Lawrence Frank, the Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation at UBC, says traffic won't be decreased without peak-hour pricing.

Several groups, including three Richmond councillors, have already voiced their opposition to a proposal to toll the Knight Street Bridge. Read more…

Days after Disney Cruise Line announced its ships will visit British Columbia ports, environmentalists have released a report card ranking the cruise line at the bottom.

“They've received an F,” said Howard Breen, the clean ports and vessels specialist for Friends of the Earth Canada. “A solid F.” Read more…

Transportation Minister Shirley Bond acknowledged lowering fares encourages ferry use, but ignored a question about the government's role. Read more…

The increase in summer ferry traffic shows just how sensitive B.C. Ferries users are to fare levels, said Brian Hollingshead, the chair of the Southern Gulf Islands Ferry Advisory Committee.

“We see their numbers and we agree with them, but we have a different reason for how they got there,” said Hollingshead Read more…

Transit users will once again pick up the tab as cash-strapped TransLink tries to juggle public transit service and rising operational costs. Read more…

Indpendent MLA Vicki Huntington used her first speech in the British Columbia legislature to denounce the provincial government's destruction of migratory bird habitat in her constituency.

“The [provincial] government likes to say that we have to balance the economy and the environment,” she said. “Well, Delta South is the balance. We are all that is left of the habitat that supports millions and millions of birds. But no one listens. Instead we build highways and container ports on the most precious land in the province." Read more…

B.C. Ferries ran into big trouble with its online reservations this afternoon, apparently because someone forget to renew its domain name. Read more…

Canada Line spokesperson Jason Chan told 24 hours that the rapid transit line's first week averaged between 80,000 to 85,000 riders a day.

"I think we saw a combination of the line being brand new and the excitement people have for it," Chan said. "I can't say we're surprised because we were expecting a certain level of novelty, where people want to try it out." Read more…

The $2-billion mega-project, the Canada Line, opens to the public this afternoon, creating a rapid-transit link between Vancouver, Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport.

"It's incredibly significant for us," TransLink CEO Tom Prendergast told 24 hours. "There aren't many cities in the world that can say they link downtown to the airport." Read more…

Cycling advocates are asking cyclists to join them in minding their manners today in hopes to begin repairing the damaged relationship between motorists and cyclists in Vancouver.

“I don’t think we’re going to convince more people to bike by shoving biking down their throat and painting cyclists as a group of militants who enjoy disturbing the peace and disrupting people’s lives,” said Critical Manners organizer Jen Watkiss. Read more…

The long, winding road towards the completion of the Canada Line officially ends Monday when TransLink finally opens the rapid transit line to the public.

The door to the trains - which connect Richmond with the Vancouver International Airport and downtown Vancouver - will open at 1 p.m. Aug. 17 and will be free to ride for the first day. Read more…

As high gas prices weigh heavily on the wallets of many BC families, they may be bringing good news for environmentalists, according to an Angus Reid survey released yesterday.

According to the survey, which was conducted online, 49 per cent of British Columbians are driving less than usual, due to the recent price of gas. Read more…

This past weekend, many of Vancouver city politicians' best intentions for more sustainable transportation seemed to come crashing up against the harsh reality of the majority of residents who travel by car.

There was the sudden surge of media attention for the monthly Critical Mass bike ride, sparked by a warning from the Vancouver Police Department. The city's decision to decisively side with the drivers in this cars-versus-bikes debate coincided with the release of the first traffic statistics showing the impact of the three-week-old switch to dedicated bike lanes on the Burrard Bridge.

Meanwhile, another summertime experiment in restricting motor vehicle traffic appears to be heading for an early termination. Read more…

TransLink is proposing a new tax on cars and a region-wide road pricing scheme to help pay for the next 10 years of transit expansion in the Lower Mainland. Read more…

Yesterday's announcement that the province is launching a review of both BC Ferries and and Translink has sparked plenty of speculation, but it is not yet clear whether the review is the start of some minor tweaking or a complete overhaul of the two organizations.

According to the terms of reference the B.C. government has set for Comptroller General Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland, it looks like the organizations' entire structures are under scrutiny. Read more…

VANCOUVER- Vancouver city staff have unequivocally indicated that they don’t support the project that PCI’s Andrew Grant is proposing for next door to the new Marine Drive SkyTrain station, a mixed-used development with two towers — one market condos, one rental — office space, a cineplex and a plaza. Read more…

VANCOUVER - Passenger trains across the country are sitting idle today after talks broke down between Via Rail and its engineers’ union.

“Despite intense negotiations over the past four days, the parties were unfortunately unable to reach an agreement, and the negotiations are currently at an impasse,” said Via in a statement earlier this morning. Read more…

Demonstrators have prevented the demolition of a house slated for tear down as part of the province’s controversial Gateway Project. Read more…

BC Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Bennett has ruled that the emails of Premier Gordon Campbell, most cabinet ministers and political staff are "likely relevant" to the defence in the Basi-Virk case and ordered they be disclosed to the defence. Read more…

As The Tyee reported last week, Metro Vancouver politicians are concerned that a new ten-year funding plan for Translink is being developed without their input.

For UBC residents, however, the problem is that they do not have a local elected government or mayor, and therefore do not have a representative on the Mayor's Council that will approve that plan. Read more…