You’re looking out the window. It’s cold and miserable out there, and the rain is pouring down. Over the radio, you hear a storm is on the way. There may even be snow at higher elevations. You start to wonder if this weather’s going to affect your drive to the Interior later today. You...
The first day of spring usually means different things for different people, depending on where you live – and drive – in British Columbia. It certainly did yesterday. While those in Victoria were welcoming blooming cherry blossoms, others in many parts of the province remained knee deep in the throes of winter (just like...
With a broad name like Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, there are bound to be questions. Like small-talk at a cocktail party, those 13 syllables beg the question: “So, what do you do?” Some of the work we do is probably pretty obvious, but some of it may surprise you. To help clarify our...
Most people watch our webcams, to scope out the weather, driving and traffic conditions. But you might spot scenes of nature, beauty and movement. Webcams are versatile like that. Our most northerly webcam on Highway 37, at the border of B.C. and the Yukon, captures some cool views. It was installed last year, at...
Here at TranBC, we love technology, and we’re constantly looking for new ways to make things easier and safer for you to get around. This year saw a lot of interesting developments, and we’ve got a summary of some of the top tech tales of 2012 here for your reading pleasure. Going Mobile DriveBC...
Based on the feedback you send us, you love our webcams, and you depend on them to be informed and travel safely throughout the province. Being so popular, our webcams are also the source for a lot of questions, and we’ve found a lot of people are asking about the same things. So we...
A few months ago we did a Tell TranBC survey asking where you’d like to see more BC HighwayCams. We received more than 730 responses and captured the highlights of your suggestions in a blog. Many of your suggestions were identified as “coming soon” and this week we are happy to announce that we...
To deliver a service effectively, you have to know who you’re serving. That’s why, over the last few months, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s web team collected your feedback through surveys, web analytics and interviews. During our in-person and virtual travels, we learned a lot about how local businesses use the ministry’s online...
Sharing is fun. With that in mind, we have recently shared some of our most popular information from DriveBC with DataBC. DataBC is a key source of open government information to help the public find data, services and tools to help make informed decisions and improve government policies. DataBC liked our data so much,...
Are you going somewhere this weekend? DriveBC’s new features might help. Today, we’re releasing an update which includes an enhancement to the Trip Planner. You may or may not be aware that we’ve actually had a trip planner on the DriveBC site since March of 2010. If you’re not familiar with it, the trip...
