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Intercity Passenger Transportation in B.C. (Letter to NDP Environment Minister Heyman)

Intercity Passenger Transportation in B.C. (Letter to NDP Environment Minister Heyman)

by Rick | Oct 17, 2020 | Inter-city bus, Inter-city Rail

The following letter was sent to B.C.’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in 2019. It was sent as a personal communication but the points, I believe, are supportable by TABC. The Minister’s Constituency Office reply follows the letter. Since this...
COVID19 Affects Transit Financing – Service Cutbacks

COVID19 Affects Transit Financing – Service Cutbacks

by Rick | Apr 24, 2020 | Buses, Issues, Transit

Drastic ridership and financial losses – for TransLink farebox, gas tax and parking tax revenue – are leading to significant public transit service reductions. TransLink has announced major service cuts, including route eliminations, starting April 24 with...
COVID 19 Impacts BC’s Public Transportation

COVID 19 Impacts BC’s Public Transportation

by Rick | Apr 7, 2020 | Ferries, Inter-city bus, Inter-city Rail, Transit

The following was gathered from various web sites on April 3. Given the fluidity of the current situation, further changes may happen quickly and with little notice.BC Bus North (https://bcbus.ca/): The company has introduced additional cleaning protocols but its web...

Canada Line and Snow (Feb. 2017)

by Rick | Dec 30, 2017 | City Transit, Rapid Transit, Regional Transit, Transit

TransLink’s Canada Line experienced two major shutdowns (Feb 3 / 6, 2017). The cause was the apparent inability of trains to travel northbound between Bridgeport and Marine Drive Stations. These incidents are a reminder of a similar incident in November 2010 when an...

TransLink Chairman Year-end Interview

by Rick | Dec 29, 2017 | City Transit, Rapid Transit, Regional Transit, Transit

Global News BC had a 15 minute, year-end interview with TransLink Chairman Kevin Desmond on 19 Dec 2017. Issues discussed included possible later SkyTrain service on Friday and Saturday nights, safety, new Canada Line stations, Canada Line capacity expansions, double...
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