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If a soluton is not found next year, potential cuts to transit services could include: Cutting bus service in half, including cancelling up to 145 bus routes and all NightBus services. Reducing SkyTrain and SeaBus services by up to 30 per cent. Eliminating West Coast Express. Reducing HandyDART by 35 per cent.
In a drastic move that would set ripples across Metro Vancouver, TransLink is facing the grim possibility of slashing up to half of its bus services, significantly reducing SkyTrain, SeaBus, and HandyDART services, and potentially eliminating the West Coast Express commuter rail line altogether.
- Kenneth Chan
Jul 25, 2024 · According to the report to the regional Mayors’ Council, bus services could be cut in half, SkyTrain and SeaBus trips reduced by one-third, and the West Coast Express commuter service could be...
Jul 25, 2024 · It could mean axing 45 to 50 per cent of existing bus routes, cuts to SkyTrain and SeaBus service, the potential elimination of the West Coast Express and reduction of HandyDART accessible ...
Jul 25, 2024 · Metro Vancouver’s transit provider says it will need to slash services by 50 per cent if a new funding model is not found. In a report shared with the Mayors’ Council on Thursday, TransLink says...
Jul 24, 2024 · Those cuts would include slashing bus service in half, reducing SkyTrain and SeaBus service by up to one-third and potentially scrapping the West Coast Express rail service entirely.
But if the unlikely worst-case scenario were allowed to be played out by a provincial government led by the BC NDP or BC Conservatives, from ignoring and not addressing the fiscal cliff that begins in 2026, it could cost Metro Vancouver’s economy over $1 billion each year.
