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New report details drastic potential transit service cuts to close funding gap NEW WESTMINSTER, BC – TransLink is releasing a new report today detailing potential future transit service cuts that would be necessary at the end of 2025 if a new transit funding model is not established. TransLink is facing a funding gap of approximately…

Province announces new funding for Metro Vancouver buses Today, the TransLink Mayors’ Council was pleased to stand side by side with the Hon. Rob Fleming, B.C.’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, to announce a substantial $300 million provincial investment in our regional transportation network. This new funding, detailed in a government announcement which you can…

Toronto, Montreal and Metro Vancouver’s transit agencies have joined in an urgent appeal to the Government of Canada to accelerate the launch of the promised Permanent Transit Fund (PTF) by two years, to 2024, in response to exploding population growth and increasing financial pressures for the country’s three largest transit systems. In a joint Federal…

Vancouver, B.C. – With the B.C. provincial budget just around the corner, student groups from University of British Columbia (UBC), Capilano University, Simon Fraser University (SFU), and BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) are sounding a collective call to action for immediate investment in the Access for Everyone transit expansion plan. At UBC, an event organized…

(Vancouver, B.C.) – The TransLink Mayors’ Council has launched a new campaign in partnership with community leaders, calling on residents of Metro Vancouver to ask governments to fund urgent transit expansion in the region. New advertisements at SkyTrain stations, bus stops and on social media provide a link where residents can easily send a letter…

(Vancouver, B.C.) – Today the TransLink Mayors’ Council confirmed the projects and investments to be included in the first phase of the Access for Everyone plan and approved a submission to the federal Minister of Finance calling for the government to join the region and the province in developing a new funding model for TransLink. The…

Click here to see the full Mayors’ Council Submission to the Government of Canada in Advance of the 2024-25 Budget Recommendations As the Government of Canada prepares its 2024-25 Budget, Metro Vancouver’s TransLink Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation asks that the Government: Introduction In Canada’s big cities, public transit is a basic utility, like electricity,…

(Vancouver, B.C.) – The TransLink Mayors’ Council today welcomed the Government of B.C.’s announcement of new legislation to encourage the development of housing adjacent to rapid transit and other public transit hubs, noting that there is an urgent need for additional Provincial and Federal investments in new transit services to ensure transit-oriented development is successful.…

New data shows Metro Vancouver transit system already struggling to meet demand with record population growth coming (Vancouver, B.C.) – Today at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Annual Convention, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation warned that time is running out for the provincial and federal governments to commit new funding for public transit…

The following results are based on an online survey of 1,003 Canadians in the Metro Vancouver region conducted between August 9-28, 2023. Click here to read more.