BC Transit launches Umo across Victoria Regional Transit System
Umo debuts across the Victoria Regional Transit System, allowing commuters to benefit from contactless payment choices and novel fare alternatives aligned with their travel habits.
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Umo debuts across the Victoria Regional Transit System, allowing commuters to benefit from contactless payment choices and novel fare alternatives aligned with their travel habits.
BC Transit is enhancing Comox Valley Transit System's services with NextRide technology, which offers real-time bus tracking capabilities to passengers and helps to provide increased certainty, convenience and bus predictability.
The $395.5 million funding will allow BC Transit to purchase up to 115 battery electric buses and install 134 charging points, significantly expanding sustainable public transportation options across British Columbia.
Summerland residents can now enjoy free transit on route 30 Summerland/Penticton in a new pilot project by BC Transit to encourage public transit use and decrease single-passenger vehicle usage.
BC Transit's new RapidBus service on Highway 1 promises improved public transportation for the Victoria region, with more frequent and efficient travel between the growing Westshore communities and downtown Victoria.
In order to enhance the safety and convenience of transit riders, Victoria's transit system has added 44 new compressed natural gas and double decker buses, including features such as USB ports, bike racks and full driver doors.
The latest version of NextRide uses Automatic Vehicle Location technology to offer BC Transit customers greater predictability of bus arrival times during unforeseen events, such as delays, detours or other service challenges.
Offering a more accessible and convenient way for passengers to pay for travel, BC Transit's new electronic fare collection system, Umo, is set to be launched across British Columbia in late 2022.