BC Transit and Pacific FC ready to kick-off inaugural season
Victoria – Leave your car behind, don your purple and teal gear and get ready to support Pacific FC for their inaugural season with BC Transit. BC Transit is proud to provide game day service to get fans to the game for their 2019 inaugural season in the Canadian Premier League. Catch a ride to...
Seasonal spring service changes are in the air
Victoria — Spring is finally here and along with it comes seasonal service changes taking effect in the Victoria Regional Transit System on April 8, 2019. The seasonal service change includes service level adjustments on school oriented routes, a minor route change and construction detours. BC Transit works hard to match service with demand, adjusting...
Time Change - March 10
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 10 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...
Have Your Say – Local Area Transit Plans Open House
Victoria – BC Transit is seeking public input and feedback through open houses in the Jubilee and Burnside/Tillicum local areas for phase two of the Local Area Transit Plans from March 11 until March 14. Changes under consideration in the Jubilee and Burnside/Tillicum areas include improvements to local transit routes, implementing new routes to service...
Ridership on the Rise in the Victoria Region
VICTORIA – BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) are pleased to announce ridership is on the rise – up 5.5% over last year. In its Annual Report, BC Transit recorded 25,430,368 passenger trips in 2013/14 as compared to 24,112,232 trips in 2012/13. 2013/14 was a recovery year for the Victoria Regional Transit...
Transit service rerouted to support Car Free Day YYJ 2017
VICTORIA – Once again this year, BC Transit is proud to be a partner in the third annual Car Free YYJ 2017 on Sunday, June 18. With a nine-block stretch of Douglas Street being blocked off to traffic for much of the day, there will be changes in regular transit service in the downtown core....
Holiday Stuff the Bus
VICTORIA – BC Transit and its employees need your help to Stuff the Bus for the Mustard Seed Food Bank and Our Place Society. The 13th Annual Stuff the Bus will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Tillicum Mall. Over the past 13 years, nearly $140,000 has been collected in support of...
Rock the Shores with BC Transit
VICTORIA – BC Transit is partnering with organizers of Rock The Shores to provide extra transit service to the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre in Colwood on July 13 and 14, 2013. Last year, thousands of people packed the Juan de Fuca Recreation (lower field) to listen to world-class musicians. Many of those Rock The...
BC Transit's annual Santa Bus rolls into town
Victoria – On December 15 and 16, keep an eye out for our traditional Santa Bus, spreading holiday cheer in Victoria for the 31st year! Hop on board and join Santa and his Elf, who will be taking time off their duties in the North Pole to visit Victoria and treat transit riders to candy...
Stuff the Bus for the Mustard Seed Food Bank
VICTORIA – On Friday June 15, 2012 help BC Transit Stuff the Bus. The hybrid double decker will be parked at Save on Foods (3510 Blanshard St) from 7 am to 7 pm. It will take 2200 pounds of non-perishable food donations to Stuff the Bus. Your donations couldn’t come at a better time! The...