The Municipality of Jasper is looking to build a home for public transit. The MOJ’s Tuesday, February 27 Committee of the Whole meeting saw councillors approve, by a 4-3 margin, a motion to direct administration to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to build Jasper’s first ever public transit fleet...

Jasper Municipal C ouncil to consider expanding Jasper Transit Parks Canada wants Jasper Transit services to extend to Maligne Canyon. In a February 9 letter to the Municipality of Jasper, Jasper National Park Superintendent Alan Fehr said that Parks Canada is trying to encourage alternative modes o...

Local parents are questioning the safety features of Jasper’s special school transportation service. Jennifer Stolfa, a Jasper mom of three, wants to know why the vehicle which brings students to and from school each day doesn’t look like every other bus that has the same job description. When the s...

The driver of a Jasper Transit bus involved in an accident was released from hospital after a short stay and is recovering. At approximately 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, October 29, a 24-passenger Ford SuperDuty bus crashed on Highway 16 eastbound, approximately two kilometres from the Jasper townsite. The ...

There’s been a bit of a muted response to a really exciting new initiative in Jasper, and I’m trying to figure out why that is. It doesn’t take a major study to figure out that many Jasperites could benefit greatly from the establishment of a public transportation system which services town, the Jas...

Jasper Municipal Council will discuss a recommendation to establish a public transit system at its next meeting. The town’s Chief Administrative Officer, Bill Given, is recommending council award a three-year contract to provide public bus transportation in Jasper to PWTransit Canada , a company tha...