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Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie stressed the importance of public transit to BC’s future during today’s BC Urban Mayors’ Caucus meeting.
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Brodie stresses ‘critical’ importance of public transit
Published 2:26 PDT, Wed September 30, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie says affordable, reliable and accessible public transit is “critical” to BC’s economic, social and environmental future.
Brodie made the comment during the BC Urban Mayors’ Caucus meeting today, at which the mayors called for greater provincial investment in transit, affordable housing and a new funding framework for municipalities.
“The pandemic has reduced ridership by 50 per cent and severely impacted the finances of TransLink, BC Transit and BC Ferries,” Brodie says. “We need the incoming provincial government to support the financial recovery of transit providers while redesigning the transit funding model. We must keep building transit-friendly communities that offer an affordable transportation mode to all residents, especially those without other options. To maintain competitiveness and avoid delay, we also need to complete planning studies and business case development for a return to post-pandemic transit expansion and the consequent capital investment.”
The 13 big city mayors also called on provincial parties to address mental health and substance use in their election platforms.
The BC Urban Mayors’ Caucus is an informal, non-partisan group of mayors from urban areas across BC and is co-chaired by Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran.
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