@iamkennethchan.bsky.social@iamkennethchan.bsky.socialDavid Eby's BC NDP announced today its recommitment to creating a new #TransLink funding source, without higher costs for drivers, and supporting new Bus Rapid Transit.
No mention of what the funding source could be and UBC SkyTrain. #bcpoli #vanpoli
@iamkennethchan.bsky.socialBruno Mars becomes the first music artist to voice #SkyTrain announcements. 🎤🎶
Starting today, you can hear his voice in special announcements at Stadium-Chinatown Station on each of his five BC Place concert dates. #TransLink
@markburge.caIt would take me nearly 2 hours by bus to get home tonight, right now.
25 minutes by car.
And I’m literally standing and a rapid bus stop right now.
@gorhetti.bsky.socialNot hard. Deliberate trashing imo. Caught bus yesterday following rehabbed fractured hip. Driver on route 61 from Qld art gallery moved his huge bus to make easy for me. How kind #Translink take a bow!
@riterichmond.bsky.socialTransit keeps Richmond moving. 🚆🚌
We need to protect the services we have and keep improving the connections Richmond needs as we grow.
Steady Leadership. Stronger Richmond.
#RichmondBC #Transit #CanadaLine #Dickey4Council #RITERichmond #RmdElxn #RichmondCityCouncil #Translink #RmdTransportation
@dickey4council.bsky.socialTransit keeps Richmond moving. 🚆🚌
We need to protect the services we have and keep improving the connections Richmond needs as we grow.
Steady Leadership. Stronger Richmond.
#RichmondBC #Transit #CanadaLine #Dickey4Council #RITERichmond #RmdElxn #RichmondCityCouncil #Translink #RmdTransportation
@mckay.pubChanging the R2 to go to Metrotown has been a real disaster for the bus being regular and on time.
More traffic problems are compounding to make it worse.
@jimbobcajun.bsky.social@davidebybc.bsky.social announced there would be no vehicle levy so that motorists can fund their transportation authority, aka #Translink.
Now, Translink says it won't have enough money to build & maintain roads.
As a transit user, I refuse to subsidize them.
@jimbobcajun.bsky.socialTypical BC politics.
Drivers in #MetroVancouver have no idea that #Translink is their transportation authority, & not just a transit company.
Meanwhile, the members of the board of Translink are the mayors of Metro-Vancouver.
Utterly bizzare
@pqpolitics.bsky.socialBus Signalling Priority is a brilliant idea.
All Vancouver parties should copy #Onecity's idea here. Even the #CarLobbyParty ABC
@iamkennethchan.bsky.socialBC NDP leader David Eby says he will not create a new annual #TransLink levy of up to $150 on every vehicle in Metro Vancouver.
In 2025, Eby promised to create a new TransLink revenue source through new legislation by 2027. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
@timbarton.bsky.socialThis is a big concern. #TransLink needs stable long term funding. A vehicle levy is not the whole answer, but it's a big part of it. The #BCNDP (& others) need to state their plans for a stable funding model. This is about affordability - how people get round the region to access jobs and services.
@iamkennethchan.bsky.socialA first look inside #SkyTrain's brand-new, state-of-the-art control centre building.
This $360 million facility for the Expo/Millennium network will accommodate future expansion for decades to come. #TransLink #vanpoli #vanre
@pqpolitics.bsky.socialEvery Vancouver mayoral & council candidate should promise this too.
"A basic thing."
Imagine Surrey's mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk, ex MLA, has made a promise to build washrooms at every transit hub and also at neighbourhood centres in #Surreybc. #vanpoli #Translink
@iamkennethchan.bsky.social"Troubling" #SkyTrain safety incident statistics renew focus on the need for platform screen doors.
This is increasingly the global standard to enhance safety, reliability, and station capacity. #TransLink #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
@princeof416.bsky.socialIt was a magnificent experience I’ll remember forever! Bravo #TransLink! #BCpoli #R2Metrotown #R2bus #R2extension #R2 #Burnaby #Metrotown @bowinnma.bsky.social @mikefarnworth.bsky.social @stevenmackinnon.bsky.social @translink.ca
