Transit & Transportation platforms
Here's what the candidates in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, and their parties, are promising.Emissions
BC NDP
Infrastructure
BC Liberals
- Widen the Trans-Canada highway in the Fraser Valley to six lanes all the way to Whatcom Road.
- Increase funding for road and bridge maintenance.
- Upgrade highway rest areas.
- Enforce open procurement on public infrastructure projects.
BC NDP
Massey Tunnel replacement
BC Liberals
Transit fares
BC NDP
Transit service
BC Liberals
- Expand public transit options.
- Continue TransLink expansion in areas of population growth, including south of the Fraser, the Fraser Valley, and North Vancouver.
- Increase transit hours in the Interior, North, and Vancouver Island.
BC NDP
- Expand transit options in the Fraser Valley and the Sea-to-Sky region.
- Add more service to the BC Bus North programme.
- Improve transit connections to Surrey and Langley with SkyTrain, rail, and rapid bus lines.
- Implement the South Island Transportation Strategy.
Expanding transit options for people in growing areas of the province: This includes increased connections within the Tranlink (sic) network for people living in the Fraser Valley and the Sea-to-Sky region, expanded West Coast Express service, and more service for the successful BC Bus North program for rural communities.
— From Working for You.
Improving connections to Surrey and Langley: We'll work with communities to complete the Skytrain (sic) expansion project and add new rail and rapid bus lines.
Delivering better transit for the South island: We will implement the South Island Transportation Strategy, and provide more active transportation infrastructure, rapid bus service to the West Shore, and safety upgrades to the Malahat highway.
Planning for future clean transit projects with long-lasting economic benefits: We'll work with the communities and regions to support planning of key projects, like high-speed transit links for the North Shore and the expansion of rail up the Fraser Valley - bringing cleaner transit and more construction jobs for BC workers.
Promoting cleaner communities and better health through active transportation: We'll work with communities to expand their networks of active transportation as we move towards our CleanBC goal of doubling trips taken via walking, biking and other kinds of active networks by the year 2030.
— From Working for You.