Category: Press Release
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We can have nice public spaces without banning buses from Granville
We can have nice public spaces without banning buses from Granville February 5, 2025 VANCOUVER – Today, the City of Vancouver released a concept for a public square on Granville Street that would affect 80,000 bus trips per day. Why are we concerned? This proposal runs the risk of getting buses stuck in traffic, and…
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Movement responds to Federal transit funding announcement; calls for focus on relief for Canadians
Movement responds to Federal transit funding announcement; calls for focus on relief for Canadians For Immediate Release 28 January 2025 VANCOUVER – The federal government has announced $66 million per year in capital funding for TransLink over the next 10 years starting from 2026. While this is a step towards ensuring our system is maintained,…
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RELEASE – BC transport advocates seek candidates and voters who want affordability, safer streets, less congestion
RELEASE – BC transport advocates seek candidates and voters who want affordability, safer streets, less congestion Oct 5, 2024 An unprecedented coalition of transport advocates in BC are looking for candidates that will speak up to address road safety and congestion this election. Vote Better Transport BC (VBT) is made up of 12 non-partisan groups…
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Transit Riders groups in 3 Canadian Cities react to Rail Lockouts
Transit Riders groups in 3 Canadian Cities react to Rail Lockouts Image of West Coast Express locomotive by Northwest on Wikipedia For immediate release Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto, August 22nd, 2024 – Trajectoire Québec, TTCriders and Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders denounce that rail users are at the mercy of freight transportation in Canada. The…
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Vancouver bus lane motion passes; transit riders thrilled
Vancouver bus lane motion passes; transit riders thrilled For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – On Wednesday, July 24, Vancouver City Council adopted a motion to urgently speed up buses on 9 corridors across the city. This builds on last fall’s bus lane motion to move faster, do more, and do what’s in the city’s power to…
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RELEASE: Movement urges Vancouver Council to take decisive action on bus lanes
On Wednesday, July 24, Vancouver City Council will vote on a motion to deliver more . . .
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Praise to New West for approving plan to quickly address bus delay
New West is taking decisive action on bus delay. We want to see MoTI do the same.
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Movement Responds to Provincial Transit Funding
Movement was founded last year, in part, to draw more attention to the severe overcrowding and delay that affects transit riders in Metro Vancouver. Today, the BC Minister of Transportation Rob Fleming announced $300 million in new capital funding for TransLink. Movement wants to express its gratitude to the BC government for stepping up while…
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Burnaby Heights Residents Want Better Transit
Movement is mobilizing transit supporters to speak up in support of a proposed new RapidBus that would link Burnaby Heights to the North Shore and to Metrotown. This effort is in response to a campaign from the Heights Merchants Association (HMA) who are campaigning to have the route swerve around their vibrant, walkable community.
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Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Left Behind by 2024 BC Budget
Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Left Behind by 2024 BC Budget “Send more. So many more. This is such a crucial line for so many people and it gets half the amount of buses sent that it should. I am so sick of getting passed five times on my way to school in the morning making…