Safety

Fall Service Changes in Victoria Meet Back to School Demand

VICTORIA – BC Transit is making several seasonal service adjustments to meet the demand for back to school service. These service adjustments will see the reinstatement of post-secondary and secondary school services that were reduced over the spring and summer. Several routes have also been adjusted in order to service the new Royal Bay and...

Read More
Safety

BC Transit Begins Roll Out of Automated Bus Location 'Call Outs'

[REPLACED EMBEDDED “Image_C” LINK [[Asset Included(Id:1403643808010;Type:Image_C)]] VICTORIA – On Tuesday, August 24, BC Transit started to roll out the Trekker Breeze+ automated voice annunciators on 25 of our buses in the Victoria Regional Transit System. The installation on the first 25 buses will ensure that the devices are working effectively with the public address system...

Read More
Safety

Service Changes in Victoria Meet Summer Demand

VICTORIA – Effective June 29, 2015, BC Transit is making seasonal service adjustments that support the region’s Transit Future Plan and recent Victoria Regional Service Review. Annual summer service reductions will go into effect on routes servicing schools including the University of Victoria, Camosun College and Royal Roads University. The seasonal adjustment allows BC Transit...

Read More
Safety

New Automated Solution for Bus Location 'Call Outs'

VICTORIA – BC Transit is pleased to announce it plans to purchase and install a Trekker Breeze + automated voice annunciation device on every bus in the Victoria Regional Transit System starting this fall. The implementation will occur in stages starting with 25 buses being equipped in August to conduct final road tests. The remainder...

Read More
Safety

Empire Days Discount

COMOX VALLEY – Take transit and enjoy the Empire Days parade in Cumberland with no driving or parking worries. [REPLACED EMBEDDED “Document_C” LINK [[Asset Included(Id:1403643163273;Type:Document_C)]]. The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and BC Transit are offering discount rides on the 128th anniversary of Empire Days. On Monday, May 18, 2015 rides are $1 on a...

Read More
Safety

Construction begins for new southbound Victoria bus priority lanes

Victoria – Construction is set to begin for the southbound Douglas Street bus priority lanes, which will reach from Tolmie Avenue to Hillside Avenue. Once complete, the bus lanes will run northbound and southbound from Fisgard Avenue to Tolmie Avenue. “People who live and work in the Capital Regional District are understandably frustrated with mounting...

Read More
Safety

test title

VICTORIA – The Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) and the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) are proud to announce that free transit passes are rolling out to new refugee families in the Capital Region. On December 8, 2015 the VRTC voted to supply refugees, regardless of country of origin, a year’s worth of free...

Read More
Safety

Going the extra mile: BC Transit recognizes new Million Miler Award and SAFE Award recipients

Victoria – Eight employees that exemplify BC Transit’s top core value of safety were honoured on Saturday, May 27. The six new Million Miler Award recipients and two new SAFE Award recipients were recognized by the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and BC Transit’s President and Chief Executive Officer Manuel Achadinha. The...

Read More
Filters
Reset