BC Transit experiencing Comox Valley service challenges
BC Transit is advising customers in the Comox Valley Regional Transit System that due to a current labour shortage, we are currently experiencing short-term service challenges. This labour shortage, expected to last approximately one week, is resulting in the need to sometimes alter schedules and cancel trips on short notice. BC Transit understands the impact...
Summer service change in Whistler
BC Transit and the Resort Municipality are announcing a service change for the Whistler transit system, effective June 17, 2023. These changes will see additional trips for the following routes: The Resort Municipality of Whistler, Whistler Blackcomb and BC Transit are offering complimentary service on all routes Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays between June 17...
Free transit in Quesnel for referendum
BC Transit and the City of Quesnel is informing customers that transit will be free on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Transit will be free in an effort to encourage the public to get out and vote in the referendum taking place regarding the pool upgrades at the Quesnel Arts and Recreation Centre. The free transit...
Free Transit for Clean Air Day in Victoria Region
The Victoria Regional Transit Commission and BC Transit are happy to announce that transit will be free in Victoria on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to mark Clean Air Day and help provide a more environmentally-friendly transportation option. The Government of Canada declared Clean Air Day in 1999 as part of Canadian Environment Week. The goal...
Free Transit for Clean Air Day in Prince George
BC Transit and the City of Prince George are happy to announce that transit will be free on June 7, 2023, to mark Clean Air Day and help provide an environmentally-friendly transportation option. The Government of Canada declared Clean Air Day in 1999 as part of Canadian Environment Week. The goal of Clean Air Day...
BC Transit’s Pride Bus now on the road in Victoria
BC Transit believes in equity, diversity and inclusion and wants our customers in the Victoria Regional Transit System to ‘ride with pride’ when they get on our specially designed Pride Bus now through the end of July. Pride is an important opportunity to recognize the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and support equity for all community members who...
Canada and British Columbia invest in new transit exchange for Nelson
Today, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Brittny Anderson, Member of Legislative Assembly for Nelson-Creston, Her Worship Janice Morrison, Mayor of the City of Nelson, and Erinn Pinkerton, President and Chief Executive Officer of BC Transit, announced a joint investment of...
BC Transit’s Pride Bus now on the road in Victoria
BC Transit believes in equity, diversity and inclusion and wants our customers in the Victoria Regional Transit System to ‘ride with pride’ when they get on our specially designed Pride Bus now through the end of July. Pride is an important opportunity to recognize the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and support equity for all community members who...
Route 5 South Parks returns for the season in Squamish
BC Transit and the District of Squamish are informing transit customers of a seasonal service change, effective June 12, 2023. This seasonal change will see the return of route 5 South Parks which connects downtown Squamish to the Adventure Centre, Darrell Bay, Sea to Sky Gondola, Stawamus Chief and Chances Casino. Service on route 5...
Celebrate Seniors’ Week in Penticton, Princeton and Summerland with free transit
BC Transit, the City of Penticton, District of Summerland and the Town of Princeton are advising customers that transit will be free for seniors during Seniors’ Week, effective June 4 until June 10, 2023. Transit service will be free for seniors aged 55 and above, with proof of age, on the following routes: Free transit...