Founded | 1964 |
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Headquarters | 111 Huron Street |
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 |
Fleet | 31 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 is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the U.S.-Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
Sault Ste. Marie Transit has seven major bus routes and two community bus routes serviced by a fleet of 31 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).
Route Number | Route Name | |
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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 |
Route Number | Route Name | |
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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 number | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Notes |
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Ex-GO Transit 1201, 1204 in 1976 | |||||
Ex-GO Transit 1232 in 1976 | |||||
90 renumbered 82, 91 renumbered 99 in 1984 | |||||
Ex-UTA | |||||
Ex-OC Transpo | |||||
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Fleet number | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Notes |
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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. [7] | |||
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. [8] | |||
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. [9] | |||
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. [10] | |||
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. [11] |
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.
Sault Ste. Marie is a city in, and the county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River. The city is relatively isolated from other communities in Michigan and is 346 miles from Detroit. The population was 14,144 at the 2010 census, making it the second-most populous city in the Upper Peninsula. By contrast, the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie is much larger, with more than 75,000 residents, based on more extensive industry developed in the 20th century and an economy with closer connections to other communities.
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge spans the St. Marys River between the United States and Canada connecting the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The bridge is operated by the International Bridge Administration under the direction of the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority, a bi-national governing body consisting of four directors appointed by the Governor of Michigan and four appointed by the Canadian government-owned Federal Bridge Corporation.
Lake Superior State University is a small public university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is Michigan's smallest public university, with an enrollment around 3,000 students. Due to its proximity to the border, notably the twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, LSSU has many Canadian students and maintains a close relationship with its international neighbor. In a sign of its unique situation, LSSU has the Canadian and United States flags on its campus, and both Canadian and American national anthems are sung at athletic events.
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