Late-night bus service on weekends is one of the first items Vancouver’s new council will tackle next week.
Coun. Geoff Meggs is set to introduce a motion Tuesday calling for staff to work directly with TransLink to find ways of expanding late-night bus services, and even SkyTrain operating hours, in and out of the downtown core.
Calls for expanded night service have echoed for years, but Meggs says the newest TransLink service plan contains more service hours that can be directed where needed and the councillor hopes the transit authority sees the issue as a regional one.
“We can’t just get everybody into a cab,” Meggs said. “With the tougher new drunk driving rules, which I support, we need to help give people more options to get home. In the past TransLink has been constrained financially but now the service hours are there.”
Expanded night service was one of Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver’s election campaign promises.
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