GradPASS returns to offer Grade 12 students free and safe transportation
BC Transit and its partner communities across the province are once again offering the popular GradPASS program for graduating high school students. Grade 12 students from participating schools in more than 70 communities across British Columbia will be able to ride the bus for free any two days during the month of June thanks to...
BC Transit seeking input with new Voice of the Rider engagement platform
BC Transit has officially launched Voice of the Rider, an online engagement platform where people can share their feedback and discuss ways to improve the transit experience in communities across the province. BC Transit believes that in order to better understand riders and prospective riders, the organization needs to better connect with communities and ensure...
BC Transit chosen as one of BC’s Top Employers for 2022
BC Transit has once again been recognized as an industry leader in offering an exceptional workplace for its employees, as the organization has been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2022. “We work hard to deliver transportation services you can rely on while also providing employees with an inclusive work environment where they can...
Join BC Transit in recognizing Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day
BC Transit is once again asking riders to join them in showing appreciation for the people who make it possible for many British Columbians to move throughout their communities and beyond with Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day. “Transit operators and all the people who support them do an amazing job every day and I’m...
New Nanaimo-Cowichan Express will provide key interregional connection
BC Transit, the Regional District of Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley Regional District are announcing the launch of a new route that will provide customers with safe, reliable transit service between downtown Nanaimo and downtown Duncan. Beginning March 28, the Route 70 NCX Nanaimo-Cowichan Express will provide seven round trips per day Monday through Friday...
BC Transit Announces Details of the Coming Electronic Fare Collection System
BC Transit announces exciting steps forward in its project to implement an electronic fare collection system across the province. Today, BC Transit celebrates several project milestones, sharing details of the coming system, announcing the system’s vendor, and releasing the brand that represents the system, Umo (pronounced “you-mo”). The innovative new system will replace end of...
Special service for New Year’s Eve happening throughout the province
BC Transit and its regional partners are offering special New Year’s Eve service in a number of transit systems across the province. While each transit system offering varies, BC Transit and its partners want to ensure riders make it safely and comfortably to their destination. See below for a list of New Year’s Eve service...
Change to New Year's Eve Service
Nanaimo – Due to the recent Provincial Health Officer restrictions, the Regional District of Nanaimo is cancelling extended New Year’s Eve service. Free service will still run on December 31 from 8 pm, but only until 12:30 am. More information can be found in the Rider’s Guide, on fares, routes and schedules. Please use NextRide...
December to see holiday schedule reduction to reflect school breaks
NANAIMO – From December 19 through to January 1, the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) Transit system will revert to the summer schedule. The trips marked ‘s’ in the schedule, will be removed on the following routes: These routes will have reduced service while schools observe a holiday break, or full shutdown. Holiday Service schedule...
Vancouver Island transit workers volunteer time fighting interior wildfires
Residents evacuated, homes and properties decimated and even an entire B.C. town completely destroyed. The wildfires experienced in many parts of the province this summer have been particularly devastating. If not for the tireless and heroic work of hundreds of firefighters, an already terrible wildfire season would have been unthinkably worse. Fire Departments throughout the...