BC Transit
BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Greater Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia.
Originally known as the British Columbia Electric Railway, a division of BC Hydro after 1961, BC Transit was created in 1972 as the provincial government nationalized the BC Hydro systems. In 1978, the province separated the transit authority into a separate agency called the Urban Transit Authority which was later renamed as BC Transit.
BC Transit carries out overall planning and delivery for all of the different municipal transit systems in British Columbia. In 1999, responsibility for the management of transportation in Greater Vancouver, including public transit, was taken over by TransLink. In the future, TransLink's jurisdiction is planned to expand into adjacent regions east and north of Greater Vancouver.
Transit systems
The Victoria Regional Transit System, in the provincial capital of Victoria, is the only system operated by BC Transit itself. In four locations (Nanaimo, Nelson, Powell River, and the Sunshine Coast) the municipality operates the service, while private operators are contracted to deliver the transit services elsewhere. Beyond Victoria, there are three levels of regular transit systems.[1]
Tier 1
- Central Fraser Valley
- Kamloops
- Kelowna Regional
- Nanaimo Regional
- Prince George
- Whistler
Tier 2
- Campbell River
- Chilliwack
- Comox Valley
- Cowichan Valley
- Penticton Transit
- Vernon Regional
Tier 3
- Cranbrook
- Dawson Creek
- Fort St. John
- Kitimat
- Kootenay Boundary
- Nelson
- Port Alberni
- Powell River
- Prince Rupert
- Squamish
- Sunshine Coast
- Terrace Regional
handyDART
There are 14 Custom Transit (handyDART) Systems.[1]
- Alberni-Clayoquot
- Campbell River
- Central Fraser Valley
- Chilliwack
- Cranbrook
- Kamloops
- Kelowna Regional
- Kitimat
- Kootenay Boundary
- Nanaimo Regional
- Penticton
- Prince George
- Prince Rupert
- Vernon Regional
References
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