BC Transit

Stuart McLean, Regional District of Nanaimo transit select committee chairperson and board vice-chairperson, tests out a new Umo card at the RDN Transit facility on Nov. 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Tap-card, mobile app fare payment goes live on buses servicing Nanaimo area

Umo system now live in Victoria, Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley, with Comox Valley coming next

 

The West Shore is set to see more than $13 million in investments into public transit and active transportation infrastructure thanks to the federal and provincial governments and BC Transit. (Black Press Media file photo)

$13.2M going toward West Shore transit, bike lanes to speed up commute

Feds, province, BC Transit all contributing to investment in Colwood and View Royal

 

A collision took place just before 5:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 2) at the intersection of Douglas and Bay streets. (ajs380/Reddit)

2 BC Transit passengers injured in collision at Victoria intersection

Victoria police and BC Transit are investigating

 

A shortage of bus drivers is causing disruptions to transit services in Campbell River. Photo, BC Transit

Shortage of bus drivers disrupting transit service in Campbell River

Service challenges include a number of last-minute trip cancellations

A shortage of bus drivers is causing disruptions to transit services in Campbell River. Photo, BC Transit
BC Transit user scanning their monthly transit pass on the mobile app Umo to ride the bus. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

BC Transit rolls out $23.2M electronic fare system – starting in Victoria

Nanaimo and other BC transit regions will adopt the fare system in the future

BC Transit user scanning their monthly transit pass on the mobile app Umo to ride the bus. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Riders can expect some scheduling and name changes to commuter routes between Duncan and Victoria. (Citizen file photo)

Changes coming for some Cowichan-Victoria commuter bus routes

Bus service to Victoria will see two runs cut, two more added

Riders can expect some scheduling and name changes to commuter routes between Duncan and Victoria. (Citizen file photo)
One of BC Transit’s 150 new battery powered electric buses facing the side and back. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Feds, B.C. fund BC Transit to add more Greater Victoria electric buses

Some electric buses will be in service on July 27

One of BC Transit’s 150 new battery powered electric buses facing the side and back. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
The 70 NCX Nanaimo-Cowichan Express bus has met expectations in its first year of operations. (Citizen file photo)

Duncan-Nanaimo bus route provides more than 30,000 rides in first year

Riders would like to see expanded schedule, as officials call new transit connection a success

The 70 NCX Nanaimo-Cowichan Express bus has met expectations in its first year of operations. (Citizen file photo)
BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)

BC Transit says contactless payment coming to Victoria buses this summer

The Victoria Regional Transit System was chosen as the first system to implement Umo

BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)
A SkyTrain is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The union for more than 1,000 SkyTrain employees says it has reached a tentative five-year deal with the BC Rapid Transit Co.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

SkyTrain union reaches tentative 5-year deal with BC Rapid Transit

CUPE says ratification vote for the new contract will be held at the end of July

A SkyTrain is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The union for more than 1,000 SkyTrain employees says it has reached a tentative five-year deal with the BC Rapid Transit Co.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A B.C. Transit bus makes its way around a Highway 14 roundabout in Sooke on Friday. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)

Sooke mayor steps down as transit board chair

‘I can’t give the role the attention it needs,’ says Maja Tait

A B.C. Transit bus makes its way around a Highway 14 roundabout in Sooke on Friday. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)
This is BC Transit’s first-ever Pride Bus, which will be in service and running on a variety of routes in the Victoria Regional Transit System through June and July. (BC Transit photo)

BC Transit unveils first-ever Pride bus before Victoria event

Bus will be seen during the summer, including at Pride parade

This is BC Transit’s first-ever Pride Bus, which will be in service and running on a variety of routes in the Victoria Regional Transit System through June and July. (BC Transit photo)
A BC Transit bus in Victoria. (Black Press Media file)

Person in wheelchair hit by BC Transit bus in downtown Victoria

Collision at Douglas and Belleville Street on Tuesday night

A BC Transit bus in Victoria. (Black Press Media file)
Transit will be free on April 22. (Black Press file photo)
Transit will be free on April 22. (Black Press file photo)
Greater Victoria partners (from left) Coun. Chris Coleman, Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto, Transportation Minister Rob Fleming, Oak Bay Mayor Kevin Murdoch, Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Grace Lore, BC Transit’s Christy Ridout and Saanich Mayor Dean Murdock launch the new Blink RapidBus Route 95, which will take passengers from Downtown Victoria to the West Shore. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

New bus line replacing Route 50 to Langford to have fewer stops, more frequent service

Route 95 offers a faster experience, but cuts some stops on the way to the West Shore

Greater Victoria partners (from left) Coun. Chris Coleman, Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto, Transportation Minister Rob Fleming, Oak Bay Mayor Kevin Murdoch, Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Grace Lore, BC Transit’s Christy Ridout and Saanich Mayor Dean Murdock launch the new Blink RapidBus Route 95, which will take passengers from Downtown Victoria to the West Shore. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
A map of BC Transit's new Route 95 West Shore-Downtown line to launch on April 10. (Courtesy BC Transit)

West Shore-Downtown rapid buses to get rolling next month

Transit users will be able to identify Blink RapidBus stops with newly branded orange signage

A map of BC Transit's new Route 95 West Shore-Downtown line to launch on April 10. (Courtesy BC Transit)
An international student was taken to hospital after being assaulted at a Kelowna bus stop on March. 17. (World Sikh Organization of Canada)

‘Investigate attack on international student as a hate crime’: Kelowna Sikh community

An international student was taken to hospital after being assaulted at a Kelowna bus stop

An international student was taken to hospital after being assaulted at a Kelowna bus stop on March. 17. (World Sikh Organization of Canada)
BC Transit expects the new facility and location at 690 Allandale Rd. in Colwood will meet its distribution and parts receiving needs for many years to come. (Black Press Media file photo)

BC Transit, province, feds spending $20M for new Colwood bus fleet maintenance site

Centre planned for 3 warehouse spaces at Wildcat Industrial to be built at 650 Allandale Rd.

BC Transit expects the new facility and location at 690 Allandale Rd. in Colwood will meet its distribution and parts receiving needs for many years to come. (Black Press Media file photo)
BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)

Greater Victoria transit riders to see tap-and-go fare systems this spring

Umo will allow paying with cell phones, reloadable cards, then debit and credit cards

BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)

Fundraiser tops $10,000 for Okanagan boy injured after falling under bus

The GoFundMe says donations will help with cost of physiotherapy

  • Mar 7, 2023
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)