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Umo fare payment system. (BC Transit)
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BC Transit launches Umo card and smartphone fare payment system

It's BC Transit's version of TransLink's Compass Card, but with big tech upgrades šŸ“²šŸš

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 23, 2023
YVR Airport Station on SkyTrain Canada Line, July 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain is now the 4th busiest subway system in North America

SkyTrain is punching well above its weight šŸššŸš‡

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 23, 2023
The existing western segment of Ferguson Road that will be removed (red), the new replacement western segment of Ferguson Road under construction (green), and the existing eastern segment of Ferguson Road that will be retained (yellow) at Vancouver International Airport. (Metro Vancouver Regional District)
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Major new road project at YVR Airport to create development parcels

A major $26 million project for vehicle access and cycling improvements.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 23, 2023
Modo carshare (Modo)
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Modo carshare fleet size reaches 1,000 vehicles

Modo is also transitioning to a 100% zero-emission fleet by 2030.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
Future location of Psycho Bunny at Metropolis at Metrotown mall. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Psycho Bunny to open three stores in Metro Vancouver this year

A rapid multiplication of the Canadian luxury clothing brand 🐰

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
Future location of Esprit on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Esprit is making a big return to Robson Street in downtown Vancouver

A comeback for Esprit in a big space after a decade.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
The first Mark V SkyTrain train being tested at Alstom's facility in Kingston, Ontario, August 2023. (TransLink)
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SkyTrain's first new generation five-car train now being tested (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

These 41 new five-car trains are as long as the entire Expo and Millennium station platforms šŸš

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
2023 artistic rendering of the social housing concept for 41 West Pender Street, Vancouver. (Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects)
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City of Vancouver acquires Chinatown warehouse building for social housing

The site was previously approved for market rental housing and office uses.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
Artistic rendering Pentecostal Tabernacle Vancouver church at 1101-1189 West 57th Avenue, Vancouver. (Formwerks Architectural)
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Church to be built on long-vacant South Vancouver property

The five vacant lots are worth $17.5 million.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
Construction cranes for mixed-use residential towers near SkyTrain Burquitlam Station on the Coquitalm/Burnaby border. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Housing construction starts in Metro Vancouver up by 50% this year to date

But with higher interest rates, a slowdown could be just around the corner.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 22, 2023
Construction of the MC2 residential towers near SkyTrain Marine Drive Station in South Vancouver. The complex reached completion in 2016. (romakoma/Shutterstock)
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$500 million in new federal financing for 1,100 rental homes in Vancouver

Much-needed rentals for working middle-class households.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 21, 2023
99 B-Line at SkyTrain Commercial-Broadway Station. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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Return of UBC-West Vancouver express bus amongst TransLink's fall service changes

Services are being modified on 54 bus routes across the region šŸš

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 21, 2023
2023 revised design of the Kitsilano supportive housing building at 2086-2098 West 7th and Avenue 2091 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. (Human Studio Architecture and Urban Design/BC Housing)
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Controversial Kitsilano supportive housing project sees permit approval

It was another opportunity for residents to voice their opposition.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 21, 2023
Artistic rendering of the infill project at Peter Manor at 1755 Haro Street, Vancouver. (BHA Architecture/Starlight Investments)
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61 rental homes to be added to West End lot in downtown Vancouver

Two infill buildings will be added to the 1971-built property.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 21, 2023
UBC's Museum of Anthropology's new replica taking shape; construction progress as of August 12, 2023. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
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UBC's Museum of Anthropology's new replica building takes shape (PHOTOS)

The major museum is set to reopen in late 2023.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 21, 2023
Temporary modular supportive housing at 22534-22556 Royal Crescent, Maple Ridge. (Google Maps)
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BC government outlines fixes for problematic Metro Vancouver supportive housing

"Neighbours are frustrated and angry about the impact on the local community."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 19, 2023
Artistic rendering of the 25-storey tower at 350 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna. (Zeidler Architecture/Appelt Properties)
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Rental housing tower approval rescinded after developer paid supporters

City Council's previous decision in approving the project was "tainted."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 18, 2023
No. 16 PNE Special bus. (TransLink)
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First 5,000 people with Compass Cards get PNE Fair discount on select days

TransLink's frequent express bus between SkyTrain and the PNE will return.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Aug 18, 2023
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