Cole Hogan

Mayors’ Council begins push for renewed federal investment in transit to keep up with population growth, immigration and GHG emission targets

February 14, 2023 (Vancouver, B.C.) – The TransLink Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation has made a formal request to the Federal Government to renew its partnership with the region and the Province, in order to ensure Metro Vancouver’s transit system can sustain and expand services in the face of increasing ridership amid ongoing post-pandemic financial…

Ensuring Canada’s Urban Transit Systems Are Ready to Support Population Growth and Climate Action Targets

RECOMMENDATIONS   As the Government of Canada prepares its 2023-24 Budget, Metro Vancouver’s TransLink Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation asks that the Government: 1. Provide $250 million in Emergency Transit Relief Funding to TransLink, to be matched by the Government of B.C., to protect existing transit service levels in 2023-25 and enable TransLink to begin…

Submission to the Government of Canada’s Pre-Budget Consultation 2022/23

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland and Minister LeBlanc, I am writing to share our attached submission to the 2022/23 Pre-Budget Consultation and to provide an important update on our transit system in Metro Vancouver. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost two years ago, urban transit systems across Canada have faced unprecedented challenges in maintaining…