11 February 2010
Commissioner addresses Mayors and publishes reasons for FareSaver ticket decision

The Commissioner addressed a public session of the Mayors’ Council on 3 February 2010, to explain and respond to questions on his recent decisions on TransLink’s applications for (1) a Canada Line YVR Add Fare and (2) transit fare increases through 2019. Here is his slide presentation to the Mayors’ Council. Although written reasons for the Add Fare decision had already been published (see 7 January entry below), reasons for the fare increase decision had not. These are published today attached to Commission Order 10-01 and can be downloaded here (a 2.5 MB PDF file). See also the page FareSaver Increases for more detail.

29 January 2010
Commission publishes FareSaver ticket decision

The Commission has approved an increase the price of FareSaver transit tickets (purchased in books of 10) effective 1 April 2010. Cash fares are unaffected. For detail and background, see the page FareSaver Increases on this web site.

7 January 2009
Commission publishes Canada Line YVR Add Fare Decision

The Commission has approved a one-way (east-bound) $5.00 Canada Line premium. This will be paid by passengers who need to buy a transit ticket from a ticket machine at the three stations on Sea Island (YVR-Airport, Sea Island Centre and Templeton). Exempt from the premium are passengers travelling with FareSaver tickets (purchased in books of 10), monthly FareCards and U-Passes. For detail and background, see the page Canada Line YVR Add Fare Decision on this web site.