BIT: Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service Why and How to Provide Convenient and Inexpensive Public Transit Connecting South and Central Vancouver Island BACKGROUNDER 20 September 2024 Many Vancouver Island communities have only limited and expensive transit connections. [...] For example, transit serves 13% of total trips and 22% of peak-period trips between Sooke and Victoria, and 20-40% of trips share between Vancouver and Fraser Valley towns such as Langley and Pitt Meadows. [...] 9 Annual Per Capita Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service Better Island Transit The Proposal: Frequent and Affordable Bus Service We propose that BC Transit provide frequent and affordable bus service between Victoria and Nanaimo, and develop interregional bus services on other highways. [...] To provide efficient and equitable transit service throughout the province, the MoTI and BC Transit should establish a department that plans and funds interregional and rural transit, similar to programs in Ontario and Washington State. [...] 11 Annual Per Capita Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service Better Island Transit More frequent and affordable bus services connecting south and central Vancouver Island would help many travellers and communities, is far more cost effective, faster to implement, and provides more total benefits than other transportation improvements.
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- BACKGROUNDER 20 September 2024 1
- Better Island Transit 1
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 2
- Current Interregional Transit Services in BC 2
- Race Across the World 2
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 3
- Highway 16 Five Point Action Plan 3
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 4
- South Island Transportation Strategy 4
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 5
- Why Provide Frequent and Affordable Public Transit Service 5
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 6
- Island Coastal Inter-Community Transportation Study 6
- Transportation Goals and Targets 6
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 7
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 8
- Better Interregional Bus Planning 8
- Highway of Tears Symposium National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls 8
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 9
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 10
- The Proposal Frequent and Affordable Bus Service 10
- Basic Frequent 10
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 11
- Conclusions 11
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 12
- For More Information 12
- Frequent and Affordable Vancouver Island Bus Service 13
