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Edmonton Transit is having a hard time making the buses run on time.

In 2014, as few as 58 per cent of ETS buses arrived at key timing points between five minutes early and one minute late, although the goal is for them to meet this standard 90 per cent of the time, says a new city auditor’s report.

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The system never came close to meeting the standard from 2012 to 2015 and performance instead dropped steadily, figures in the report released Thursday indicate.

The best months of the year for bus reliability are June to August — 74 per cent of the fleet was on time in this period in 2012, dropping to 69 per cent in 2014.

The worst months were from December to January, when reliability went from 60 per cent in 2012 to 58 per cent two years later.

“ETS management advised us that they believe the decline in performance is a reflection of an increase in the number of persons with mobility devices and strollers, construction activity and increased traffic congestion on city streets,” city auditor David Wiun wrote.