Every year, hundreds of people in the CRD make the decision to move to places where they don't need to drive on a daily basis. Let's make sure transit can keep up!
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Every year, hundreds of people in the CRD make the decision to move to places where they don't need to drive on a daily basis. Let's make sure transit can keep up!
The Streetlamp Salon is excited to invite you to our first event of 2026 on March 10th!
We'll be talking about public transit currently and in the future. Joining us will be Todd Litman and Better Transit YYJ
Details in the link!
#yyj #yyjevents #transit
We are standing with groups across the province to fight for better transit in BC, including @movementyvr.bsky.social, @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social , the West Coast Climate Action Network, and @bcruralhealth.bsky.social.
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In communities that depend on fare revenue to keep transit going, this could very well create transit death spirals across the province, as service cuts lead to lower fare revenue, forcing service cuts.
The 2026 Budget freezes transit funding and forces service cuts. Write your MLA and tell them to protect transit funding! At the minimum, the BC gov should allow local governments to make up for lost funding. #yyj #bcpoli
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Our latest newsletter is out! mailchi.mp/a43ac17f9af1...
As a highlight, we now have our membership structure set up! You can sign up to become a member at bettertransityyj.ca/membership/
There's a lot BC can learn from in this excellent report. Perhaps most directly relevant for #yyj : we need to plan transit around our goals as a region, not around ideology. Also, we need to empower at least one set of decision-makers to actually build what we need as a region.
BC Transit is looking for your input on service to the airport. Take the survey, or chat with them in person.
We encourage you to tell transit to fix overcrowding and improve frequencies on important routes before investing into airport service. #yyj #bctransit
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Check out our latest newsletter and come say Hi this Wednesday PM rush hour as we connect with transit riders along Douglas Street!
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This problem isn't just American. Victoria routes are often bogged down with frequent, underused stops. This really slows down our busses.
Would you walk a few minutes more if it meant your bus was significantly faster?
🎵Guess who's back, back again? QMP's back, tell a friend!🎵
Saanich votes Jan 19 on the Quadra–McKenzie Plan. Transit riders need faster, reliable buses now. Speak up: email council@saanich.ca or attend the meeting. Don’t let a small minority stall progress for thousands of daily riders.
The meeting is Monday, January 19, 2026, in Council Chambers, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, commencing at 6:30 p.m. Show up really early if you want a seat, and register by emailing council@saanich.ca or by calling 250-475-5501 by noon on the 19th
The Quadra McKenzie Plan comes back to Saanich Council next Monday. We need it to pass so staff can get to work on speeding transit up. Remember, transit riders make up the majority of users on McKenzie at rush hour!
Map of the 51 bus route, showing key destinations such as the schools and exchanges along the route
Last week we got to see the first midday service on the 51, which runs UVic to the Westshore!
Midday takes 30 min to go from Colwood to UVic, very comparable to driving. If you've ever taken it at rush hour you'll know it often takes 60 min or more. It's time to get these busses out of traffic!
Trams come up every time people discuss higher order transit in Victoria, as we are fairly highly centered and we have some pretty extreme bottlenecks for vehicles that can’t be easily expanded. There hasn’t been much discussion on what would be required to get them faster than driving
To see the route, schedule and more technical info, check out victoria.bctracker.ca/trips/110854.... See you Friday afternoon!
Poster for this event: Join us on the LAST EVER Bus #82 Saanichton via Stautw Date: Jan 2, 2026, 15:40 Location: Sidney Centre - 2361 James White Blvd. Bus Stop ID: 102253
Photo of the route 82 - Saanichton Exch bus.
Come join us this Friday, Jan 2, to ride the last ever trip on the Route 82!
For those in the peninsula, the bus will overlap with an 87 heading back to Sidney. For those coming from the Core or Westshore, transfers to Route 72 or 75 head back into Victoria from Saanichton Exchange.
Politicians love improving transit because it's super popular and they know they'll be rewarded at the polls!
Speed Matters.
Some thoughts about transit and speed, life, space and time.
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Did you know that almost 40% of emissions in the CRD come from road transportation?
Investing in transit to shift trips from private automobiles will be essential for decreasing these emssions. The CRD does not currently have a concrete plan around transit, but it must if we are to hit our targets.
The question we keep asking is "could we restore service on the E&N". We need to collectively ask "What is the best way to create high quality transit on the South Island."
That said, the section of the E&N from Langford Station to Six Mile is potentially really useful for getting a future rail project from Uptown to Langford.
Our region keeps coming back to the E&N (through Esquimalt) to look at commuter rail service. Time and time again, the experts have told our regional officials that it just doesn't make sense. Higher order transit in the CRD needs to address the Douglas corridor.
For some general ideals:
Westshore -> Downtown in 20 min or less with 5 min frequency
Uptown -> UVic in 15 min or less with 5 min frequency
Swartz Bay -> Downtown in 30 min with 10 min frequency
Rather than saying "let's build light rail", we need to ask "what gets us better service than driving"
It's opening day on the new Finch West LRT and things aren't looking great. It goes to show that project goals are key to what you get. In the CRD, we need to be thinking about the level and quality of service rather than vehicle type. 1/
Thanks to everyone who came out to our open house this last week! We had a great time planning out where Better Transit is headed (:
@jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social and @victoria.ca (2025 OCP), along with @bctransit.com (the 2011 Rapid Transit Report) have in the past called for street-running LRT like the Finch West line. As a region, we need to do better than Toronto on this.
The Finch West LRT fiasco shows we need to be very careful about exactly what we get when people promise "LRT." While the CRD needs higher order transit, major infrastructure investment needs to result in fast, frequent, and reliable service.
