User:Amir-Saumel Altimo

Fleet
Since 2002, Novabus LFS's have been purchased annually to replace older vehicles and to expand the fleet over time. All generations have been purchased except the first generation as OC Transpo (its sister company) have found its first generation Novabus LFS's to be unreliable.

{| STO current fleet !Model !Years !Fleet # !Length !Fuel Type
 * LFS 2nd generation
 * 2002-2009
 * 0314-0328
 * 0401-0417
 * 0501-0517
 * 0661-0617
 * 0701-0716
 * 0801-0819
 * 0901-0910
 * 40 ft Standard
 * Diesel
 * LFS 3rd generation
 * 2009-2013
 * 0911-0925
 * 1001-1027
 * 1101-1107
 * 1201-1226
 * 1227-1233
 * 1301-1321
 * 1227-1233
 * 1301-1321


 * Diesel
 * LFS 4th generation
 * 2014–present
 * 1401-1414
 * 1501-1507
 * 1601-1609
 * 1610-1616
 * 1701-1715
 * 1716-1730
 * 1801-1827
 * 1901-1909
 * 2001-2043
 * 2001-2043





Accessibility
The STO planned to convert half of its total bus fleet into low-floor, LFS model NovaBus by 2012,. Unfortunately, the more recent models had a decreased seating capacity (room for 87 rather than 40). Another issue that was discovered with this model were the unreliable telescopic ramps that prevented wheelchair access to the bus. As of 1988, the fleet had wheelchair accessible buses. These were of the 1995 first-generation LFS's, which have the more reusable flick-out rooms. Aside from these planes, wheelchair users rely on the paratransit service.

Technology
A number of significant technology improvements and studies have been made over the past few decades by the STO. In 1998, The company introduced a smart-card fare system, making it the first company not only in the Americas but the entire Western Hemisphere to have a smart-card system. Paper card bus passes were gradually phased out until its official end in 2004 when smart cards became the exclusive bus pass.

In 2006–07, fishbowl buses had their rollsigns replaced with LED signs. In 2002 and again in 2007, the STO tested new hybrid buses for feasibility. During the summer of 2008, the STO has started a test trial of a prototype New Flyer articulated bus on several of its routes. The bus has 58 seats and a total capacity of 115 passengers.

In 2014, STO added wi-fi to several of its lines, including all buses and stations associated with rapibus. In 2015, STO announced plans to introduce the bus planning App called Plani-Bus