BC Ferries says it is investigating whether passenger-only vessels could play a role in the company’s future.

The company’s recently-released 25-year vision states that vessels taking just passengers and no vehicles could join the fleet.

Nothing is planned at this time; however, BC Ferries says passenger-only ferries could reduce travel times for passengers travelling without a car and smaller vessels lead to lower operating costs.

Passenger-only vessels are already in use in B.C., with Hullo Ferries travelling between Vancouver and Nanaimo.

CIRQL Ferries is planning to bring passenger-only ferries to B.C. in 2027 and told Global News that this method of travel makes sense.

“It’s a really important system in B.C., kind of introduced in the 1960s, and it was really focused on cars,”

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