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Edmontonians will soon be navigating a transformed transit system, with about 100 routes being cut next August in order to provide a faster, more connected service.

The number of buses, operators and service hours won’t be impacted by Edmonton Transit Service’s bus network redesign overhaul, but branch manager Eddie Robar said the new plan will offer a more simple, efficient way to get residents across the city.

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“The redesign allows us to redeploy services to increase frequency,” Robar told reporters Thursday afternoon, noting Sunday service will increase 18 per cent as well as increase in evening and weekend trips across the city.

Robar said many of the eliminated routes went deep into neighbourhoods and overlapped with other central bus routes and so these areas were modified to avoid redundancy.

“We had routes going almost everywhere in the city. We’re simplifying routes,” he said. “We need to ensure we’re spending every dollar of taxpayers’ money with value and purpose.”