by Transport Action | Aug 8, 2023 | Rail, Regional Transit
Is there a future for the West Coast Express as travel patterns change, and if so, what does it look like? Consider the following: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a “new normal” of hybrid working, where office-based employees work at home part of the...
by John Richmond | Aug 25, 2021 | Regional Transit
New partnership between BC Transit, Coast Connector Bus Company, and BC Ferries aims to bring integrated public transit service to remote Sunshine Coast communities with coordinated schedules and fares, which could become a model for more collaboration between...
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...
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...
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 11, 2017 | Regional Transit
An April 5, 2017 column by The Vancouver Sun’s political columnist, Vaughn Palmer, described how the B.C. government’s pre-construction / pre-election photo-op for the $3.5 billion Massey Bridge project was hijacked by a group protesting the mega-project. TABC Member...
