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Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

3 Types of Highway Barriers and How We Use Them for Safety

September 12, 2023January 19, 2023 62 Comments

British Columbia’s beautiful, but rugged, terrain means our highway infrastructure must often hug mountainsides and carry over chasms. One of the most important ways we protect travellers’ safety is by installing highway barriers to stop

Categories BC Travellers

Why Some BC Highway Webcams Can Go Down in Winter

January 8, 2024January 22, 2021 41 Comments

You love BC Highway Cams and so do we. Our network of 496 cameras delivering 1,013 views of current keep you in the know before you go. We monitor our systems around the clock to

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Types of Transportation Engineers

Why Transportation Needs 6 Types of Engineers

March 31, 2023March 17, 2020 Leave a comment

“Engineering” is a single word for many different forms of knowledge. “Transportation engineering” narrows it down a bit, but specializations branch out further still. There are approximately 210 staff members in our Engineering Services Branch,

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Ride-hailing in BC

December 18, 2023January 23, 2020 11 Comments

Ride-hailing isn’t straightforward, so here’s our simplified take on the topic, to show you how passenger transportation regulations help ensure a safe ride in BC. What is Ride Hailing? Ride-hailing is an arrangement where for-profit,

Categories BC Travellers, Passenger Transportation, Tips and How Tos

Road Safety in Action at the Cloverdale Rodeo

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 Leave a comment

You’re invited to have some serious fun with the Cone Zone BC work zone safety awareness campaign. Come on down to the Cloverdale Rodeo Go-Kart Experience, May 17-20, 2019. The Work Zone Safety Alliance is

Categories BC Travellers, Cone Zone

How Hydrotechnical Engineers Keep Water Under the Bridge  

July 15, 2019April 12, 2019 4 Comments

  Simply put, a hydrotechnical engineer’s job is all just water under the bridge. British Columbia rivers are dynamic and powerful systems that move large amounts of water, sediment, woody debris and ice from our

Categories BC Travellers, Career Stories, Careers, Flooding
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What You Need to Know About Commercial Vehicle Chain-Up Rules

October 12, 2023November 28, 2018 100 Comments

We introduced better chain-up regulations for commercial vehicles, which provide more clarity for professional drivers, in 2018.  This means safer roads. The changes came in the wake of one of our worst winters for highway

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Trucking

See the Construction of the Fraser Canyon Highway in Historical Photos

June 9, 2022August 2, 2018 124 Comments

History and infrastructure nerds rejoice! We’ve collected a stunning group of photographs documenting the construction of the Fraser Canyon Highway beginning in the 1920s, and moving into the 30s, 40s and 50s. We’re excited to

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
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