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...
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...
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...
by Rick | Dec 29, 2017 | Bus, City Transit
Transit ridership is up a reported 41% on certain routes in the South Okanagan. Good news but the numbers would be starting from a fairly low level. Unfortunately, there is no source for the numbers published and there is one oddity; a 30% decline in operating costs...
by Rick | Sep 9, 2017 | Bus, Inter-city bus, Issues, Regional Transit
=============================================================================== BC’s new NDP government cancelled bridge tolls on TransLink’s Golden Ears and the province’s Port Mann bridges, as promised in the recent election campaign. Member...
by Rick | Apr 18, 2016 | Bus, Buses, City Transit, Issues, Pedestrian, Rapid Transit, Regional Transit, Transit
The following was submitted by Transport Action BC to the Vancouver Sun as an op-ed piece. It was written in response to the City of Vancouver staff report recommending that the 800 block (Robson Square) of Robson Street be permanently closed to all vehicles,...