TransLink Mayors’ Council warns that service cuts may come soon if the funding model for Metro Vancouver transit remains the same
The BC NDP is promising to fully fund a bus rapid transit line from Park Royal to Metrotown, if elected.
Ma said the NDP would be prepared to spend the estimated $500 million required for the bus rapid transit line, which she said should rival the capacity, speed, reliability the efficiency of an LRT line but at a fraction of the cost. The NDP’s announcement came on the same day as a TransLink Mayors' Council press conference in North Vancouver “sounding the alarm” about impending cuts to transit.
District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little said the amount of revenue TransLink gets from the regional gas tax has been dropping as consumers transition toward electric vehicles. And despite ridership increasing since the pandemic, fare revenues are still less than they were. In response, Ma said hers was the first provincial government to get involved in directly funding TransLink when the pandemic wiped out ridership and revenues.
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