Feature Trolleybus Driver
Welcome to the Feature Trolleybus Driver page! This page is dedicated to the proud and professional trolleybus drivers on the streets of Edmonton in their trolley buses. They provide transit service with their trolley's with pride and confidence to citizens of Edmonton. This page was created in the light that Edmonton city council made a decision in 2004 to keep the electric trolley buses running until 2008. A common valid complaint to this is that trolley's are not wheelchair accessible and thus provide a varying degree of difficulty for strollers, elders and young children. The solution, low floor trolley buses are available! Vancouver is replacing their 200 plus fleet of 1982 and 1983 trolley buses with new trolley buses! In fact, the prototype has been built and delivered as of July 2005. Edmonton can replace their fleet of trolley buses built in 1982 with new trolley buses too! Trolley buses provide quick, swift, clean, efficient and quiet public transportation. Trolleybus service deserves a place in Edmonton's streets. Spread the word!
Now, the feature driver: (see caption below)
His name is Gerry, he has been working with ETS for 8 years. He provides friendly, courteous service to passengers and of course enjoys driving trolley buses! His favorite moment is being hired as a bus driver after serving 34 years in the military. His pet peeve are people who bully others. His favorite quotes are, "Never a Dull Moment !" and "If you can hack it, Pack it!"
Special thanks to Ashton Wong for the photo of 158 and Martin Parsons for the photo of Gerry. Photo of 172 and 140 was by Kevin Lo and the entire image was compiled by Kevin Lo. To see the other feature pages for Palle, proceed to ETS Photo Express and BARP, please click on the web sites as listed. Also special thanks to Terry Dejong for conducting the interview.
To see previous feature drivers, please select from below.