Transportation

People make their way through Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The federal budget has air travel on the radar, laying out plans to speed up airport security screening and reduce flight delays.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Frustration, anticipation mark industry response to budget’s flight delay fixes

Budget promises $1.8 billion over five years to improve passenger screening

 

Auditor General Karen Hogan holds a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The Auditor General says two thirds of people with disabilities encountered barriers on federally regulated planes and trains in 2019 and 2020, and is highlighting a lack of consultation and enforcement by agencies involved. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Two-thirds of Canadians with disabilities found barriers on planes, trains: audit

Auditor general: Via Rail, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority still show serious gaps

 

The Transportation Safety Board says pilots in Canada need better guidelines for screening heart-related conditions. A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, May 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Transportation Safety Board urges better medical screening guidelines for pilots

At least 8 plane crashes in the past 20 years tied to Canadian pilot heart conditions

 

CN rail trains are shown at a train yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022. CN workers have backed a strike vote with negotiations set to resume on a contract for around 3,000 Canadian employees.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

CN workers back union strike mandate as contract talks for 3,000 employees continue

Another round of talks set for next week in Unifor contract negotiations

CN rail trains are shown at a train yard in Vaughan, Ont., on Monday, June 20, 2022. CN workers have backed a strike vote with negotiations set to resume on a contract for around 3,000 Canadian employees.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Gabriel Kwok poses for a photograph with his electric unicycle in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Since Kwok first started riding the electric unicycle on the streets of Vancouver nine months ago, he estimates he’s logged about 2,000 kilometres on the so-called micro mobility device. The 21-year-old Emily Carr film student has a car when he needs to haul people or cargo, but his “wheel” is now his main means of transportation to commute to school and get around the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

Ambiguity reigns over the rules governing electric unicycles, scooters and bikes

Gabriel Kwok poses for a photograph with his electric unicycle in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Since Kwok first started riding the electric unicycle on the streets of Vancouver nine months ago, he estimates he’s logged about 2,000 kilometres on the so-called micro mobility device. The 21-year-old Emily Carr film student has a car when he needs to haul people or cargo, but his “wheel” is now his main means of transportation to commute to school and get around the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Premier David Eby announced $500 million for BC Ferries on Sunday (Feb. 26). (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. investing $500M to electrify BC Ferries fleet, keep fares steady

Money to offset increasing costs of fuel, inflation in coming years

Premier David Eby announced $500 million for BC Ferries on Sunday (Feb. 26). (Black Press Media file photo)
Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra listens during an announcement at Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm container terminal, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Port Authority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver port authority suspends Rolling Truck Age Program for at least nine months

Postponemnet is the third for controversial program which was supposed to begin April 3

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra listens during an announcement at Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm container terminal, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Port Authority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra listens during an announcement at Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm container terminal, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Port Authority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Liberal MPs decry Vancouver Port Authority truck program in letters to minister

Program aims to phase out trucks that are more than 12 years old to improve air quality

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra listens during an announcement at Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm container terminal, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Port Authority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Global Container Terminals said Deltaport is their third biggest container terminal in North America. (Grace Kennedy photo)

Union fears robots will kill jobs in controversial B.C. port expansion

International Longshore and Warehouse Union urging rejection of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 by Deltaport

Global Container Terminals said Deltaport is their third biggest container terminal in North America. (Grace Kennedy photo)
A man experiences a driving simulator of a flying taxi at the Dubai Roads and Transportation Authority’s stand during the World Government SummitWLD in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb 13, 2023. Dubai again is planning for the takeoff of flying taxis in this futuristic city-state on the Arabian Peninsula, offering its firmest details yet Monday for a pledged launch by 2026. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Dubai again plans for flying taxi takeoff, this time by 2026

United Arab Emirates city offering its firmest details yet for a pledged launch by 2026

A man experiences a driving simulator of a flying taxi at the Dubai Roads and Transportation Authority’s stand during the World Government SummitWLD in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb 13, 2023. Dubai again is planning for the takeoff of flying taxis in this futuristic city-state on the Arabian Peninsula, offering its firmest details yet Monday for a pledged launch by 2026. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Bats come out of the Volcan de los Murcielagos, a cave that is home to three million bats, in the Balam-Ku reserve, in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. One version of the Maya Train plan had the tracks passing less than a half mile from the bat cave. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle

$20 billion dollar project envisioned to grow economy of some of country’s most impoverished areas

Bats come out of the Volcan de los Murcielagos, a cave that is home to three million bats, in the Balam-Ku reserve, in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. One version of the Maya Train plan had the tracks passing less than a half mile from the bat cave. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Provincial Health Department workers stop traffic that has crossed the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., Sunday, March 22, 2020. The premier of Prince Edward Island is asking the federal government to lower the tolls for the Confederation Bridge to make the trips to the mainland more affordable. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

P.E.I. premier asking Ottawa to reduce tolls for Confederation Bridge and ferry fares

Tolls for cars now $50, King wants them cut to $20 to encourage travel.

Provincial Health Department workers stop traffic that has crossed the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., Sunday, March 22, 2020. The premier of Prince Edward Island is asking the federal government to lower the tolls for the Confederation Bridge to make the trips to the mainland more affordable. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl. (Black Press file)

Liberal government ‘missing in action’ over holiday travel chaos, says shadow minister of transport

MP Mark Strahl at emergency committee meeting Thursday to hear from airline, airport officials

Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl. (Black Press file)
Luggage bags are amassed in the bag claim area at Toronto Pearson International Airport, as a major winter storm disrupts flights in and out of the airport, in Toronto, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. From long hours waiting on hold to sleepless nights on airport floors and desperate scrambles to rebook flights and find missing bags, it was a holiday travel season that no one had on their wish list — but that thousands of people got. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Airlines, airports, transport minister to testify on holiday travel mess at committee

Leaders from country’s major airports and airlines are also among witnesses set to appear

Luggage bags are amassed in the bag claim area at Toronto Pearson International Airport, as a major winter storm disrupts flights in and out of the airport, in Toronto, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. From long hours waiting on hold to sleepless nights on airport floors and desperate scrambles to rebook flights and find missing bags, it was a holiday travel season that no one had on their wish list — but that thousands of people got. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
A “cyclist on bridge” signal standing over the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge is an example of recent active transportation investments in the eastern Fraser Valley. (Adam Louis/Observer)

District of Kent, Mission receive active transportation funding

A total of $99,000 will be invested in the communities’ projects, Minister says

A “cyclist on bridge” signal standing over the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge is an example of recent active transportation investments in the eastern Fraser Valley. (Adam Louis/Observer)
Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has accepted a request from fellow members of Parliament to appear before a committee that is seeking answers about what led to a chaotic holiday travel season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Transport minister will meet with committee investigating holiday travel woes

Widespread travel disruptions under the microscope included Sunwing and Via Rail

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has accepted a request from fellow members of Parliament to appear before a committee that is seeking answers about what led to a chaotic holiday travel season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Ebus will be taking over the route through Williams Lake to run an inter-city service between Prince George and Kamloops. (Contributed)

Inter-city bus route Kamloops to Prince George to be taken over by Ebus

Adventure Charters announced Dec. 21 they would no longer be offering the service

Ebus will be taking over the route through Williams Lake to run an inter-city service between Prince George and Kamloops. (Contributed)
The City of Abbotsford is planning to install two new bus shelters each year at priority locations. (City of Abbotsford photo)

Abbotsford council approves $50K to provide two new bus shelters each year

Funding to come from charges paid by developers per housing unit

The City of Abbotsford is planning to install two new bus shelters each year at priority locations. (City of Abbotsford photo)
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B.C’s Coquihalla closed between Hope and Merritt

Crash has major route shut down overnight

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A man rests on his luggage at Vancouver International Airport after a snowstorm crippled operations leading to cancellations and major delays, in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ferry, bus, car, plane: Whichever your choice, expect delays on B.C.’s south coast

Snow turning to arctic cold front Wednesday

A man rests on his luggage at Vancouver International Airport after a snowstorm crippled operations leading to cancellations and major delays, in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck