Tag: Translink
Posted on February 10, 2017
Fassbender’s “transit-supporting levy:” a new way to make municipalities pay?
Transportation minister Peter Fassbender’s latest musings about a new “transit-supporting levy” imposed on transit-oriented development sound like a complex new way for Victoria to impose the entire cost of transportation investment on municipalities. Says Fassbender: “If you build… Read More
Updated on January 8, 2017
More Translink service improvements coming soon as regional Mayors begin search for long-term funding solution
Just a few weeks after important service improvements to support the opening of the Evergreen Line, Translink is preparing to announce even more transit investments on top of the Dec. 16 decision to purchase 28 new Skytrain cars. Some… Read More
Posted on October 14, 2016
Translink CEO’s breakthrough pledge: keep those escalators moving
In all the good news that Translink CEO Kevin Desmond rolled out at yesterday’s Board of Trade lunch — more bus service soon, Compass working well, Evergreen ready to go — the pledge that leaped out at me… Read More
Updated on July 17, 2016
Tentative agreement with bus drivers signals better days for Translink riders . . . at last
Translink’s bus drivers, members of Unifor Locals 111 and 2200, will be voting Thursday on a tentative three-year agreement with Translink, the latest sign that the regional transit authority is finally into a stretch of good news. There are… Read More
