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In this newsletter: • BC Government’s climate plans need a push, from you • Help get the Highway 1 Bus Lanes Completed – Write to your MLA BC Government’s climate plans need a push, from you The BC Government recently outlined some of their high-level ideas on climate action in a set of discussion papers. […]
In this newsletter: • Visit or Volunteer with the Better Transit Alliance at Car Free Day • Help get the Highway 1 Bus Lanes Completed – Write to your MLA • Central Saanich Community Association forms Transit Committee • Write a letter to the editor today! Visit or Volunteer with the Better Transit Alliance at […]
Provincial budget a 7 million dollar step in the right direction The NDP government’s recently released budget includes a two cent per litre increase in the tax on gasoline and diesel to raise about $7 million per year for better transit. Local government representatives and the Victoria Transit Commission have been calling for this essential […]
Ask Victoria Council to Approve BTA’s Transit & Climate Motion! At the request of the Better Transit Alliance, Victoria City Councillors Jeremy Loveday and Ben Isitt have crafted a motion based on the BTA’s open letter on climate-friendly transportation investments! The motion is titled “Advocacy to Shift Investment to Low-Emission Transportation.” The motion reads:
Prime Minister Trudeau, former Premier Clark and most of Canada’s premiers signed the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change in 2016. This Framework contains a policy shift that could fund much better transit in our region, and reduce climate pollution. But this likely won’t happen without local support! The Framework commits the federal […]
Douglas Street Bus Lanes Update Transit riders don’t cause traffic problems, so why should we have to endure them? The Better Transit Alliance is working to pressure decision-makers to move forward with their promise to install 24/7 bus lanes on Douglas Street & Highway 1 all the way to the 6-Mile Pub. The bus lanes […]