Kamloops Transit

IN TWEETS: How the heavy snowfall is affecting Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Schools are closed, transit buses are delayed, garbage pickup is slow going and only a few side streets will likely be plowed before mid-week. Yes, it’s a snow day in Kamloops. The city has been running snow-clearing equipment 24 hours and Public Works Director Jen Fretz says they have even hired contractors to...

Proposal for 365-day public transit in Kamloops gets shot down

KAMLOOPS - The cost of adding additional statutory holidays like Christmas Day to the public transit schedule was too much for Kamloops council, who voted down a motion to offer transit every day of the year.  Coun. Donovan Cavers’ motion to implement transit 365 days out of the year was defeated seven to one; Cavers...

Kamloops not alone in opposition to provincial transit funding freeze

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops and dozens of other municipalities are asking the provincial government to reconsider its freeze on transit funding. The city has a resolution at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, which got underway today in Vancouver, asking the delegates to strongly urge the Premier, the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of...

Bus fares for everyone will soon be $2.00

KAMLOOPS – The cost of riding the bus in Kamloops will soon be the same for everyone. As of Sept. 1, bus fares will be $2.00 for children, students, seniors and adults. Back in December of 2014, city council directed staff to research the effects on ridership if fares were to increase, decrease, stay the...

Kamloops council considers reducing transit fares

KAMLOOPS – Ridership takes precedence over transit expenses, city council has decided, and as a result city staff will now put together a proposal on a fare decrease in an effort to help increase ridership in the city. In an attempt to follow the goals of the Sustainable Kamloops Plan by increasing ridership, and answer...

Transit fare increases to drive council discussion

KAMLOOPS - The challenge of transit service costing the city more money than it makes is no different in Kamloops than it is in any other city in the province and this week city council will discuss a possible fare increase to help offset the cost of the service. Similar to other urban amenities like,...

New CNG buses ready to hit the streets of Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – A total of 25 compressed natural gas buses will be introduced into service in Kamloops by the end of May. Kamloops is just the second B.C. community to get a fleet of CNG-fueled buses, Nanaimo began using the new fleet in 2014. The natural gas buses have significantly quieter engines and simplified emission...

Province overrules city; transit service increases put on hold

KAMLOOPS - In 2014 Kamloops city council members agreed to adding new transit buses and more service hours but a decision by the province to put a freeze on B.C. Transit funding means there will not be any additional services added this year, or for the next three years. B.C. Transit representatives were before council...

Tax hike sits just below 5%

TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD ON SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET KAMLOOPS — An outdoor artificial skating rink, another police officer, more transit hours, funding for the Thrive Festival and a new performing arts centre were among the two dozen requests put before council today, which if all approved would add $2.37 million to the 2014 budget. The tax increase...

Free transit worth the cost?

COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS OPTIONS KAMLOOPS - Transit is a topic that gets a lot of discussion around the table at City Hall, and rightfully so. Taxpayers subsidize a portion of the public transportation and council plans to again explore whether any form of free transit can be offered and how much is too much...