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 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! 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)

Her name is Janice, she has been working with ETS for 14 years now, currently in her 15th year. She tries her best to help passengers whenever possible and of course loves trolley's! She is currently regularly working the Route 5 Westmount-Coliseum via Downtown. When asked why she like to drive trolley's she replied, "They keep you humble, any funny business, and right away the bus will let you know who's boss." Her pet peeve is anything that moves and her favorite moment is, having a wonderful family and getting to drive a trolley. Her famous quote is, "Nothing beats a trolley ...Nothing!"

Special thanks to Martin Parsons and Ashton Wong for contributing several of the photos above in order for me to compile them into one image! To see the other feature pages for Janice on ETS Photo Express and BARP (coming soon), please click on the web sites as listed. Also special thanks to Terry Dejong for conducting the interview and bringing forward the idea.