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As Vancouver’s population grows, C-Tran strives to build mass transit system

By Calley Hair, Columbian staff writer
Published: February 24, 2021, 6:02am
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Heather Manning of Vancouver sits aboard a C-Tran Vine bus headed east while departing from the Turtle Place Transit Station in downtown Vancouver on Monday. The Vine runs along Fourth Plain Boulevard and is Vancouver&#039;s first Bus Rapid Transit line, though two more are in the works.
Heather Manning of Vancouver sits aboard a C-Tran Vine bus headed east while departing from the Turtle Place Transit Station in downtown Vancouver on Monday. The Vine runs along Fourth Plain Boulevard and is Vancouver's first Bus Rapid Transit line, though two more are in the works. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

When nearly a foot of snow buried the Vancouver area this month, C-Tran CEO Shawn Donaghy was surprised to see that the number of people who relied on public transit barely dropped.

Ridership dipped to about two-thirds of its normal level on Feb. 13, he said, but then rebounded fully by the next day.

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