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    • Avalanche and Weather Program
    • Active Transportation
    • Adopt a Highway
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BC Travellers

Information of interest to commuters, tourists and recreational drivers in rural and urban BC.

Seismic Sensors & BC HighwayCams Team Up for Quake Safety

November 30, 2022February 17, 2016 4 Comments

Question: What do some BC HighwayCams and seismic sensors have in common? Answer: A shared power source, a dedicated team of ministry staff and a great outcome to boot! That’s because our webcam crew and

Categories BC Travellers, Emergency Events

New Way to Protect Wildlife on Highway 3

March 7, 2018February 10, 2016 21 Comments

UPDATE March 7, 2017 When we pilot a new project like this, we do so with the intent to test, learn and with understanding that there may be some bumps along the way. Those “bumps”

Categories BC Travellers, Wildlife

Is Your Impatience a Safety Concern on the Coq?

January 28, 2020February 2, 2016 5 Comments

There’s an essential rule about sharing the road with snowplows: NEVER pass them on the right. In 2016, there were 11 collisions between cars and snowplows, on one BC highway alone. That’s a lot of

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

How We Helped a School Principal Improve Safety

February 1, 2023January 28, 2016 4 Comments

Sometimes the best things in life are the small things. Yes, we have our share of mega projects to improve transportation in the province, including the new Pattullo Bridge, the Broadway Subway project and more.

Categories BC Projects, BC Travellers, Engineering

What’s the Difference Between TranBC and DriveBC on Twitter?

June 25, 2021January 27, 2016 4 Comments

Han Solo and Chewbacca…  Batman and Robin… Robin Hood and Little John… A dynamic duo is usually two things: United by a common goal or cause Made up of two distinctive personalities We at TranBC

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Ministry trucking being loaded

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Hope to Lytton on BC Highway 1, circa 1966

November 10, 2021January 22, 2016 42 Comments

You asked for it and here it is. Hop aboard our BC Road Trip Time Machine and travel back to Highway 1, through the Fraser Canyon from Hope to Lytton, circa 1966. The significance of

Categories BC Highway History, BC Travellers

How Thinking like a Fish Helped Build the Heart Creek Bridges

February 6, 2019January 19, 2016 2 Comments

If you want to attract fish, you need to think like a fish (or so the old adage goes). Until recently, any fish swimming up Heart Creek under BC Highway 6 in Fauquier might have

Categories BC Travellers, Environment, Wildlife

The Coquihalla Snowshed Protocol: 10 Steps to Highway Safety

February 25, 2022January 12, 2016 34 Comments

[Note: Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Nicola) Ltd. took over the highway maintenance contract for Service Area 14 as of July 1, 2019] BC Highway 5 from Hope to Merritt (also known as the Coquihalla or

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Trucking
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