles and missed a hydro pole and ditch about 10 feet away. “Nothing of any kind of consequence (was struck),” said Sgt. Ray Magnan, head of traffic services with Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. The driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Sault Area Hospital. “She’s fine,” said Magnan. The passengers, none of whom were hurt, were brought home by a transit parabus. The collision outcome was “best as could be hoped,” said transit manager Don Scott at the scene on Friday morning. “Situations like this are definitely unforeseen,” he said. “We’re just lucky that nobody was hurt this time around.” All transit drivers are required to have a physical every three years.[3] | |||
| Call it bad luck on Friday the 13th for a North Street bus Friday afternoon. Saultonline.com viewer, James Scott sent in these photos of a city dump truck and city bus not getting along at Trelawne Avenue and Wilson Street early Friday afternoon. The City Transit Bus suffered moderate to heavy damage including a cracked windshield . It is not known if there were any passengers on the bus. No injuries were reported.[4] | |||
| Officers from Investigation Services are continuing to work on the fatality from earlier today on Douglas Street. Investigators are looking to speak to anyone who was on the city bus that was traveling along the Steelton route today (January 16, 2015) between 8:45 am and 9:30 am while it was on Douglas Street.[5] | |||
| One person received minor injuries when a Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services bus collided with another vehicle on Lukenda Drive at Sault Area Hospital on Friday morning. The personal automobile was towed, said Const. Sonny Spina of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. A Police investigation continues. The north-east crash was followed 20 minutes later by a two-vehicle collision at Wellington Street East and Upton Road. No one was hurt.[6] | |||
| Shortly after 3 p.m. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to a collision involving a Sault Transit bus and a pickup truck. Police say that both vehicles were heading east on Trunk Road when the pickup truck collided with the rear of the bus. No injuries were reported. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is investigating.[7] |
Other services
Sault Ste. Marie is also connected to its American neighbour by the International Bridge Bus, which crosses the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. The state of Michigan and the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie provide the majority of the funding, along with Lake Superior State University and Sault College. In addition to serving both downtown areas, the buses serve LSSU on the Michigan side and the Station Mall on the Canadian side.
Gallery
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Streetcar on Queen Street in 1900s -
Streetcar on Queen Street in 1910s -
Buses garage in 1950s -
Bus (133) parking at Queen Terminal in 2005
References
- ^ Canadian Transit Systems: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- ^ Sootoday.com No injuries reported in Sault Transit bus crash
- ^ Sault Star City bus crash could have been worse
- ^ Sault Online Friday 13th crunch
- ^ https://saultonline.com/2015/01/was-city-bus-involved-in-fatality/
- ^ The Sudbury Star City bus chevy collide at hospital
- ^ Sootoday.com Truck smacks city bus on trunk road
External links
- Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services
- Facebook Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services
- CPTDB Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services
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