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Why is there no bus service to River Road West?

I have a question for TransLink: Why is there no bus service from 46A Street and River Road to River Road West out past the Westham Island Bridge?


 

Bus ridership up

Slowly but surely, more people are taking the bus in New Westminster and Burnaby.


 

Tri-Cities a weak performer in TransLink bus review

When the Evergreen Line is up and running in 2016, the mayor of the only community in the Tri-Cities not actually being served directly by the line has a goal.


 

No booze, drugs in party bus death

The B.C. Coroners Service has ruled out drugs and alcohol as contributing factors in the sudden death of a teenager on a "party bus" in Surrey back in February.


 

Delta is calling on TransLink to help students

Civic politicians are joining the campaign to find transportation alternatives for local students after the Delta school board was forced to cut bus service.


 

Cyclist killed by bus on causeway

THE Vancouver Police Department is investigating after a 61-year-old woman from North Vancouver was killed by a West Vancouver transit bus on the Stanley Park causeway Saturday evening.


 
Dominic and Armon Rai and Dylon Bains

Parents continue push for bus

Parents hoping the school bussing program can be saved have put forward a new proposal to the Delta school board.


 

Woman struck by bus

An Abbotsford woman is in stable condition after being hit by a bus and airlifted to hospital on Tuesday afternoon.


 
THE Phibbs Exchange

Building a better bus exchange

THE Phibbs Exchange may get an upgrade - if TransLink can afford it or if the District of North Vancouver is willing to help pay for it.


 
Transportation

Getting around's getting harder

As provincial election candidates gear up to debate hot-button issues affecting residents of Surrey, White Rock and Delta, the transit needs of the local ridings are coming to the forefront.


 

Tough calls in face of deficit not easy to make

Re: "Trustees cut bus service to Delta's rural students," the Now, April 25.


 

Added density draws ire from Willoughby residents

Too much density would mean too much traffic, on roads already too narrow, residents near 208th Street in Willoughby told Langley Township council Monday.


 
Pop-rock band Hey Ocean

Events guide

Chamber Music concert April 13 at 7: 30 p.m. at Crescent Gardens Retirement Community, 1222 King George Blvd., South Surrey. "Come and enjoy an evening of music and support our local talent. Admission is a suggested $5.00 donation, proceeds going to the Peninsula Arts Foundation for music scholarships for youth of the Semiahmoo Peninsula."


 
Traffic

Congestion pricing could be the answer

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Phase 2 Consultation Discussion Guide offers five options to deal with the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.


 

Attacks on bus drivers down

It was safer than usual for bus drivers last year, according to a recent report from Coast Mountain Bus Company.


 

Bus attacks declining

It was safer than usual for bus drivers in B.C. last year, according to a recent report from Coast Mountain Bus Company.


 

Calendar of Events

Thursday, March 28...Computer, eReader, tablet or phone, all can be used to read electronic books including library books. Find out how to borrow ebooks for free at an information session at the New Westminster Public Library, 7 p.m.


 

1933: Mayor takes annual pay cut

Eighty Years Ago -- March 16, 1933


 

School board facing tough decisions

The school board will have some tough decisions to make in its upcoming operating budget. The district's draft budget is currently being finalized, but a major item the school board has already been saying will be a difficult issue is the transportation budget. The district a few weeks ago held a couple of "brainstorming" public meetings to discuss how to deal with a reduction of 47 per cent, or $728,000, in transportation funding.