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Lack of space stalls hopes for university discount on Fraser Valley Express
BC Transit says the route simply doesn't have the capacity to handle additional student users
Grace Kennedy
September 06, 2024
The Fraser Valley’s most popular bus route doesn’t have enough room to give UFV students a discount, BC Transit says. 📷 BC Transit/Facebook
This story first appeared in the Sept. 6 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning.
University students are returning to the Fraser Valley’s post-secondary campuses. But they still won’t be getting a discount on the valley’s most-popular transit route, because the buses don’t have room for more riders.
Students at the University of the Fraser Valley pay $40 each semester for a U-Pass for transit in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Mission. But, years after UFV’s student union first began the program, they still don’t have an agreement to use the Fraser Valley Express. And that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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