BC Transit is partnering with municipalities to offer free transit across the province, inciuding in Prince George, on Monday, April 28 for the upcoming federal election.
The intent is to make it easier for residents to get to the polls and cast their ballots, BC Transit stated in a press release.
Decisions to offer free transit are made by local government partners in each separate community.
Below is the list of communities offering free transit on April 28:
- 100 Mile House
- Bella Coola
- Campbell River
- Comox Valley (includes handyDART)
- Cranbrook
- Dawson Creek
- Fort St. John (includes handyDART)
- Hazeltons – excluding Highway 16 regional service route 164
- Kamloops (includes handyDART)
- Kitimat (includes handyDART
- Mount Waddington
- Penticton (includes handyDART)
- Port Alberni
- Port Edward
- Prince George (includes handyDART)
- Prince Rupert (includes handyDART)
- Quesnel (includes handyDART)
- Regional District of Nanaimo – this does not include service on the 70 Nanaimo-Cowichan Express (includes handyDART)
- Revelstoke (includes handyDART)
- Skeena – excluding Route 11 Terrace-Kitimat Regional Connector
- Smithers – excluding Highway 16 regional service, routes 162 and 163. Service hours may
- be extended
- South Okanagan-Similkameen – All Penticton and regional routes (Route 30 is free for Summerland residents only). Additional Saturday service will be provided in Princeton
- Vernon – Routes 1 – 9 only (includes handyDART)
- Victoria Regional Transit (includes handyDART)
- West Coast Transit
- West Kootenay Region – Nelson, Castlegar, Trail (includes handyDART)
- Whistler
- Williams Lake (includes handyDART)
For more information on each individual transit system, visit bctransit.com.
