Transportation

BC Ferries cuts fuel surcharge amid falling diesel prices

BC Ferries is doing away with its 3.4% fuel surcharge as diesel prices throughout the world go down

Dec 15, 2014 12:09 PM Read more >

B.C.’s Canada Jetlines places US$438m order with Boeing for five aircraft

Ultra-low-cost carrier Canada Jetlines has placed an order worth US$438 million for five of Boeing’s (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX aircraft.

Dec 15, 2014 8:59 AM Read more >

Referendum on sales tax to fund transit could start in March

Metro Vancouver mayors say 0.5% increase to existing 7% sales tax would cost average Metro Vancouver household about $125 a year

Dec 11, 2014 2:54 PM Read more >

Transit referendum will ask for 0.5% regional sales tax

Money raised through the tax would partially fund a $7.5 billion transit improvement plan for Metro Vancouver

Dec 11, 2014 12:57 PM Read more >

Business, labour and enviros will work together in transit referendum

A coalition of strange bedfellows will encourage Metro Vancouver residents to vote “yes” in an upcoming transit referendum

Dec 10, 2014 2:16 PM Read more >

Is Vancouver Ripe for a new luxury car service?

Uber is not alone in hoping to change how Vancouverites are permitted to get around the city

Dec 9, 2014 1:37 PM Read more >

Stormy weather causes ferry cancellations

Wind and rain warnings remain in effect Tuesday morning (December 9) for the capital region and the east coast of Vancouver Island. An emergency operations centre has been set up in Courtenay, B.C.

Dec 9, 2014 9:05 AM Read more >

Metro Vancouver mayors working to finalize transit referendum question

The chairperson of the mayors’ council on regional transportation said he hopes mayors will agree on a question December 4

Dec 4, 2014 1:32 PM Read more >

On the comeback trail with the little engine that can

Tractive Power’s mini-locomotive is designed to replace large polluting locomotives from ports and railway yards

Dec 1, 2014 12:13 PM Read more >

Ferry service way off course, critics say

Rate hikes and route cuts point to business model in need of a major retrofit, say experts

Nov 24, 2014 3:09 PM Read more >