No more sweaty rides: Vancouver buses to get air conditioning

Photo credit: ArielKettle | Wikipedia

Photo credit: ArielKettle | Wikipedia

Soon enough, those sweltering rides on Vancouver’s 99 B-Line may be a thing of the past.

TransLink has announced that 21 new articulated buses (the ones with the hinge in the middle) will be added to its fleet in coming months. And, for the first time, they’ll all have air conditioning.

But there’s more good news. Going forward, all new buses purchased by the agency will have air conditioning. TransLink says this the decision was made to improve the “comfort and safety of both passengers and drivers” during the warmer months, according to Vancity Buzz.

The change may also reflect Vancouver’s ever hotter summers. The city experienced its hottest summer on record in 2014, a trend expected to continue into the future. For sweltering riders, air conditioning has become less a luxury than a necessity on long cross-city trips.  Continue reading:
No more sweaty rides: Vancouver buses to get air conditioning