Transportation
BIV's coverage of the transportation sector provides the latest news relating to roads, air travel, shipping, ports and beyond in Vancouver and British Columbia
SkyTrain switch threatens to derail Surrey transit link
SBOT fears council’s light-rail reversal will mean long transit development delay
New Surrey mayor, city council unanimously cancel LRT plans
Immediately after being sworn in to their new positions November 5, new Surrey mayor Doug McCallum and the city’s new councilors voted unanimously to cancel the planned Surrey-Newton-Guildford light...
Majority of previous Greyhound routes to be covered by year end: B.C. government
Eighty three per cent of Greyhound routes that are set to disappear October 31 will be covered by other private operators by the end of the year, the provincial government announced October...
Nanaimo Port Authority CEO Ewan Moir leaves post after one year
Ewan Moir has left the Nanaimo Port Authority after one year as its president and chief executive. Ian Marr, the port’s senior vice-president, and Mike Davidson, vice-president of real estate, will...
Multimillion-dollar container terminal investments in B.C. buck global trend
$810 million in upgrades expanding Metro Vancouver’s cargo capacity despite growing transpacific trade war concerns
Personal autos’ days numbered: transportation experts
Lower-cost car sharing, ride-hailing proliferation reducing ownership attraction
B.C. in the driver’s seat when it comes to bad driving behaviour
In spite of the polite nature that is usually associated with anything Canadian, we seem to be losing patience with everyone when it comes to our country’s roads. In a recent Research Co. poll, half...
Discount airline WOW Air to launch Vancouver-Iceland flights
Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier plans to operate non-stop flights between Reykjavik and Vancouver
BC Ferries to start accepting debit cards on some sailings
BC Ferries is accepting debit cards on its Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen vessels. The corporation has started a two-month test of debit cards, beginning with the Spirit of British Columbia on Wednesday...
Seaspan to sink US$200 million into Singapore’s Swiber
Investment in offshore oil and gas engineering company diversifies Vancouver container shipping giant’s portfolio