Committee members approve major changes to transit system

Edmonton’s city councillors voted to support a massive bus route overhaul Wednesday and speed up implementation for it to be ready by 2020.
Transit officials originally asked for five or more years to roll out this new approach across the city, tackling the city quadrant by quadrant.
But Coun. Andrew Knack convinced colleagues the system can’t wait — it’s losing riders now.
“It’s a system that’s running inefficiently … and it’s one of our bi