FTA Admin. Therese McMillan to Award $38.5 Million Transit Grant to C-TRAN
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Vine will implement a modern, enhanced transit line along the Fourth Plain and Fort Vancouver Way corridors between downtown Vancouver and Westfield Vancouver Mall.
It will provide a unique identity with 34 stations that will offer passengers a safe, secure and reliable transit experience.
The buses will be new 60-foot low-floor hybrids with almost twice the passenger capacity of existing buses and will provide level boarding for all passengers.
The Vine will operate on 10-minute frequencies much of the day (15 minutes in off-peak periods and on weekends), and include wheelchair self-parking areas, as well as on-board bike racks.
The ceremony will feature speakers, including Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and Clark College President Bob Knight.
"C-TRAN is very pleased that after more than four years in the making, all of the project funding is now in place and construction on The Vine is about to begin", said Jeff Hamm, C-TRAN Executive Director/CEO.
Construction is set to begin, and the grant award means the project can move forward toward completion and service in late 2016.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, September 10 at noon at Clark Community College in room 161 of the Penguin Union Building.
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