Transport Action BC (http://bc.transportaction.ca/)
Regular Meeting Agenda: 24 May 2017 (Wednesday) 19:00
Waves Coffee Shop Meeting Room
100-900 Howe St (at Smithe St), Vancouver
19:00 to 20:45 PM
A. Membership and Finances (19:00)
1) Approval of 3 April 2017 meeting minutes.
2) Expense claims: – None.
3) Finances: – John Howse Lecture donation. $250 from TABC’s local acc’t approved at last meeting. Matthew and Rick to arrange.
Marketing and Communications
4) Increasing membership: – Report requested.
5) E-blast: – Articles to eblast@transportaction.ca.
6) Web site (http://bc.transportaction.ca/): – Update.
7) Next meeting.
B. Metropolitan Transportation (19:30)
1) Transit Funding and Revenues in Metro Vancouver: –
– Update.
2) Evergreen Extension: – Remove item?
3) TransLink Plans and Priorities: – Update.
4) Transit Service: – Apr 24 Service changes (http://tiny.cc/wvn5ky); SeaBus service improves May 19 (http://tiny.cc/wvn5ky)
5) Massey Bridge: – Update.
6) Brunette Exchange Project: – No project response to our letter.
7) Circle route LRT proposal: – Andrew
8) Burrard Crossing – Aerial tram proposal (http://tiny.cc/0ic9ky)
C. National and Regional Rail
1) CP Rail’s Arbutus Corridor: – Temporary paving work reaches Fir & 5th; No work on Broadway crossing.
VIA Rail and Amtrak
2) Cascadia Corridor: – Update.
3) Via Rail: – Update.
Intercity Transport
4) BCR/Sea-to-Sky Corridor:
– Lillooet’s Mayor established a working group to develop a proposal for passenger rail service (http://tiny.cc/mln5ky; http://tiny.cc/uon5ky)
D. Air Travel
1) Update.
E. Ferries
1) Update.
F. Other Business
1) Provincial election: – Possible transportation project impacts.
2) Society Act Changes: – Update.
3) Kamloops Transit – 100% CNG Fleet. Latest bus purchase cost $1,000,000 / coach.
G. Adjournment (20:45)
