Transit Windsor borrows bus

By Emma Butler

Transit Windsor is borrowing a bigger, better, bendy bus.

The bus is an 18 metre long articulated city bus, owned and loaned by Quebec-based Nova Bus.

The new model will fit about 90 people instead of the traditional 60, due to its extended size and large hinge joining two halves of the bus.

Transit Windsor is currently training drivers for this specific bus and will be testing to see if it works with the current transit system.

The bus will be used on the 1A route to Devonshire Mall, the Crosstown 2 route and the Dominion 5 route, routes that consistently see large crowds riding the bus. Transit Windsor will be gathering information during the trial on fuel costs and passengers carried.

If the new bus works out, Windsor could add an articulated bus of its own to the fleet.