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Public Notice
BC Transit and many local government partners across the province are offering free transit on Saturday, October 15, for the municipal elections. Offering free transit helps make it easier for residents to get to the polls and cast their ballots. Decisions to offer free transit are made by local government partners in each separate community
Take advantage of free transit in the following communities:
- Chilliwack (includes handyDART)
- Comox Valley (includes handyDART)
- Cowichan Valley – Local service only. This does not include the 44 Cowichan Valley Connector or 70 Nanaimo Cowichan Express (includes handyDART)
- Cranbrook – (includes handyDART)
- Fort St. John (includes handyDART)
- Hazelton
- Kamloops (includes handyDART)
- Kelowna – Transit is only free within the City of Kelowna and passengers must inform the operator they are travelling to a polling station. (includes handyDART)
- Kitimat (includes handyDART)
- Merritt
- Nanaimo – this does not include service on the 70 Nanaimo-Cowichan Express (includes handyDART)
- Port Alberni
- Powell River and qathet Regional District (includes handyDART)
- Prince George (includes handyDART)
- Prince Rupert (includes handyDART)
- Quesnel (includes handyDART)
- Revelstoke (includes handyDART)
- Salt Spring Island
- Skeena Regional (includes handyDART)
- Smithers – includes all routes and curb to curb service
- South Okanagan-Similkameen - there is no Saturday service for Princeton
- Squamish (includes handyDART)
- Victoria (includes handyDART)
- West Kootenay Region – Nelson, Castlegar, Trail and area (includes handyDART)
- Whistler
- Williams Lake (includes handyDART)
For more information on each individual transit system, please visit bctransit.com
Media Contacts
BC Transit Communications
250-880-1303
media@bctransit.com