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
Omicron is the new wild card in normalized travel
International tourism picks up as airlines reinstate and launch more flight routes
Disaster prompts rethink of long-term road and bridge planning
Rebuilding flood-damaged infrastructure in the province will cost billions
Coquihalla reopens to essential commercial traffic
The Coquihalla Highway reopened Monday between Hope and Merritt after a month of extensive repairs in the wake of unprecedented flooding and landslide damage. The highway is open to essential...
Ride-hailing still navigating COVID curveballs
Labour shortages, regulatory policy contributing to struggles among smaller player
Regulator rejects Uber's application to operate outside Lower Mainland and Whistler
29-page decision says pandemic resulted in less passenger volume
Icebreaker project at Vancouver Shipyards may cost three times more than 2013 estimates
The Polar Icebreaker Project launched more than a decade ago – and last estimated to cost Canada $2.6 billion – will likely carry a price tag almost three times that amount. That is the finding of a...
Updated: Coquihalla Highway to reopen next week
Highway 5 will reopen to commercial traffic and buses
Coquihalla Highway could open even sooner than early January
Full update on repairs expected Wednesday
Air Canada flies its first Boeing 767-300ER freighter plane to Vancouver
The freighter was deployed earlier than planned in order to provide excess cargo as a result of regional flooding