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July 25, 2024. NEW WESTMINSTER, BC – TransLink is releasing a new report today detailing potential future transit service cuts that would be necessary at the end of 2025 if a new transit funding model is not established. TransLink is facing a funding gap of approximately $600 million each year – a shortfall in the budget to operate current ...
Jul 25, 2024 · Ross said TransLink’s projections are that cuts to service would result in a 20 per cent increase in traffic on Metro’s already congested roads. “The impact (would be) felt most acutely by ...
Scenario 2 service cuts starting in 2026. (TransLink) Overall bus services would fall by 45% in the first scenario and 50% in the second scenario. For both scenarios, HandyDART services would be cut by 35% and mainly focus on completing medical trips, with few available trips for other types of trips. Under the first scenario, the West Coast ...
- Kenneth Chan
Jul 25, 2024 · 1 / 1. A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck. Advertisement. Metro Vancouver's regional transit authority is ...
But the picture beyond 2025 is murky; TransLink is warning that it could be forced to curtail a majority of Metro Vancouver’s public transit services starting in 2026 if its structural operating revenue shortfall is not addressed by senior governments. This includes eliminating 145 bus routes and decreasing services on retained bus routes, substantially cutting back on SkyTrain, SeaBus, and ...
- Kenneth Chan
In July 2024, TransLink warned that if this operating revenue shortfall is not filled by the provincial and/or federal governments, it could be forced to cut 50% of overall bus service levels, with 145 bus routes out of a network of over 220 bus routes eliminated, and cut SkyTrain and SeaBus services by 30%. West Coast Express could also be discontinued.
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Jul 24, 2024 · TransLink is warning of massive service cuts, including up to half of bus routes leaving several communities stranded, if it can't secure stable funding past 2025. ... cuts TransLink says are ...
