Increasing Reliable Transit Funding to Support Growing Communities

Whereas access to reliable, frequent public transit is critical to achieving shared local and provincial objectives of supporting community growth in an equitable, healthy, connected, low-carbon way: And whereas communities serviced by BC Transit havent been able to realize public transit expansion plans due to lack of matching funds from the Province since 2021: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the Province of BC and BC Transit to commit to funding transit service expansions where requested and to move from annual funding agreements to 3-year funding agreements to allow for more certainty.