10:55A - That’s it! Stay tuned for more details and analysis later. Here’s the province’s site on the plan. Here’s a detailed PDF.

10:49A - $1.2 billion for the RapidBus BC systems. $1.6 billion for 1,500 new, clean energy buses and related infrastructure

10:48A - $10.3 billion for 4 new rapid transit lines in Metro Vancouver. Evergreen Line, UBC Line, upgraded Expo Line and Canada Line

10:46A - Province only committing $4.75 billion. Remainder to come from federal government, TransLink and local governments.

10:45A - Here’s the press release.

10:42A - New rapid bus system in BC. Talking about Gateway Transit. Separate lanes. Signal priority. Nice stations. Multi door entry. 1 in Kelowna, 1 in Victoria, 7 in Metro Vancouver.

10:41A - 600 buses for province. Double buses in Lower Mainland. 80% of transit riders take buses. Green buses.

10:40A - $14 billion!

10:39A - Going green. New technologies in transit every 7 years. 12 year plan to 2020.

10:38A - Global leader in transit. Require partnerships with other levels of government. Reaching 20% of usage.

10:37A - Here’s Gordon Campbell now.

10:36A - 90% of population in regional centres of the province.

10:35A - Kevin Falcon talking about climate change ghgs emission target reductions. Hybrid buses. Government fleets go green. Cycling program. Low speed vehicles.

10:33A - Langley Township, Richmond, Langley City, Port Moody, Surrey, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows Mayors. Some MLAs too.

10:32A - Here it starts. Listen live on CKNW.

10:28A - The room is *full*! Many mayors here. Tons of press. Will start shortly.

10:18A - Here’s a leak on the Bill Good Show. $10 Billion. High capacity, low energy buses for Metro Vancouver. Improvements in security. Extra investments in Canada Line. Funding for Evergreen Line. Victoria and Kelowna also get money. Funded by P3s and taxes.

10:15A - Carole James is doing her best to play politics in a situation that is likely to push her completely out of view

10:10A - Expectations that Victoria and the Interior will be shortchanged at the announcement. The Island will not likely get the LRT or commuter rail it wants. More assumed to be a bus-only road.

10:07A - There are worries that the announcement won’t include money for bus expansion that is needed. Metro Vancouver is currently short hundreds of buses.

10:05A - Vaughn Palmer is estimating a $10 billion budget.

10:00A - Everyone is speculating an M-Line extension, Evergreen Line completion with reroute through Riverview, future SkyTrain extension to Langley, and extended HOV express buses. Could just be that everyone latched onto Keith Baldrey’s speculations though.

9:52A - They are discussing the external costs of driving a car on the Bill Good Show. A lot of seniors are against more taxes (surprise, surprise).

9:50A - CKNW’s Bill Good Show has a BEST spokesperson and Gord Price on to talk about the announcement. Also has call ins by the public.

9:45A - The announcement is being made at 10:30A at the Pan Pacific downtown with the Premier, Falcon, and the region’s Mayors.

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