Tag: BC Transit

Free transit rides offered to Grade 12 students through GradPASS

Several Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast graduates will have a safe means of transportation to and from graduation celebrations in June.

BC Transit launches tap-to-pay on all systems with Umo

Contactless fare payment is now available on more than 30 transit systems across B.C.

Cowichan Valley faces possiblity of second transit strike in less than two years 

Residents in the Cowichan Valley could be hit with another transit strike when the current collective agreement expires in 25 months.

Free information sessions for future BC Transit users 

Free information session on transit in the Cowichan Valley has been opened to answer all your questions.

Contactless payments coming soon to BC Transit riders

Bus riders may soon have an easier way to pay for their fare, as BC Transit prepares to roll out contactless debit and credit card payments across its network through the Umo fare system.

BC Transit to resume fixed-route and inter-regional services in Cowichan Valley Oct. 6

BC Transit is bringing back all fixed-route local transit systems within the Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System by next week.

Cowichan Valley SD79 weighs in on transit strike 

Cowichan Valley school district offers their insight into the transit strike, saying it's having a severe impact on education and resources.

Special mediator appointed to resolve Cowichan Valley transit strike 

The province has stepped in and appointed a special mediator to help resolve the transit strike and get the Cowichan Valley moving again.

Province urges parties to negotiate and end Cowichan Valley transit strike 

Minister of Labour Jennifer Whiteside is calling on all parties involved with the transit strike in the Cowichan Valley to find a resolution quickly.

BC Transit and the province need to resolve transit strike, North Cowichan’s mayor 

North Cowichan’s mayor says he respects the collective bargaining process, but the transit strike needs to end and is asking the province to step up and resolve the five-month dispute.

Cowichan Valley transit strike affects more than just riders 

The longest transit strike in BC’s history has many people and organizations in the Cowichan Valley eager for it...

Real-time bus location technology now available, BC Transit

BC Transit says a new system is being adopted in the Salt Spring system, which will have updated technology...

BC Transit introduces cashless ridership to Vancouver Island 

Worrying about exact change, having a bus pass, or day pass to ride BC Transit across the island will...

BC Transit announces changes to service schedule 

BC Transit and the Regional District of Nanaimo will be implementing a seasonal service change for students as they...

BC Transit, TransLink receive more than $200 million in pandemic relief funding

The announcement from the provincial government comes as TransLink reports ridership has recovered to around 67 per cent of pre-pandemic levels

B.C. Transit Offering Free Rides to Canadian Forces, Public

Members of the Canadian Forces are getting a free ride. Up to and including Friday, November 10 members of the...
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