Iqaluit Public Transit

The Iqaluit Public Transit system operated from July 2003 to January 2005 to provide public transportation in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Mounting costs and low ridership forced city council to cancel the service in late 2004 and it ceased operations in January 2005.[2]

Iqaluit Public Transit
FoundedJuly 2003[1]
DefunctJanuary 10, 2005[2]
LocaleIqaluit
Service typetransit bus
Fleet1
Daily ridershipAverage 28/day[2]
OperatorR.L. Hanson Construction Limited

History

Iqaluit previously operated bus services in the 1980s, and again during the Arctic Winter Games.[3]

After paying approximately $137,000 for the service,[4] the city had concluded that if they were to give taxi vouchers to every resident they would save almost $100,000 annually.[2] Iqaluit had a 5-year contract with the R.L. Hanson Construction company to operate the service.[1]

The topic of providing bus service in Iqaluit was considered again in December 2010, when city council members discussed it.[5]

Fleet
  • 1 Ford B700 school bus - rented from R.L. Hanson[6]

References
  1. Bell, Jim (December 17, 2004). "Iqaluit bus stops running Jan. 10". Nunatsiaq News. Iqaluit: Nortext Publishing Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  2. "Iqaluit cuts $17-a-ride bus service". CBC News. December 14, 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  3. Rideout, Denise (March 29, 2002). "Back on the Bus". Nunatsiaq News. Iqaluit, NU: Nortext Publishing Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  4. "City pays off bus contractor". Nunatsiaq News. Iqaluit, NU: Nortext Publishing Corporation. February 11, 2005. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  5. Zarate, Gabriel (December 10, 2010). "Iqaluit council candidates field questions at Dec. 7 debate". Nunatsiaq News. Iqaluit, NU: Nortext Publishing Corporation. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  6. Wyatt, David. "Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory". All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems. Retrieved April 24, 2020.


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