April 19, 2024

City of Vancouver Still working to get Parking Meters to Accept New Coins

The upgrades to the parking meters started before the new coins began circulating in April and should finally be complete this week. Up to a million dollars from the city's capital budget has been set aside to upgrade the meters but the final price tag?  City spokesperson Jerry Dobrovolny's not saying: "it's not insignificant and we know it's … [Read more...]

Translink to upgrade ticket machines to fit new coins

Translink says ticket vending machines will undergo upgrades, in order to make them accept new one and two dollar coins. The new coins are lighter than previous versions, and aren't being accepted by current machines. Translink says new machines along the Canada Like require a software upgrade, while older machines on the Expo and Millenium lines … [Read more...]