Please sign this petition (and circulate) calling for a national, affordable, accessible public bus and rail system – we need just 88 more signatures to meet the 500-signature threshold for presentation in the House of Commons!
Chris Alemany from Port Alberni initiated the petition, and any citizen of permanent resident of Canada can sign.
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3431
A bit of summertime good news!
On Wednesday July 14, the Capital Regional District (CRD) board unanimously approved a new policy on transportation prioritization in the region. Now Greater Victoria’s regional district is prepared to advocate for transportation investments that contribute to meeting regional transit ridership, affordability, and greenhouse gas reduction targets. The document is vague in places, but CRD directors asked CRD staff some pointed questions and got important reassurances. Staff clarified that their approach to dealing with congestion will favor improving public transit and active transportation rather than increasing highway capacity for cars with wider highways or new interchanges. We will be following this ongoing process carefully.
Hope you are enjoying your summer, and expect to hear more from the Better Transit Alliance in the fall.