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Council backs mandating masks on Saskatoon Transit buses, but rule not official until vote next week

Councillors also back continuing to recommend, but not requiring masks, at city-owned buildings

Saskatoon city councillors have preliminarily backed the idea of mandating masks for Saskatoon Transit riders starting on Sept. 1.

Council backs mandating masks on Saskatoon Transit buses, but rule not official until vote next week

Transit drivers, union frustrated with vinyl shields on city buses

Around a dozen drivers have refused to use them, arguing they obstruct the passenger-side mirror when installed on the city's New Flyer buses

Transit drivers, union frustrated with vinyl shields on city buses

Tran­sit driv­ers, union frus­trated with vinyl shields on city buses | Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Saskatoon Transit drivers are not happy with the plastic curtains installed to shield them from passengers, devices the head of their union says only work properly on some buses in the fleet.

Tran­sit driv­ers, union frus­trated with vinyl shields on city buses | Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Driver Safety As A Priority

ATU Local 615 President Darcy Pederson has been calling on Saskatoon Transit to retrotfit the City Of Saskatoon buses with protective plexiglass barriers. The call for the barriers continued throughout the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Driver Safety As A Priority