The RMWB Transit Services have announced further updates to routes and schedules that will take in effect on Monday, December 12.
“We live in a municipality on the move,” said Tony O’Doherty, Acting Director of Transit Services, “and many residents rely on Municipal Transit to get to where they are going. To keep our service current and effective, we will be making quarterly updates to service that is based on ridership and feedback from residents.”
The priority of the RMWB is to provide safe, reliable and sustainable service to all residents of our community on an ongoing basis.
You are encouraged to review schedules and make sure you have planned ahead by visiting Revised Transit Schedules.
Highlights of the updated service include:
- New service in Timberlea via Route 17 (Parsons Creek/Morgan Heights) – a consolidation of Routes 3 (Morgan Heights) and 13 (Heritage Hills).
- School service updates – Extensive changes including Routes 3 and 13 – visit the webpage for more information.
- Extended service to Waterways and Longboat Landing via Route 91 (Downtown East).
- Additional runs in the morning and afternoon on Route 4 (Abasand and Beacon Hill).
- Reduction in service – fewer trips or eliminated weekend service – on the following routes: 2, 10, 11, 12, 15, 31, 41, 51, 61, 91 and 92.
- Holiday service update – Routes 11 (Airport Shuttle), 15 (Timberlea Express) and 16 (Thickwood Express) will be the only service in operation on Dec, 25, Dec. 26, Jan. 1, and statutory holidays.
- Printed schedules are due to be released early in the new year.
- Also in the new year, route information and schedules will be installed in bus shelters throughout Fort McMurray for convenient access and easier planning.
The schedule booklets that are printed currently will not reflect the updated system that is in effect on December 12, but the new updated printed schedule will become available early in 2017.
Once the new printed schedules are available, they will be available at the following locations:
- Jubilee Centre – 9909 Franklin Ave.
- Keyano College Bookstore – 8115 Franklin Ave.
- MacDonald Island Park – 1 C.A. Knight Way
- Shoppers Drug Mart – 108 Wolverine Dr.
- South Operations Centre (SOC) – 140 Airport Rd.
- Timberlea Landing – 309 Powder Dr.
If you have any questions regarding the updated schedules and routes, you can call the Transit Call Centre at 780-743-7931 or call the Pulse Line at 780-743-7000 or email them at transit@rmwb.ca.
With the winter season upon us, the RMWB is reminding residents to be cautious when entering and exiting buses and to use crosswalks when crossing the street to get to the bus stops.
