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This Man's Controversial Idea To Pay For Transit

CP | Cara McKenna, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A Metro Vancouver regional district committee is floating the idea of imposing a levy on the area's aboriginals to add millions to its cas...

No More Free Rides For Police

CBC | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia

TransLink is scrapping a program that provides free transit for police, fire and rescue personnel on B.C.'s south coast. The change, which...

Evergreen Line Stations Named

CBC | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Government officials gathered in Coquitlam Saturday to announce the Evergreen rapid transit line is on track for completion in 2016 and the station na...

Teen Girls Charged In SkyTrain Stabbings

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada British Columbia

A teenage girl has been charged with 11 counts in relation to a violent stabbing rampage on the SkyTrain in Greater Vancouver. The 15-year-old is a...

Did B.C. Transit Police Sweeten Their Stats?

Jordan Bateman | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

What if a public company gave one set of sales numbers to its board of directors, another to its shareholders, and a third to its auditors? Would you feel comfortable entrusting the executive of this company with a $29.6 million investment? Incredibly, that's precisely what has happened with the Transit Police.

Metro Vancouver, TransLink Make Case Against Regional Policing

Jordan Bateman | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

While TransLink's habitual tax increases, never-ending budget deficits and lack of direct accountability have been well documented over the past several years, Metro Vancouver has slid somewhat under the radar. This lack of accountability to taxpayers has been a problem at Metro Vancouver for a long time, fostered by staffers playing political games and local politicians distracted by their elected duties at their various city halls.

Controversial Engineering Firm To Help Build Evergreen Line

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada British Columbia

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A consortium led by SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) has been awarded an $889-million contract to design and build Metro Vancouver's latest rap...

HUNDREDS Of Fare Cheats Caught

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Almost 600 people will not be able to renew their driver's licences or car insurance after failing to pay their transit fines for three months. The...

Will This Put Transit Police Out Of Jobs?

CBC | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is questioning whether Transit Police will be worth their $27-million annual cost once TransLink's new fare gates ar...

TransLink Fare Card Privacy Flaw?

CBC | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada British Columbia

B.C. privacy advocates say they’re concerned Translink’s new fare cards might contain too much personal information, putting commuters’ privacy ...

$2 Million Turndown

CBC | Posted 03.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The union representing shipyard workers is questioning why TransLink did not apply for $2 million in federal funding that might have allowed it to bui...

Another Bitter Year Brewing For B.C. Taxpayers

Jordan Bateman | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

Once the champagne is drunk, the noisemakers go silent, the balloons pop and the New Year's kisses end, 2013 will bring one nasty hangover for cash-strapped B.C. taxpayers. Taxes, fees and levies from all levels of government are set to go up, leaving even less of your hard-earned money in your pocket.

TransLink Increases Fares

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 01.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Get ready, Metro Vancouver, TransLink announced Tuesday that fares are increasing in the new year. Regular 1-zone and 2-zone adult single fares wil...

B.C. Transit System On High Alert

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.03.2013 | Canada British Columbia

SURREY, B.C. - Extra police, security and attendants are working at SkyTrain stations in the Metro Vancouver area after RCMP detonated a bomb found on...

Not Matter Of Bikes vs. Cars

Brent Toderian | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Brent Toderian

There's too much pitting of self-described "drivers" and "cyclists" against each other. Most North American families are actually multi-modal - they drive, walk, and probably take transit and bike in at least certain circumstances, if not routinely. Certainly many who cycle, also drive, and visa versa. We need a more sophisticated discussion about how we get around in cities, and it starts with this -- it's not about loving your bike. It's about loving what biking does for cities.

Bus Sex Assault Suspect Arrested

The Huffington Post B.C. | Zi-Ann Lum | Posted 09.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia

A Vancouver man has been charged with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl on a bus. Jean Pierre Muyindu, 30, was arrested by transit police Tu...

Vancouver Transit Funding Model 'Broken'

CBC | Posted 11.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia

A coalition of students, business leaders, and residents is calling for a major overhaul of the Lower Mainland's public transit system. Th...

Bike Riding Up In Vancouver

CBC | Posted 11.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Bicycle use is up 26 per cent over the last three years in Metro Vancouver while bus trips are up 17 per cent, according to figures released by TransL...

Translink's Cash Plan Revealed

CBC | Posted 11.17.2012 | Canada British Columbia

TransLink has announced it has found nearly $100 million in new efficiencies over each of the next three years to help cover its funding gap. ...

Girl Sexually Assaulted On Bus

CBC | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Transit Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on a Vancouver bus. ...

Don't Even THINK About Not Paying Your Transit Ticket

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.07.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - The free ride is over for Metro Vancouver fare evaders now that the B.C. government has closed a loophole that allowed people to avoid payi...

Days Numbered for Transit Deadbeats

CBC | Posted 10.31.2012 | Canada British Columbia

B.C. Transit Police plan to start cracking down harder on fare evaders starting Tuesday, as new legislation comes into effect giving TransLink the pow...

Fare Cheats Beware

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Fare cheats, your time is up. That's the message that TransLink is sending with the installation of fare gates, which began Monday at Marine Drive ...