BC Transit offering free bus service on municipal, provincial election days

KAMLOOPS — Buses in Kamloops – and several other B.C. communities – will be free for the next two Saturdays, so people can head to the polls to vote.

BC Transit buses as well as handyDART will be free in Kamloops, Merritt, Vernon and Williams Lake on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. A full list of communities with free transit on municipal election day can be found here, and a list of communities with free transit on provincial election day can be found here.

“BC Transit and participating local government partners across the province will offer transit free of charge,” a statement from BC Transit said. “Decisions to provide free transit are made by local government partners in participating communities.”

For more information on trip planning and bus schedules in Kamloops, go here.