The finer details of what Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) might look like on Fourth Plain Boulevard have come into sharper focus in recent weeks – and with it have come questions from citizens about safety and the impact of a BRT line on the economic vitality of the Fourth Plain ...
According to Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, the only decision Clark County taxpayers will ever have on light rail is whether a sales tax is the right way to pay to run it. If they say no, he will find the money some other way. Leavitt made this point clear during ...
C-Tran is seeking public input regarding the proposed $78 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line stretching along Fourth Plain Boulevard from Westfield Mall to downtown Vancouver. The agency is hosting two public design workshops on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Clark College’s Gaiser Student Center; and ...
Even with the passage of Prop. 1 all but confirmed, the debate between local forensic accountant Tiffany Couch and C-Tran remains unresolved over whether the agency truthfully needed the 0.2 percent sales tax hike to avoid service cuts. Last week, Couch issued an independent financial report in which she argued ...
If C-Tran abandons future investment in high capacity transit, it will have sufficient cash reserves to maintain current bus service for 20 more years, according to an independent financial analysis published Nov. 3 by Vancouver-based forensic accountant Tiffany Couch. C-Tran officials vehemently denied Couch’s conclusions, setting up a debate ...
A C-Tran citizen advisory committee studying plans for Bus Rapid Transit on Fourth Plain Boulevard in Vancouver recommended against using exclusive “bus only” lanes along most of the four-lane roadway for fear they would increase traffic congestion and impede driver access to businesses. The Corridor Advisory Committee includes 15 representatives ...
C-Tran says Prop. 1 is all about preserving bus service. However, this proposed 0.2 percent sales tax hike is the first step in C-Tran’s ambitious 20-year transit development plan, which calls for $332.5 million in new capital projects and an expansion of bus service, light rail, and bus rapid transit ...
On March 31, state Rep. Paul Harris visited US Digital to have a video interview with David Madore. Click here to view the interview if it doesn’t appear above. See our continuing coverage of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. Do you have information to share on the CRC? ...
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