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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)

The ABCs of Winter Highway Classification and Maintenance

March 3, 2023December 18, 2020 173 Comments

Our maintenance contractors work hard every day to keep BC highways safe and traffic moving smoothly. Because British Columbia is a geographically diverse province, our contractors can face any number of unique challenges where highway

Categories Road Maintenance

How to Drive Around Snow Plows in BC

September 23, 2021February 7, 2020 64 Comments

 Pop quiz! You’re driving a two-lane highway after a fresh dumping of snow. You spot the flashing lights of a snow plow up ahead in the left lane. You… a) Speed up to get

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter
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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

A BC Highways Perspective of the Hope Slide

October 25, 2023January 8, 2020 76 Comments

It was the largest known landslide in Canadian history. The Hope Slide forever changed the landscape of the Nicolum Valley in the Cascade Mountain Range, tragically taking the lives of four motorists who were on

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers
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In a Nutshell: What We Do for BC Transportation

August 6, 2024July 19, 2019 2 Comments

With a broad name like Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, there are bound to be questions. Like small-talk at a cocktail party, those 13 syllables beg the question: “So, what do you do?” Some of

Categories BC Travellers, Commercial Vehicles

Have you Heard of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)?

February 19, 2024June 4, 2019 18 Comments

BC HighwayCams, dynamic message signs, weather stations, reversible lane control… Any idea what these things have in common? If you guessed they’re all Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), you’d be right! With the advancement in technologies,

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Trucking
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