Transportation

High gas taxes are driving Lower Mainlanders south of the border at levels not seen in 15 years, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's (CTF) Jordan Bateman.

Passing through customs at Vancouver International Airport will be quicker for travellers headed to the U.S., thanks to 12 new automated customs kiosks.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix has added yet another subject for review, should his party form government: the Surrey Fraser Docks' thermal coal export terminal.

Nearly two weeks after Port Metro Vancouver held a press conference to highlight its commitment to public consultation, an anti-coal activist and a New Westminster councillor are expressing frustration at how long it’s taking to get answers from the port.

Richmond-based Helijet International announced May 1 that it has landed $3.5 million in new flight contracts, which will expand its presence along B.C.’s central coast.

SNC-Lavalin Inc.-associated companies involved in some of British Columbia's biggest transportation projects – from the Canada Line to Vancouver International Airport to the Sea-to-Sky Highway – are among those suspended from receiving World Bank financing for the next 10 years.

Vancouver International Airport was named Best Airport in North America for the fourth year in a row by the Skytrax World Airport Awards http://www.worldairportawards.com in Switzerland Wednesday.

Today is the last day that British Columbians will be able to provide input into the second phase of public consultation for the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.

The provincial and federal governments and the City of Abbotsford will jointly fund a $25 million upgrade to the Sumas border crossing, it was announced Friday.

A report by the Auditor General on the Evergreen Line released this morning and the report by the project's fairness monitor, which was completed six months ago but only published yesterday, both ignore the problems of the contractor hired to build the 11-kilometre SkyTrain extension.