year 100d marks the “anniversary: of - urban . first electric railway eaterh ‘Canada started: ing - in Victoria, cl 210. tin British Columbia, . became sa the rnpobity f° ‘that. company. a5 ‘sucoessot \ ane: Blectric. : . ‘tla provincial “govern- “ ; ts t becanie ‘direeily ~. ‘\aled with the funding of ‘* gable transit: in the: ear! it. po polley; ‘and. for” ‘the =a : ordination of ‘the planning ‘and the funding of. the various municipal’ transit systems in British Columnbia, The General Manager of the UTA is. appalnted by the oo Subs: ms +. 10's, through the Ministy'¢ ig ‘made up of provincial cabinet. The *yencouyer Municipal Affairs. fn: 1970 dixie from. the other senior officials of the the Urban Transit Authority ‘communities served by the Authority are the, Assistant TM feted fy 98: act wea tne UTA, General Manager, Finance; - ure an ven =" The Board: is responsible Assistant General Manager, foray _ Responabllty y for developing » fer participating: with loca) Capital, Division (Capital . a care. ae ae province-wide _frannlt . governments [n - the Region and Small Com- | T1401, Cania's first ‘policy. °°. - eatablighment of . trandlt munities); and. Assistant: 3 irban line was opened omen = ’ General Manager, Lower : Vancouyer and New f. a von ~ “\ Mainland Diviston (Greater _ We tminster “allowing [| et Cos _D Vancouver Regional District : t puters: to. ‘travel bet- , ge Coat . r- and Fraser Valley). ' SN say ca ve : ie t takes today ; art : Poe The UTA staff is made up because the trams had their advertising feature: . of specialists in the fields of oe = erp Bp ATEN SE transit, and -. transportation first Joined. Van- ee a planning, finance and labour oot "s tranait fleet in 1923. VAY clon. relations, and marketing and and soon ‘ius ‘routes were - og wee public. relations. All work _ uptpading: throughout the - ee a "closely with local runicipal Lower Mainland: and. Vic-.. mi ON 2”. | efficiats and - ‘transit ravi “In the Thirties, bus.” |. avy oY SE fF. |] operators in the. planning, oer non operated by | ee Lo * funding ‘and .promotion of companies, * began Ppa rer SMa e transit services.” rating i several initio. which Went =... f “mers is not» taxing ae we Ps eee . agency: and it is not an p arrival of trolley cars : a operator of transit services. p, signalled the end of - me The Urban: Transit ‘fn Vancouver.- . nee : authority was createdby the ; eb if '. Strgetears*gave way'to 7. re provincial legislature in 1978 : _ ore in Vietoria the same RAN oD to develop: a peovines wide Kitimat’ transit system, operation since 1974, munities for the Urban Transit ‘Authority, Alvin oe ge a publictranalt policy and thus ‘enjoys excellent ridership in community. Zaharko, of Coastal Bus Lines, operators of the 1961, wh . ae Te ny ; ; ; al inca an the. ; August: 18.1980... a ea to the coin 0 Pictured here discussing the system are, left to system in Kitimat. and Terrace, and Mayor } cred BC Byro,t tonal Ne —_~. Ri, " providing | urban transit . Tight: Bob Lingwood, director of small com- George Thom of Kitimat. 7 PISCE Sein: services: throughout British” people of the’ province, wilh grnsniousimrannieharerconte CEH HERETO ETN SRE RE jo eS Columbia. public transit. © =. x . ae: ate : Riese range from. custom ” i 7 ; At te time ote transit for the disabled and e public - transit, losses handicapped who cannot use. Le amounting to “millions of ite regular transit system, = and t 2. E -dollars.each year were being. to light rapid transit tp move “SINCE ‘a ‘ ae Po ; wt ‘mabsldized by government. people faster and more ef- % eee eg ” Ty ky A large number of taxpayers ficiently, to para-transit | in’ g WR rT ' - mg outside of Vancouver and which the regular’ bus a a $2 u e oe a Congratulations, T ; ce | } : er i : were bélng doubly taxed b: e 't it 4 7 ee eo our new ransit service | on the inauguration a coo | SE eins | f “yf aubalding through hel" UTA isthe Sea-Sus whieh ‘Ride down to. Lazeilé Ave: and: Kalum Stand # deficity in the Lowey comserts, Nort Yankowet see this weeks special, the s "WESTCOAST _ WATERBED tro. “4604 Lakelse hve. my i i. of . i \ ! "congratulates Terrace. on “the new Tranek Service. | Drop in and see our 635: 9178. S ‘financing - - «coon y that wanted to. 2 -intraduce “pransit “were” Mainland and Victoria. ‘Public transit In the province waas governed by three different acts of the legislature; thera was’ ™ clear-cut formula for trahsit, and unable to ‘The Urban Transit Authority Act'was designed to fill'a policy vacuum in the urban transit planning fleld : by: ve “dnvelving local com- ; ~ munities ‘directly in the | ..stion. of planning and providing urban transit; Peeneouraging careftl planning and_ efficiency system; -olfering municipalities an opportunity, through new taxing powers, to develop franalt. systems that had been delayed because of the lack of a. clear-cut formula for plarming and financing; and developing a structure to . give urban ‘transit - riders service when and where they | selection of summer 4605 Lakelse Ave.’ : aaa : clothing at clearance sale pricest i 5 4 A 4600. BLOCK MERCHANT : ’ Authority has ‘defined responsibilities not - only with regard to planning, | wantit, at a price that they * could aftord.to pay. Transit clearly The Urban financing and marketing of -public transit in British Columbia, but also in ex- ploring new. and innovative ways of serving al of the New bus due | by next year “Terrace is one of the "communities scheduled to receive one of the new Orion busses recently ordered by ‘© cre Urban Tranalt Authority, In all, the Authority has, oc actly, 56 diesel busses of various sizes for we in Victoria. and small com- munities. Tenders for the vehicles, valued at $6.9 million, were awarded to two different bus " manufacturers ~- General Motors of Canada Lid. and Ontario Bus Industries Inc., B a mewcomer to the B.C, bus General. Motors, whose. GMC vehicles are a familiar aight on urban toutes, was the. successful bidder to supply #4 forty-foot urban diesel busses, worth $192,152 each, Delivery |s scheduled for Junie’ 91, 1961. through a. cost-sharing The Sea-Bus has attracted world-wide attention and has become one of the. city’s major ‘tourist attractions as 20 minute timer panes tray sm well ag - providing a ee a oe : ; necessary service for LS f it ’ a - @Stir mechanism : “thousands of commuters:-< e\(ntinite power - a, are w Another important; area’ . provides even . e involvement * ‘for the UTA ‘Is’ level selector microwave - ee the ‘provision of custom wo tate transit services for the distribution didbled and the han- : oo. dicapped. : “As of April 1, 1980, the Reg. $549” Urban Transit Authority assumed responsibility for funding, planning and co- ordinating custom transit . services which are cost- shaced in a matiner similar to regular transit with the exception that fares. ‘are expecied to recover only 10 percent of the cost, while in the regular. service, fares’ must. cover 3 percent to 35 percent of operating eosts. ‘The Authority is developing a custom: transit service known as “han-. : dyDART” (handy dial-a-ride . ‘ transportation}. This is essentially a dial-a-ride_ custom service, using %. specially equipped vans for those who cannot use the conventional transit system. The Authroity is also conducting and evaluating + - demonstration projects involving busses. equipped with spectal lifta to enable _ those in wheelchaiva, or the. elderly, to board a bus vith ease, , Sale Price ot wea Hn Lbeyreta Eada’ oeasuocer * ene ; . ao 5 Sec & ANDERSON ump. te ; toennue arta Ne a "APPLIANCES: t + 635-6576 ' ostsene hours: ‘Mon. to, Sat. “Gam- 6: 30pm, Fri. 9am-2pm SERS SITU TEENS RT Sr ROM ED EDS ssonnenened ithe : Seen eee rivataiatetanatet tate SSOEEDRTY ‘ 3 is 5 mn Get moving with the Terrace transit system and the Daily Herald This week, ride the bus in Terrace, and be “sure to ask the driver for a transfer slip. Bring it into the Daily Herald and get four days : of classified ads for the price of two days, or six days for the price of three! Move those unwanted items through the Daily Herald classifieds. yy Ontario Bus Industries will supply 16 $5-foot Orion busses, valued at $116,486 each and alx 30-foot Orion busses worth $106,628 each. Delivery date for all vehicles is the end of this year. “In a report to the board of director of the U.T.A, con- taining an evaluation of the tenders. . and recom- mendations for purchase, Barrie Underwood, Asalgtant General Manager, Finance and Administration, said bids were received from three different manufac- turers. He said that because the Orion busses are relatively wmknows. in B.C, ts