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www .translink .ca. TransLink, formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority and previously the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, is the statutory authority [6] responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport, major roads and bridges.
Website. compasscard.ca. The Compass card is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used primarily for public transit in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Compass card readers were first implemented as a beta in September 2013. [1] Due to delays, full implementation to the general public began in August 2015.
Transportation in Vancouver. Transportation in Vancouver, British Columbia, has many of the features of modern cities worldwide. Unlike many large metropolises, Vancouver has no freeways into or through the downtown area. A proposed freeway through the downtown was rejected in the 1960s by a coalition of citizens, community leaders and planners.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC ( MLS) (2011) Empire Field was a temporary Canadian football and soccer stadium built at Hastings Park in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Located on the site of the former Empire Stadium, the 27,528 spectator venue was constructed to allow a new retractable roof to be installed at BC Place in 2010 and ...
The former British Columbia Provincial Sales Tax (PST) was introduced on 1 July 1948 as part of the Social Service Tax Act. [1] It was initially set at 3%, [2] but later rose to 7%. The PST was collected on most goods and some services. The main difference between the national Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the BC PST was its taxable base ...
Pacific Spirit Regional Park. / 49.25; -123.21. Pacific Spirit Regional Park is a 874 hectares (2,160 acres) [2] park located in the University Endowment Lands, on Point Grey to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. It surrounds the endowment lands of the University of British Columbia on the shores of Georgia Strait in the ...
AAA’s analysis shows that 816,913 Wisconsin travelers are expected to travel this year’s Memorial Day weekend, up 4% from 786,232 last year. The majority of that is driving travel, with ...
In preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, the province of British Columbia and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia issued special "Olympic" registration plates. The special plates feature an image of the mountain peaks of Garibaldi Provincial Park as the background, with the Vancouver 2010 logo in the foreground ...