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View Royal property being considered for regional handyDART facility
VICTORIA –BC Transit has applied to the Town of View Royal to amend the Official Community Plan and re-zone the property at 2401 Burnside Road (the property located southeast of the Burnside and Watkiss intersection) to locate a new regional handyDART operations and maintenance facility. handyDART is an accessible, door-to-door shared transit service for people...
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Victoria handyDART services update January 20, 2018
Victoria – BC Transit would like to notify its valued Victoria handyDART customers that the potential for job action has been delayed and services are fully operational at this time. BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission will communicate if there is potential for job action during the negotiations between First Canada and their...
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Hop on the bus for free and celebrate New Year's Eve safely
Victoria – To help everyone in Victoria enjoy New Year’s Eve festivities safely, the Victoria Regional Transit Commission and BC Transit will be offering free service after 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, December 31. The following routes will also run on a special late-night Sunday schedule on New Year’s Eve: The full late-night New Year’s...
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Victoria Winter Service Change to take effect January 2
VICTORIA – BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission will be introducing service expansion and changes on January 2, 2018. The service expansion builds off of the 20,000 additional service hours that have been implemented throughout the fall. The main communities affected by the new service changes will be James Bay and the Tsawout...
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Victoria Seasonal Service Change to take effect December 4
VICTORIA – The annual seasonal service change in Victoria will come into effect on December 4, 2017. Regular service will resume on January 2, 2018. Transit ridership is lower during the holidays, and lower service levels during December allow BC Transit to run higher service levels in the fall and winter. The seasonal changes are...
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View Royal property being considered for regional handyDART facility
VICTORIA – BC Transit is searching for a suitable property to locate a new regional handyDART facility to support future investments in handyDART service levels for the Victoria Regional Transit System. BC Transit is considering the property at 2401 Burnside Road (the property located southeast of the Burnside and Watkiss intersection) as a potential location...
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On Remembrance Day, military members past and present ride for free
Victoria – To commemorate Remembrance Day, the Victoria Regional Transit Commission and BC Transit are pleased to offer free service on Saturday, November 11, to military personnel in uniform—including cadets—and to all riders with Army, Navy or Air Force Association cards. The free service applies to all routes within the Victoria Regional Transit System, and...
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Your transit - Your say
Victoria – BC Transit’s Transit Future Bus will be out and about in Greater Victoria for several days between November 9 and 22, welcoming public feedback at a series of open houses in the Jubilee and Burnside/Tillicum areas. The aim is to seek input to develop Local Area Transit Plans specific to those two areas....
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Expanded service coming for fall 2017 in Victoria
Victoria – The Victoria Regional Transit Commission and BC Transit are pleased to announce fall service changes. The changes include the introduction of two new routes, the opening of the Westhills Exchange, and improvements to frequency and on-time performance. The fall service will also introduce 20,000 new service hours to the system and eight new...
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Real Time technology implementation rolling forward
Corporate – BC Transit is moving forward with implementation of Real Time technology, also known as automatic vehicle location enabled technology, in Kamloops, Comox Valley, Squamish, Whistler, Kelowna, Victoria, and the Regional District of Nanaimo. Strategic Mapping Inc. has been selected as the partner to install and maintain the technology. The new technology includes a...