Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 01:33:38 +0000
TransLink’s biggest funding sources, fares and fuel tax, are down and it and other agencies are looking for federal and provincial money.
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:45:01 +0000
TransLink and B.C. Transit have instituted rear-door boarding and suspended fare collection on buses, to protect drivers.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:34:55 +0000
The head of BC Transit is warning ridership cannot grow under the budgetary constraints implemented by the province.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:30:57 +0000
The B.C. government quietly cut funding for public transit in Tuesday’s budget, forcing B.C. Transit to dip into reserve funds.
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Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:08:31 +0000
The bus driver, a 52-year-old man, was issued a 90-day driving suspension.
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:28:02 +0000
The transit authority is retrofitting older double-decker, standard and medium-duty buses, and ordering new buses with barriers installed.
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:05:02 +0000
Last year, the province rejected a funding proposal for the much-needed project that included a 2.5-cent gas tax
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Credit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:24:51 +0000
‘After trying unsuccessfully to come up with other options, we realized quickly that we had nothing to lose by considering this further’
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Credit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:08:16 +0000
Vancouver buses are now a place for social studies
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Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:53:30 +0000
The strike began last Friday with a uniform strike by transit operators and an overtime ban by maintenance workers.
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