March 30th, 2019 – Charlotte Alden/The Ubyssey At yesterday’s AMS “Transit Talk,” provincial leaders and students discussed affordable and accessible transportation, focusing on the SkyTrain to UBC and ridesharing. The event took place in the Michael Kingsmill Forum in the …
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16 digital signs displaying traffic flow warnings installed on the North Shore
March 20th, 2019 – Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive The provincial government has installed a total of 16 portable digital message signs along bus road routes between the Lions Gate Bridge, Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, and ahead of the on-ramps and off-ramps along …
Province moves for faster crash clearing
March 13th, 2019 – Brent Richter/North Shore News The province is clearing the way for – hopefully – clearer bridges. The Ministry of Public Safety and solicitor general announced Friday that police will no longer have to file written reports …
Meet your new SeaBus: The Burrard Chinook
March 14th, 2019 – Brent Richter/North Shore News The latest SeaBus in TransLink’s fleet is making its debut. The transit authority has christened the Burrard Chinook, in honour of the “largest and most iconic of the Pacific salmon species.” “The …
Listen to MLA Ma discuss the Marine-Main B-Line on CKNW
West Vancouver council voted Monday night to keep the rapid transit route out of the Ambleside and Dundarave business districts, for now District staff will look at alternate options, but a bus-only lane will not be one of them. Is …
Committee looking at ridesharing to report back to legislature by month’s end
March 12th, 2019 – Richard Zussman/Global News The legislative committee looking into the future of ridesharing in British Columbia has wrapped up its work. Committee chair Bowinn Ma says the plan is to report to the legislature and release the …
MLA Bowinn Ma creates West Vancouver B-Line themed parody of ‘Hey Jude’
March 11th, 2019 – Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive “#WestVan… don’t let us down. Be a leader, and make it better…” Ahead of tonight’s pivotal District of West Vancouver decision on the route of the future North Shore B-Line through the municipality, …
Faster fender-bender clearing will keep traffic moving
March 8th, 2019/Rattan Mall, Voice Online Police will be free to clear minor crash scenes quickly and get traffic flowing again as B.C. updates the threshold for mandatory reporting of property-damage-only collisions (PDOs). “Having traffic back up because of a minor …
North Shore to get real-time traffic warning signs
February 6th, 2019 – Brent Richter/North Shore News Everyone’s been there, lurching along in stop-and-go traffic, wondering what’s at the other end of a long line of tail lights. The province and the three North Shore municipalities will be deploying …
District of North Van looking for traffic congestion remedies
Jeremy Shepard/North Shore News They concur on the disease but find themselves divided on the cure. District of North Vancouver mayor and council, three MLAs, and an SFU traffic expert traded ideas on how best to alleviate the North Shore’s …