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New Flyer Midi Bus Trial to Begin in Victoria
VICTORIA – BC Transit and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC are teaming up to test a new medium-duty bus in the Victoria Regional System. The 35-foot New Flyer MiDi� demonstration bus will be in revenue service as of January 23, 2014. The bus will be operating in the Victoria Regional Transit System for three months...
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Seeking Public Input to Shape Future Transit Services
VICTORIA – The Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) and BC Transit are inviting the public to visit the Transit Future Bus and tell us what service improvements they would like to see in the next few years. BC Transit staff are working on service improvements and proposed service design standards based on feedback we’ve heard...
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BC Transit is the First Crown to Achieve WorkSafeBC Recognition
VICTORIA – On March 21, 2012 BC Municipal Safety Association and WorkSafeBC presents BC Transit with their coveted Certificate of Recognition (COR). COR recognizes and rewards companies that go the extra mile beyond the legal requirements of the Workers Compensation Act and Occupational Health Regulation by taking a best practices approach to implementing health, safety...
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Next Stop Douglas and Johnson!
May 3th, 2012 – BC Transit, in cooperation with the Downtown Victoria Business Association, embraces good, old-fashioned customer service with operators calling out major bus stops. Media partners are invited to listen and watch as BC Transit operators resume the practice of calling out bus stops. It’s been more than 30 years since the verbal...
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Work Underway on Bus Lanes
VICTORIA _ Construction begins today on Phase 1 of bus lanes on Douglas Street. Phase 1 focuses on the creation of shared bus and bike lanes from Fisgard Street to Hillside Avenue. The improvements are designed to shorten travel times for transit customers, increase the reliability of public transit and reduce harmful GHGs by limiting...
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CAW Local 333 and BC Transit Reach Tentative Agreement
VICTORIA – CAW Local 333 and BC Transit are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached. Job action will end immediately and the Victoria Regional Transit system will return to full service as soon as possible. Ratification of the agreement by CAW members and the BC Transit Board will take place in...
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More Targeted Service Hours in September
VICTORIA – BC Transit is gearing up for another busy season in Greater Victoria as summer holidays come to an end and our customers return to work and school. As of September 4, 2012 an extra 5,000 service hours will be added to better serve University of Victoria students, Camosun College students and other transit...
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Pellet Incidents Featured as Crime of the Week
VICTORIA – BC Transit is working with Crimestoppers to help find the person(s) responsible for damaging buses with pellets from an air gun. The incidents will be featured later this week in the Crimestoppers Crime of the Week. The Crime of the Week appears in newspapers, on radio and on the web. Seven buses have...
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Holiday Stuff the Bus
VICTORIA – BC Transit and its employees need your help to Stuff the Bus for the Mustard Seed Food Bank. The 12th Annual Stuff the Bus will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the Thrifty Foods Broadmead Village location. Over the past twelve years, more than $125,000 has been collected in support of...
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More Service Hours and Vehicles in September
VICTORIA – The Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) is adding 5,000 annual service hours to the Victoria Regional Transit system effective September 3, 2013. The increased service hours come with two more buses being added to the Victoria Regional System fleet. BC Transit customers will benefit with extra service hours dedicated to more overload buses...