British Columbia's Transit users to get shelter as new replacement program prepares to roll out

One of Prince Rupert's Transit bus shelters

There could be some new bus shelters coming the way of transit users in the Northwest later this year, after the province and Federal government rolled out a funding plan for transit shelter installations earlier this week.

The near 4 million dollars in joint funding are to provide for 150 new and retrofitted bus shelters across the province part of an initiative to get more British Columbians to use transit.

Those communities that are participating (and there is no list as of yet as to who is) will contribute $986,000 of the cost through BC Transit, with the provincial transit agency's President and CEO, Erinn Pinkerton, noting that this is the second phase of a bus shelter replacement program in the province.

“On behalf of our local government partners, thank you to the Government of Canada and the Province of B.C. for continuing to invest in the future of public transit. We have received positive feedback on the bus shelters program from our partners, and this second phase means even more communities across British Columbia will enjoy the benefits of shelters for their residents.”

The bus shelter program is one of a number of initiatives now in motion towards improving transit and transit access in communities across British Columbia.

Learn more about this weeks announcement here. 

For notes on Transit across the Northwest see our archive page here.