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Recovery
'new normal,' which hasn't yet
been fully defined. Third, I see
opportunities to coordinate with
regional agencies to make intraregional travel more effective,
improving mobility for all. "

Safety Drives Decisions

Edmonton Transit Service (ETS)
Branch Manager Carrie Hotton-MacDonald says the predominant challenge ETS faced
during the past year was making
" definitive decisions in an environment that was constantly
changing and often ambiguous. "
The primary focus, even with so
much uncertainty, was the safety
of passengers and staff.
ETS, like its peer agencies
throughout North America, took
on the monumental task of delivering safe and essential service
during an unprecedented time.
ETS implemented more than

30 different safety measures,
including a mask/face covering
policy, intensified disinfecting
measures of transit vehicles
and facilities, armed staff with
personal protective equipment,
only deployed buses with operator safety shields and developed
more contactless sales channels
to safely sell transit passes.
" Just about everything has
changed in transit, " said Hotton-MacDonald. " Our staff has
done an incredible job handling
constant changes, new procedures
and high levels of stress to keep
public transit running in Edmonton. It has been a huge undertaking over the past year and I'm very
proud of everyone. "
The constant change also created an environment conducive
to innovation and ETS was able
to tap some of Edmonton's homegrown ideas. Hotton-MacDonald

Edmonton Transit Service

points to ETS' germ-killing push
plate pilot at transit centers as one
example of this in action.
In early 2021, ETS collaborated
with an Edmonton-based biotech
company, Outbreaker Solutions,

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made of
compressed salt
that feel like
ceramic tile.

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Ad Index
Editor's Notebook
People & Places
Houston METRO Transforms Aging Transit Hub
Planning for Recovery
New Orleans RTA Brings Operations In-House
Data Informs Effective Trespass Prevention Strategies
Products
The Scheduling Conundrum
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