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Ridership on a Roll on Salt Spring Island
SALT SPRING ISLAND – The Capital Regional District (CRD), Salt Spring Island Transportation Commission (SSITC) and BC Transit are pleased to announce ridership is up more than 15% when comparing September through December 2012 with September through December 2013. In September 2013, a modest increase in operating hours was introduced with new service to Walker’s...
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Ridership Up by 29 Per Cent
SALT SPRING ISLAND – What a difference a year makes! On July 1, 2011 expansion hours went in to effect on Salt Spring Island. BC Transit, in conjunction with the CRD, altered transit schedules to better coordinate with ferry traffic; plus evening, weekend and statutory holiday service hours were added. The response from our customers...
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Record Ridership on Salt Spring Island
SALT SPRING ISLAND – For the second consecutive year transit ridership is growing on Salt Spring Island – up 13.7% over last year. In its recently published annual report, BC Transit recorded 93,013 passenger trips in 2012/13 compared to 81,787 trips in 2011/12. Last year, Salt Spring Island ridership grew up 29%. The strong and...
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BC Transit Rider Appreciation on Salt Spring Island
SALT SPRING ISLAND – On Thursday June 28, 2012 BC Transit celebrates our dedicated Salt Spring Island customers. BC Transit Chief Operating Officer Mike Davis, CRD Director for Salt Spring Island Wayne McIntyre and Salt Spring Island Transportation Commission Chair Donald McLennan invite you to join us at the Ganges Visitors’ Centre from noon to...
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BC Transit celebrates 10 years serving Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island – The Province of British Columbia, the Capital Regional District (CRD) and BC Transit are celebrating 10 years of transit on Salt Spring Island. “The people of Salt Spring Island asked for a local transit service just over a decade ago and since that time, the uptake has been incredible,” said Minister...
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Coming soon: Seasonal service changes on Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island – Bus riders on Salt Spring Island should expect fall transit service levels to take effect starting Monday, October 1. Seasonal service changes include suspending route 9 Ruckle Park until next summer, and service reduction on route 2 Fulford Harbour. These are regular seasonal changes that address the usual end-of-summer drop in...
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Summer service expansion coming to Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island – Starting Wednesday, June 27, bus riders on Salt Spring Island will enjoy expanded summer transit service, which will make it easier to get to the Fulford Harbour and Vesuvius Bay ferry terminals later in the evening. Changes include expanding the Monday through Thursday evening schedules for routes 2 Fulford Harbour and...
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Seasonal service changes coming to Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island – Starting Saturday, May 5, bus riders on Salt Spring Island will benefit from seasonal service expansions to several transit routes. These seasonal changes include the addition of 11 new Saturday trips on route 2 Fulford Harbour, as well a new trip each on routes 3 Vesuvius and 4 Long Harbour. Additional...
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Time Change - March 11
Please be advised that BC Transit communities in British Columbia (excluding Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, and the Creston Valley) will move clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 11 at 2 am for Canada’s daylight savings time. We ask customers to please plan ahead to take the time change into account this weekend. If...
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New Additions to the Salt Spring Island Bus Fleet
SALT SPRING ISLAND – New ARBOC ‘Spirit of Mobility’ transit buses will soon be operating on Salt Spring Island. The first two of four vehicles are planned to be delivered by the end of January, and two more new buses in February. Islanders may notice these new vehicles being tested on local roads; they will...