BCTA Blog

Every night across Metro Vancouver, commercial truck drivers finish long shifts only to discover there is nowhere legal and safe to park. Surrey’s own 2019 Truck Parking Strategy revealed a stark reality: approximately 6,000 heavy commercial vehicles call the city...

A shift is underway in Canada’s trucking industry. Governments are stepping up enforcement against companies that misclassify drivers under the illegal Driver Inc. model. This practice treats drivers as incorporated contractors instead of employees, even though they...

In the face of trade disruptions, while governments grapple with inter-provincial trade, our biggest struggle in British Columbia is intra-provincial trade. While it’s important to remove barriers in shipping wine from BC to Ontario, what about removing delays and...

TransLink is seeking new, long-term funding sources to sustain and expand its services, which will have direct cost implications for businesses and taxpayers. As TransLink explores ways to generate revenue, BCTA is examining the possible impacts on the trucking industry, especially in light of a slowing economy and the push to decarbonize.

The CleanBC Heavy-Duty Vehicle Efficiency (HDVE) Program, administered by the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) and funded by the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, is playing a crucial role in the decarbonization of trucking in British Columbia.