Billionaires pay less, so we pay more. It has to stop. Add your name to demand Canada’s wealthiest pay their fair share. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/3IGMV7xZ

Use this letter template to write to the BC Minister of Transportation and your MLA to urge the provincial government to immediately implement fare-free transit for all youth and seniors, and to take concrete steps toward a completely fare-free BC! actionnetwork.org/letters/fare...

Have your say on the future of HandyDART in Victoria engage.bctransit.com/handydart_vrtp

At the next VRTC meeting BC Transit is recommending that they approve INCREASING the cost of the Monthly Concession Pass from $45 to $55. This is the pass for teens and seniors. Please email [email protected] before Tuesday and tell them NOT to raise the price!

On Friday Council voted unanimously to keep the Youth Bus Pass Program in the Draft Financial Plan! Thanks to all our followers that sent letters asking for the program to be saved! Watch here: youtu.be/M4fLCCAJqg0

Letter to the Editor today in the Times Colonist

Public transit in Canada is heading in the wrong direction. Fight to turn it around. harland.substack.com/p/fare-free-...

Victoria’s Draft Financial Plan proposes cutting the Youth Bus Pass Program. 70% of eligible teens use it. Cutting it would harm safety, equity and independence. Email [email protected] to tell them to keep it, along with Bike Valet and Neighbour Space.

The process of getting free transit for youth across the CRD has just gotten started, with the transportation committee approving a motion staff to look into feasibility.

"Options—including... more public transit from one side of the Malahat to the other—should be explored before committing a large sum of money for a project that appears to do more harm than good." www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hundred... #yyj #bcpoli @bettertransityyj.ca @vtru.bsky.social

The CRD Transportation Committee met on Oct 22, 2025 and discussed a motion to study a Region-Wide Free Youth Bus Pass Program. This is the presentation from the VRTU and the discussions by the directors. The motion was passed unanimously! youtu.be/El1nylPYIgo

Councillor @davethompsonvic.bsky.social speaks to the CRD about his motion to study a Region-Wide Free Youth Bus Pass Program. The motion was passed unanimously! 🚌 #FareFreeBC #VTRU

Councillor @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social speaks to the CRD about his motion to study a Region-Wide Free Youth Bus Pass Program. The motion was passed unanimously! 🚌 #FareFreeBC #VTRU

Nathan speaks to the CRD about a motion to study a Region-Wide Free Youth Bus Pass Program. The motion was passed unanimously! 🚌 #FareFreeBC #VTRU

Liz speaks to CHEK about the upcoming motion to the CRD for expanding fare free transit to teens region wide #FareFreeBC #VTRU

Victoria Transit Riders Union spokesperson Liz Cronin spoke on CFAX 1070 to discuss the merits of providing fare-free bus passes to British Columbian youth and the prospect of expanding the program the City of Victoria has run since 2021 to the entire Capital Region. www.iheart.com/podcast/1300...

@davethompsonvic.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social thanks for bringing this motion forward! cheknews.ca/crd-director...

On Wednesday Oct 22nd, the CRD Transportation Committee will debate a motion to have the CRD study expanding Victoria’s youth bus pass program region wide. Email the CRD Directors and urge them to pass the motion. Read more victoriatransitridersunion.com/2025/10/19/f...

We will be at this rally so we can oppose wasteful spending on highways that should be spent on improving transit. www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/rally...

VTRU is at the Moss St Market today! Come say hello and get a shirt.

Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊

Congrats to the workers ✊

This weekend, people in over 90 countries will take to the streets to #DrawTheLine against injustice, fossil fuels and the billionaires that fund them. Yes, Victoria is one of those dots on the map. #yyj

On Friday, B.C.’s Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside appointed mediator Vince Ready to help the two sides come to a deal. “This dispute has gone on for far too long,” Whiteside said in a statement emailed to press. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

More photos of the Transit Solidarity Rally yesterday in Duncan, this time by our own Elizabeth Cronin

Thanks Wildfern Photos for the great photos of our Solidarity Rally yesterday supporting the striking workers in the Cowichan Valley. Thanks Community Action Bus for the ride. And thanks @workersolidaritybc.bsky.social for joining us!

Raina is a transit rider in the Cowichan Valley who has been severely impacted by the strike. She attended our Solidarity Rally and shared her thoughts on the strike and it's impacts on riders. Thanks to Wildfern Photos for capturing this video. youtu.be/DScPztxQpy8

Liz speaking to CHEK about at our Solidarity Rally for the striking workers in the Cowichan Valley #VTRU #Solidarity youtu.be/q9pEQb-QzU0

Liz talks to CTV News about our Solidarity Rally in the Cowichan Valley #Solidarity #VTRU youtu.be/8-6f8LkSyfo

Transit rider - worker solidarity rally in #DuncanBC. Longest transit strike in BC history - Yet another long Transdev strike. Public transit works better when publicly run. #bclab #bcpoli @unifor.org @cheknews.ca @vtru.bsky.social

@vicbuzz.bsky.social Thanks for the article! victoriabuzz.com/2025/08/vict...

Press Release victoriatransitridersunion.com/2025/08/29/v...

Please join the VTRU Aug 30th at 10am on Cowichan territory to show support to workers in their fight for a fair contract. This has been the longest transit strike in BC history, now 200 days long. There can be no excellent transit without justice for workers!

Join us at the BC Transit yard to show solidarity with the transit workers who have been on strike since February. They continue to stand strong against the greed of Transdev, the private contractor hired by BC Transit to deliver service in the Cowichan Valley.

Don't get caught waiting for discount fares to kick in to live your life! Demand a low-income transit pass now! Write your MLA at the link below to get affordable transit for those who need it, so that we can all get where we're going. movementyvr.ca/low-income-p...

Liz was interviewed on the Camas Books podcast Seeds of Revolution. youtu.be/BpgLuvi-Luc

VTRU will be at Moss St Market this Saturday! Come say Hi!

Would you rather have good access to destinations by transit or by car? In a study of real estate prices across Canada, @higgicd.bsky.social and team found that despite the ubiquity of cars, good *transit* access is a bigger driver of housing prices than good car access. 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/2469...

Great letter by @robbernhardt.bsky.social in the TC! www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #Saanich #yyj #bcpoli