Category: Transport
-
For transit, stagnation is regression.
As an extension to the topic of the transit death spiral, there is another key element of transit funding that isn’t well known at all – something that industry insiders refer to as “schedule maintenance”.
-
Vancouver quietly shelves Beach Ave bike lane removal
Buried deep inside the 2026 austerity budget, the City of Vancouver has seemingly dropped plans to remove part of the Beach Avenue bike lane.
-
The Kingsway transit priority proposals are good, but we can do better
TransLink and the City of Vancouver are proposing transit priority measures and bus stop balancing along Kingsway, focusing on Route 19. And it’s a great place to start! The 19 is the 9th most used bus route in the entire region1, while also being the 4th slowest1, which means improvements that are made here will…
-
Betting on parking is risky business
Curbspace is a finite resource. Should business communities go all in and rely on something that cannot grow?
-
Missed your bus? Come back in 6 months
At the time of writing, there is no bus service in BC Transit’s Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System (read: Duncan, Lake Cowichan, etc.) due to an ongoing strike. In fact, there hasn’t been any bus service there since February 8 of this year, and we’re well into August now—that’s 197 days and counting. It’s a…
-
Dear engineers: stop making cyclists dismount
In far too many places across the province, engineers continue to rely on the same old ineffective tricks to paper over their own inadequate designs.
-
Why are protestors asking to “Save the Bus?”
Hundreds of public transit supporters gathered last weekend to protest the TransLink funding shortfall that would decimate transit service across Metro Vancouver. Both the provincial government and the Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council have so far been silent on covering the $580 million required to stop service cuts in 2026, with TransLink warning of a catastrophic…
-
Council to decide the fate of the Gastown pedestrian pilot on Tuesday
The City of Vancouver ran a very successful pedestrianization pilot in 2024. Will it be revamped, or could it be killed entirely?
-
Cowed by local opposition, Vancouver turns down King Edward bike lane
A protected bike lane on West King Edward Avenue through Vancouver’s Dunbar neighbourhood was cancelled at the last minute, after local opponents complained of improper consultation and alleged safety risks.
-
Does free transit make sense for BC?
Fare free transit can make sense in smaller transit systems, but such a policy deserves a closer look when talking about cities.