EDMONTON -- Transit users may notice brand new seats as they ride on the LRT cars in Edmonton. New seats with a germ-killing additive have been incorporated on approximately two-thirds of LRT cars. Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) said in a press release sent last week that the seats will be easier to clean and maintain and can reduce up to 99.9 per cent of germs, including bacteria, fungus, and viruses. The seats are expected by ETS to last the remaining life of the LRT cars. ETS added that funding for the new LRT seats came from government grants like the federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.