Transportation

Surrey has higher rates of both poverty and automobile dependence than other Metro Vancouver municipalities

Support for the No side in the upcoming transit referendum appears to be gaining ground at an increasing rate

Canadian Pacific Rail (TSX:CP) and the union representing its striking workers have agreed to accept binding arbitration just hours before Ottawa was set to enact back-to-work legislation.

Cost of congestion could be reduced by 1/3 with transit improvements, according to report commissioned by Metro Vancouver mayors

In a poll, 80% of Metro Vancouver business owners said they would vote no to raising the provincial sales tax 0.5% increase to pay for transit improvements

But changes are not enough to assure voters the transit authority will spend money wisely, says TransLink critic

In spite of disruptions due to a truckers’ strike, the port handled record-breaking cargo levels in 2014

Ian Jarvis is out as CEO of TransLink as the transit authority makes an effort to “restore public confidence"

Business leaders divided on tolling to pay for a new, four-lane Pattullo Bridge

Seven mayors, including Gregor Robertson of Vancouver and Linda Hepner of Surrey, kicked off a campaign Monday (February 2) to urge Metro Vancouverites to vote Yes in a spring plebiscite on transportation that asks voters whether they approve of a 0.5% sales tax hike to help pay for a $7.5 billion plan to ease congestion in the region.