Vancouver mayor saluted for work on transportationFree

Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle has been named 2022 Outstanding Public Transportation Board Member by the American Public Transportation Association.

McEnerny-Ogle’s efforts in launching and expanding The Vine — C-Tran’s bus rapid transit system, the first in the region — her work in educating the public about its benefits and three consecutive years of ridership increases systemwide were factors that led to her winning the award.

“I am humbled and honored by this selection, and I am grateful to be a part of C-Tran’s continuing success story,” McEnerny-Ogle said in a news release.

“Vancouver has rich history and an amazing future ahead of us, and C-Tran will be a big part of that,” she continued. “You can’t have a thriving city without a thriving public transportation system. The many accolades C-Tran has received are a testament to the entire agency and the community that supports it.”

McEnerny-Ogle has served on the C-Tran Board of Directors since 2014, with three years as its chair, and helped lead C-Tran through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle is a tremendous leader and advocate for public transportation, and I can think of no one more deserving of this incredible honor,” C-Tran CEO Shawn Donaghy said in the news release. “She is a trailblazer not only in transit, but in creating a vision for a better community. The mayor has succeeded at every step. I’m extremely grateful for her service to C-Tran and to our region.”

C-Tran was named the 2022 North American Transit System of the Year earlier this week, the second time since 2019 that C-Tran has won.