Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path. The choices this gover...

Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...

TransLink BC looking for a new VP of Customer Service
Steve Vanagas @SteveVanagas has left after about 6 years, why? Early Retirement?
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS:
Why it's happening. What we can do about it.
And why we haven't done it already.

Angie Schmitt
Founder and Principal
3MPH Planning and Consulting,
Cleveland, USA

NEXT FREE WEBINAR
Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
11:00 am EST / 3 pm UTC
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'Awe-inspiring presence': Vancouver artist creates haunting image of crow people on the SkyTrain "It's like a daily parade that subtly marks the passage of time."

www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-e...

Weekly Alternative Buzzer (WAB) Vol. 5 No. 44 (November 2, 2025) Public Transit: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, compiled by Nathan Davidowicz For years, longtime public transportation advocate Nathan Davidowicz has been providing an immense public service, entirely voluntarily, by compiling and circulating the Weekly Alternative Buz…

Transit News Vancouver BC, Canada + World
cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/w...
We need proper transit to increase ridership per capita

buzzer.translink.ca/2025/10/buil... ( SkyTrain will be 40 in Dec. 2025)

web.archive.org/web/20200131...
cptdb.ca/wiki/index.p...

The following bus routes still have not returned to Pre-COVID schedules as well as the many bus cuts since 2001
Nos. 2,3,5,6,.8.9.10.14,17,19,20,22,23,25,26,27,28,29, 32, 33,44, 84,99,100,103,123,130,143,144,145, 226, 240, 245, 330,401,403,406,408,410, 480, N6, N16

Transit schedule changes starting January 5 2026
Routes 9 & 99 detour around Broadway and Main St ;
Additional Trips: Nos16,33.49,80 ,116 ,128, 152 153, 155, 156,191, 310, 319,323, 325, 335, 341,342,375 ,407, 555, N10

HandyDART by VDLC : www.facebook.com/share/1SUdUD...

More bus stops to vanish (Line 19 Kingsway to Stanley Park) comments by Nov. 9 Preamble On October 8, 2025, TransLink, working with the City of Vancouver, announced plans for “bus stop balancing” on Route 19, a major route running from near Metrotown along Kingsway and Pender…

cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t...
( More bus stops to vanish )
www.facebook.com/story.php?st... ( read the comments )

Route 19 Bus Priority We’re adjusting bus stop locations, extending bus lanes, and upgrading intersections to help more people get where they need to be, on time.

No current and proposed distances between bus stops are provided!!
www.translink.ca/route19
cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t... ( More bus stops to vanish )

Transit News TransLink:

Proposed Bus Stop changes for 2026
We’re proposing changes to seventeen stop locations along Route 19 , there are presently 100 bus stops for route 19.
Five new stops are proposed near crossings with traffic lights for safer and more convenient access.

A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy Nov. 12, 1 p.m. Eastern With insights from more than 100 initiatives, transportation advocate Carter Lavin will share practical tools and strategies to help you build power and win real change.    nextcity.org/events/rsvp/...

WE-CAN ( West Coast Climate Action Network ) is organizing an alliance of all BC’s transit advocacy groups.
meeting Thursday November 6th, 2025 at 7pm
For details send email to guy@westcoastclimateaction.ca

Federal budget is on Nov. 4, 2025 is it Pro-Transit?https://cutaactu.ca/public-transit-the-next-chapter-in-canadas-nation-building-story/

Elevator and Escalator Replacement Elevator and Escalator replacement is underway at some stations. Customers traveling who require an elevator should plan for alternate routes.

1. Vancouver BC Canada Starting Nov. 4, 2025 elevator service at Waterfront Station will be out of service due to replacement.
Elevator replacement is also underway at Stadium–Chinatown, Nanaimo, and 22nd Street stations.
translink.ca/elevators

www.facebook.com/story.php?st... ( read the comments )

More bus stops to vanish (Line 19 Kingsway to Stanley Park) comments by Nov. 9 Preamble On October 8, 2025, TransLink, working with the City of Vancouver, announced plans for “bus stop balancing” on Route 19, a major route running from near Metrotown along Kingsway and Pender…

cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t... ( More bus stops to vanish )

From Crisis to Solutions: Seniors Housing Forum - 411 Seniors Centre Society 411 Seniors Centre Society is proud to host From Crisis to Solutions: Seniors Housing Forum. This important event will bring together seniors, community partners, and advocates to discuss the urgent c...

From Crisis to Solutions: Seniors Housing Action Forum - Nov 6+7, 2025. 3502 Fraser St., Vancouver BC Canada
411seniors.org/from-crisis-...

Why is Janno Lieber Constantly Blaming Other People for Problems? The Editorial Board posted an interview with MTA head Janno Lieber about sundry public transit-related issues. His answers for the most part aren’t bad until he gets to construction costs (an…

Pedestrian Observations: Why is Janno Lieber Constantly Blaming Other People for Problems? pedestrianobservations.com/2025/10/30/w...

YouTube video by Classy Whale So How Does Paratransit Work?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3tO... 12.5 mins
By Classy Whale Oct. 30, 2025

BC NDP promise UBC SkyTrain, rail links to Fraser Valley and Whistler | Urbanized David Eby's BC NDP party has outlined new transportation infrastructure promises, with an emphasis on public transit including SkyTrain.

Will the 2024 promises be implemented?
dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc... ( Oct. 3 2024 )

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia A look at Metro Vancouver's transit in the past and how to make it better in the future

A look at Metro Vancouver's transit in the past and how to make it better in the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbbz... 6.3 mins CBC
The 1995 promises were never implemented.
The 2008 promises were partially implemented .

Transit History and Promises in Greater Vancouver
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c... BC government started the WCE in 1995 not BC Transit. It is up to the new BC government to fulfil their 2024 election promises and their previous 1995 promises.

Byford: let's do all-door boarding
Lieber: no
Mamdani: let's make the bus free
Lieber: how about all-door boarding instead?

RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains The prohibition means losing revenue at a time when agency officials are grappling with financial constraints.

Totally agree with the move but honestly surprised they made it...

Traffic troubles loom large over elections in and around Montreal | CBC News Traffic congestion in and around Montreal is getting worse — and it’s no longer just a downtown problem. Rapid population growth on the city’s outskirts, coupled with limited public transit, is causin...

In Montreal’s suburbs, traffic trouble looms large over municipal elections
Transit options haven’t kept pace with fast-growing populations
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is the same in Metro Vancouver

Rabbi: What If I Just Bought the Jewels Stolen from the Louvre? Buying stolen goods is described by the Sages as a “grave sin,” since doing so supports and encourages theft. But what if I was unaware?

Rabbi: What If I Just Bought the Jewels Stolen from the Louvre?

www.chabad.org/library/arti...

More bus stops to vanish (Line 19 Kingsway to Stanley Park) comments by Nov. 9 Preamble On October 8, 2025, TransLink, working with the City of Vancouver, announced plans for “bus stop balancing” on Route 19, a major route running from near Metrotown along Kingsway and Pender…

More bus stops to vanish (Line 19 Kingsway to Stanley Park) comments by Nov. 9
cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t...