TransLink\u0027s mayors\u0027 council approved a 2023 work plan, but will need help from provincial and federal governments on sustainable funding.
TransLink has the additional challenge of pushing ahead with expansion when its passenger traffic has only recovered to 82 per cent of pre-COVID-19 levels. Vehicle traffic in the region, on the other hand, still exceeds pre-pandemic levels.
But Ross said hybrid work arrangements mean commuting patterns have changed, so Vancouver’s ridership remains at 74 per cent of pre-COVID levels, but ridership in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, newly served by rapid bus lines, has climbed to 101 per cent of pre-pandemic traffic on weekdays and 109 per cent on weekends.
North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan asked whether TransLink might consider reallocation of services on weekends to account for the fact that the North Shore’s weekend passenger numbers on transit exceed weekday trips and already gridlocked highways are getting worse. Finding the money has to happen now, she said. “We have to be working at the table with our senior levels of government and have to be looking at different ways and financial frameworks.”Article content
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