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Option 1: Minimal Changes
• Remove underused sections on some longer routes.
• Shorten routes to improve reliability and timing.
• Minor changes to Routes 3, 5, and 7.

Impact: Slight reduction in coverage, but small improvements in reliability and efficiency.

Would you support this option?

Option 1: Minimal Changes Remove underused sections on some longer routes. Shorten routes to improve reliability and timing. Minor changes to Routes 3 5 and 7. Impact: Slight reduction in coverage but small improvements in reliability and efficiency. Would you support this option?
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Option 2: Sault Loops
• New loops 1, 2, and 3 operate in both directions and run every 30 minutes
on weekdays. Loop 4 operates in one direction every 60 minutes.
• Uses an "offset schedule" (clockwise and counterclockwise departures):
half of the buses leave the downtown area at :00 and :30 while the other
half leave the downtown at :15 and :45.
• Improves the frequency between popular destinations and reduces wait
times and transfers.

Impact: Moderate reduction in coverage, but more direct, consistent service with buses connecting to major destinations every 15 minutes.

Would you support this option?

Option 2: Sault Loops New loops 1 2 and 3 operate in both directions and run every 30 minutes on weekdays. Loop 4 operates in one direction every 60 minutes. Uses an offset schedule (clockwise and counterclockwise departures): half of the buses leave the downtown area at :00 and :30 while the other half leave the downtown at :15 and :45. Improves the frequency between popular destinations and reduces wait times and transfers. Impact: Moderate reduction in coverage but more direct consistent service with buses connecting to major destinations every 15 minutes. Would you support this option?
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Option 3: Sault Spine
• Introduces a high-frequency "spine" connecting core areas of Downtown,
Algoma University, Sault College, and the Hospital.
• Buses on the spine run every 15 minutes in both directions.
• Other routes feed into this core spine as well as the Downtown terminal,
reducing the need for one-way loops.

Impact: Reduced area coverage, but major improvements in speed, connectivity, and frequency along key corridors. This option will require 5 additional buses than what the system currently has and will cost significantly more than the current expenditure.

Would you support this option?

Option 3: Sault Spine Introduces a high-frequency spine connecting core areas of Downtown Algoma University Sault College and the Hospital. Buses on the spine run every 15 minutes in both directions. Other routes feed into this core spine as well as the Downtown terminal reducing the need for one-way loops. Impact: Reduced area coverage but major improvements in speed connectivity and frequency along key corridors. This option will require 5 additional buses than what the system currently has and will cost significantly more than the current expenditure. Would you support this option?
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Additional comments you would like to share with the project team:

complete
complete
Phase 1: November 2024 - December 2014

Project initiation and data collection

complete
complete
Phase 2: December 2024 - April 2025

Review of policy, demographics, transit operations, benchmarking, barriers, and community engagement. Public Information Session #1.

planned
planned
Phase 3: April 2025 - July 2025

Update transit standards, explore Downtown terminal relocation, recommend route designs, and consider service expansion.

Public Information Session #2:

June 25, 2025 

4 - 7 p.m.

Russ Ramsy Room, Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre

planned
planned
Phase 4: June 2025 - July 2025

Evaluate fleet, staffing, costs, and fare structure, assess specialized transit, and recommend policy and service improvements.

planned
planned
Phase 5: July 2025 - August 2025

Draft Five-Year Transit Optimization Plan and a Ten-Year High-Level Transit Management Plan.