Likely Jan LukasApr 4, 2025

Hey #yeg, a friend is visiting the city and needs to take #transit for a day or so.

Is an ARC card required? Are they avail on buses or does one need to acquire them in special places?

Are other payment options avail?

I'm not finding the ETS site info esp clear, so tyvm in advance for sharing any Relevant Lore we need. πŸ™‚

#Edmonton
#TakeETS

keithzgFeb 20, 2025
Briefly tried tapping my ARC card, red error then no response at all, too cold to try taking the card out of my wallet at the entirely unsheltered payment area so my hands went back into my gloves until I boarded the LRT, really solid transit payment system we have here in Edmonton
#TakeETS #YEG
Show threadNed YeungJan 16, 2024
@likelyjanlukas Oh, so much this! The removal of bus routes down Stony Plain Road especially (at least, within my radar). It's an absolute clusterfuck! We can't get to locations by bus anymore (within any reasonable timeframe), which are only minutes away by bicycle! #yeg #ETS #takeets #yegbike
Show threadLikely Jan LukasJan 16, 2024

@ned

Agreed.

I am somewhat more pragmatically concerned about things like the City of Edmonton *claiming* to be a 15-minute city, particularly after eradicating so many functional suburban bus routes into this nearly-almost-completely-and-utterly-useless mess.

πŸ˜³πŸ™„πŸ˜‚

#yeg
#ETS
#takeETS
#yegBike
#abRoads

Show threadLikely Jan LukasDec 8, 2023

@humantransit

Thankfully this won't necessarily impact Edmonton transit users very much, as the city already accomplished that by gutting the longstanding route system and either eradicating local routes or leaving useless remenants behind. πŸ™„πŸ˜‘

#yeg
#yegTransit
#takeETS
#cantTakeETS

David Mitchell Apr 1, 2023

Wow! Who benefits from hyping fear of ETS safety?
Because on the news tonight they led with β€œrenewed fears over LRT safety issues” … a man on the LRT *didn’t* have a gun (even though they called in a SWAT team on him)
Meanwhile, on the rest of the news: literal on-the-road driving gun battle from moving cars on 97 St, and a murder in broad daylight downtown, but a non-event on LRT is causing fear?
OMG!

#yeg #TakeEts #cartmell #yegcc #transit #crime #safety #GlobalTV

Kelly's Shenanigans πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Jan 6, 2023
Used our Arc cards to take the Strathcona County double decker bus because the kids wanted to. Something we wouldn't have done if we didn't have have the Arc cards. #TakeETS #YEGTransit
Show threadPaul Turnbull πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Nov 21, 2022

@bingofuel I'm excited for it even though I rarely use ETS as I think it's a great idea that should have been in place more than a decade ago. I have hopes it will be great for ETS.

And while I rarely use ETS now (mostly because of work from home and walkability in my neighbourhood) my kids use it constantly and I may end up using it more if this brings increased ease of use.

#yeg #takeets

Adam RozenhartNov 21, 2022

Judging by the comments online I might be one of only a handful of people in #yeg excited about the #takeets Arc card rollout.

I used to use bus tickets a lot and I didn't realize how much anxiety I was carrying about them: easy to lose, not always so simple to get into the fare box, I could run out at stores always seem to be out of stock... I don't know why I worried about these things, but I did.

A reloadable card, though ancient tech by more standards, is a game changer for me!