Kelowna Transit

Planned Kelowna transit improvements will help develop affordable housing
The City of Kelowna is planning for public transit infrastructure that meshes with housing development.…
Transit drivers unsung heroes during massive West Kelowna wildfire evacuations
During the 2023 wildfires in the Okanagan last summer season multiple transit bus drivers were…

Transit lobby group challenges to Okanagan city councils to take the bus for one week
A transit lobby group is calling on municipal politicians across the Okanagan and Shuswap to…

Minute of silence on anniversary of fatal bus stabbing in Kelowna
A transit activism group is promoting a silent moment of remembrance next week for the…

Further cuts to Okanagan transit services on the horizon and COVID-19 further impacts revenues
Bus service in the Okanagan may be further reduced in the days ahead, the president…

Kelowna seeking federal money to build a new electric bus depot
KELOWNA – Moving its bus garage to a site near UBC Okanagan and rebuilding the…

Female bus driver assaulted in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – Police say a young man in a hoodie assaulted a female bus…

Transit bus drivers in the Thompson-Okanagan vote overwhelmingly against accepting final contract offer
"IT WAS INSULTING." THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Over 96 per cent of the transit bus drivers, who…

Transit union making last ditch effort to avoid strike in Central Okanagan
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The president of the union representing bus drivers in the Central Okanagan…

Central Okanagan bus drivers set to strike this Thursday
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The union representing bus drivers across most of the Central Okanagan is…

Central Okanagan bus drivers hold strike vote this week
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Bus passengers in the Central Okanagan will have to wait to find…

Kelowna transit costs rising, no word yet on possible fare increases
KELOWNA – No word yet on whether increased costs claimed by Kelowna Transit will translate…

Kelowna to get new buses, expanded UBCO bus loop
KELOWNA – Transit users in the Central Okanagan will benefit from funding announcements made today…

HandyDART service to expand in Kelowna this September
KELOWNA – HandyDART services will be expanded in Kelowna starting this fall. Local residents who…

More riders means better cost recovery for Kelowna Transit
KELOWNA – Average ridership is up and Kelowna Transit is recovering more of the cost…