Transportation

Taxi passengers who are feeling a little woozy on the ride home will now have to fork over more than just their metered fare if they get sick inside a cab.

With two major SkyTrain breakdowns in less than a week, Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts is calling on the province to delegate more governance powers to the Mayors’ Council.

Fraser flood fears drive business push for Fraser dredging and repair infrastructure funds

An electrician installing a circuit breaker for the Evergreen Line tripped the main breaker for SkyTrain’s central operations, which led to a total system-wide shutdown of the entire train system July 21, according to TransLink’s blog.

Trucking companies are not living up to their end of the deal reached in March that ended an almost month-long strike by Metro Vancouver container truckers, and the truckers are asking for government to request an order-in-council to make agreed-upon rates legal and binding.

Thousands of travellers were left stranded once again by TransLink when the Millennium and Expo lines were shut down Monday afternoon (July 21). It was the second such incident in less than a week.

Transit users pipe up on social media with their thoughts on the latest fiasco to hit the SkyTrain tracks.

Uber may be ready to give Vancouver another try. The rideshare app maker made an appearance in Vancouver and Calgary on July 18, delivering ice cream for one day only.

British Columbia has fewer car owners than the Canadian average, and B.C. residents pay substantially less to own those cars, according to BMO’s auto report released July 8.

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard Holdings has acquired Vancouver-based engineering and design firm STX Canada Marine (STXM) in a deal worth about C$11 million.