Restart funding to support transit services people count on
(WorldNews Environment)

People throughout B.C. will continue to have safe, reliable and affordable public transportation options, with federal and provincial confirmation that TransLink, BC Transit and BC Ferries will share more than $1 billion under the federal/provincial Safe Restart Agreement announced earlier this summer, cost-shared 50-50 by both governments. `People all across British Columbia rely on public transit as a safe and reliable mode of transportation,` said Jonathan Wilkinson, federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change. `The funding announced through the Safe Restart Agreement between the federal government and the province will ensure the continued operation of this critical service....