News Items tag as: transportation

E-scooter use in Kelowna and Vernon skyrocketed in 2023
December 19, 2023 - 3:33 PM
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E-scooter usage in Vernon and Kelowna skyrocketed in the past year showcasing the benefits of the new mode of transportation.
This boat is not abandoned in Kelowna and will be moved soon
December 21, 2022 - 7:30 AM

A large boat has been hanging around Sutherland Bay in Kelowna, apparently abandoned, for quite some time.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for transit to ease gridlock on the highway through Kelowna
October 02, 2022 - 2:02 PM
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Expect it to take 20 years and a bunch more studies before Kelowna moves to the next level in transit that, just maybe, could reduce congestion along Highway 97 through town.
Why you need to worry more than ever about those big rigs on B.C. highways
December 23, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Just because the Coquihalla Highway has re-opened to truck traffic doesn’t mean the quality of drivers of those big rigs has improved on B.C. highways.
Building power systems for low emission trucks expected to create 100 jobs in Kelowna
August 11, 2021 - 6:30 AM

A “micro-factory” is under construction in the Kelowna Airport Industrial Park that will build battery packs and hydrogen fuel storage systems for some of the biggest trucks hauling freight on North American highways.
How car-sharing company Modo expects to save users money, Kelowna's traffic
February 15, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The car sharing movement in B.C. is largely in the hands of a co-op called Modo that’s striving to cut down on the number of personally owned vehicles in the province’s largest cities.
BEEP BLEEP: Kelowna's commuting future will be lots of waiting around
April 08, 2019 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - If nothing changes in the next 20 years you’re going to be sitting in traffic jams almost twice as long as you do today.
B.C. Trucking Association says province's No Trucks in Left Lane initiative missing key component
November 20, 2018 - 4:30 PM

It’s one of B.C’s busiest mountain highways that connects the Lower Mainland with the Interior, and last week, the provincial government announced commercial trucks are now banned from using the far left lane on Snowshed Hill on the Coquihalla Highway.
E-bikes sparking a new wave of cycling in Interior cities
September 07, 2018 - 5:30 PM

Does anyone pedal their own bike anymore?
Kelowna's taxis are among Canada's most expensive
January 06, 2017 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA - Fern Brittany gets off shift well after busses stop running and has few other options but to use one of the city’s taxi companies to get home.
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