think transit founded 1979 headquarters 55 mcdonald street saint john service area saint john grand bay westfield rothesay quispamsis hampton service type bus service routes 24 local routes ; 4 regional routes hubs king s square north ; lancaster mall ; place 400 ; metcalf st ; mcallister place fleet 53 vehicles daily ridership 2 500 000 annually operator saint john transit commission website official website saint john transit is the public transit agency serving saint john new brunswick canada . established in 1979 to provide scheduled transit service to the city it is the largest public transit system in the province in terms of both mileage and passengers . ridership on saint john transit s system is about 2.5 million passengers per year and growing . citation needed saint john transit s ridership is approximately 50 percent higher than the average for canadian cities with a population of between 50 000 and 150 000 . citation needed contents 1 history 2 routes 3 current fleet 4 past fleet 5 comex 6 employees 7 current issues and developments 8 references 9 external links history edit the agency s roots can be traced back to its six predecessors people s street railway company 1869 1876 saint john city railway company 1887 1892 consolidated electric company 1892 1897 saint john railway company 1897 1917 new brunswick power company 1917 1948 city transit limited 1948 1979 routes edit saint john transit provides 7 day a week service with a series of main line routes that provide the backbone of the system and feeder routes that connect at 4 major hubs throughout the city . service begins as early as 5 50am on main routes and around 6am for secondary and limited routes and ends as late as 12 10am on some of the main routes and around 10pm on secondary . 1 route no . route name service type sunday holiday note 1 fairville blvd plaza via rothesay avenue main line yes 2 mcallister place via rothesay avenue main line yes 3 regional unb via causeway main line yes 4 mcallister place via causeway main line yes 5 regional unb via churchill blvd. main line 6 king s square via churchill blvd. main line 7 fairville blvd plaza main line 8 king s square main line 12 martinon west side 13 milford greendale west side 14 churchill heights west side 15 harbour bridge a b west side yes 20 wright st. fort howe north and south 21 south end st. joseph s north and south 23 crescent valley north and south 25 millidgeville north north and south 30 champlain heights east side 31 forest glen east side yes 32 loch lomond east side 33 champlain express east side 34 silver falls east side 35 red head east side 51 hampton comex comex 52 kennebecasis valley comex comex 53 quispamsis comex comex current fleet edit saint john transit maintains an active fleet of approximately 60 buses . gmdd mci nova bus classic nova bus lfs artic ex . novabus demo 40881 and 40882 nova bus rts orion vi and orion vii next generation past fleet edit gm new look gm new look fishbowl bus gm old look gm old look transit bus comex edit comex is the community express bus service that provides morning and after work service to citizens in outlying areas to and from uptown saint john . comex serves residents of grand bay westfield rothesay quispamsis and hampton from monday to friday . four buses form the basis of the comex service . comex was made possible through funding from the government of canada and support from the province of new brunswick . grand bay westfield has three runs in the morning and three in the afternoon evening while rothesay and quispamsis has six runs in the morning and six in the afternoon evening . the last run in the morning and the last run in the evening begin at mcallister place . hampton has four runs in the morning and four in the afternoon evening . the last run in the morning and the last run in the evening begins at mcallister place . the service uses two nova bus lfs artics and numerous daimlerchrysler orion vii next generation bus . saint john transit purchased the first orion vii next generation bus to roll off the assembly line in mississauga ontario . employees edit in 2001 there were 92 bus drivers mechanics and dispatchers represented by the amalgamated transit union locals 1182 and 1229 . current issues and developments edit in 2005 the atu local 1182 representing saint john transit workers tried to enter and share in the city of saint john pension plan . the city of saint john has indicated that if atu 1182 had the support of the international association of fire fighter s union 771 saint john police union local 61 inside workers union 18 and outside workers local 486 there would be no need to fight for a pension in court . the city of saint john pension board has claimed that the transit workers are not city employees because they belong to a transit commission . it is however in the opinion of atu that the bus drivers have been employed by the city run commission since 1979 . the issue is currently tied up in the courts . the city of saint john along with the federal and provincial governments are investing in comex to reduce auto emissions . with the implementation of comex greenhouse gas emissions are projected to drop by 1 500 metric tonnes and downtown traffic will decrease by 800 vehicles a day over the next five years . citation needed saint john city council has asked federal mp paul zed to look into consolidating saint john city transit with the saint john port authority saint john airport and saint john parking commission . citation needed transit service will be downsized drastically if funding is not solidified by early december 2011 . saint john transit needs 900 000 to maintain current service . it is not much money but the powers at be in city hall do not seem concerned . there are a few that do care and may see another term in council if they choose to run again . citation needed references edit saint john transit routes & schedules this article needs additional citations for 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