{
  "id": "transit-on-time",
  "category": "Mobility",
  "title": "Buses running on time, Victoria regional transit",
  "geography": "Victoria Regional Transit System (Greater Victoria)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission",
    "Road conditions and construction"
  ],
  "plain_question": "What share of bus trips ran on time?",
  "value": 72.4,
  "display_value": "72.4%",
  "unit": "of trips on time",
  "period": "April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026",
  "period_start": "2026-04-01",
  "period_end": "2026-07-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "April to July 2025",
    "previous_value": 70.5,
    "change_percent": 1.9,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "since_text": "Was 70.5% in April to July 2025",
  "trend": "improving",
  "trend_basis": "72.4% of trips were on time from April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026, compared with 70.5% in the same months of 2025.",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "A higher number means more buses ran on time. Less than 1 percentage point counts as about the same.",
  "caveats": [
    "Read from a BC Transit presentation to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission; BC Transit defines “on time”.",
    "Covers the whole regional transit system, not only routes in the City.",
    "Only the period in the latest presentation is shown."
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jul 2025",
      "value": 70.5
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr–Jul 2026",
      "value": 72.4
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Several times a year (Transit Commission meetings)",
  "source": {
    "name": "BC Transit, Victoria Regional Transit System operations update",
    "url": "https://www.bctransit.com/victoria/",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.bctransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9.4-VRTS-Operations-Fall-2026-Presentation-092226.pdf",
    "download_url": "https://www.bctransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9.4-VRTS-Operations-Fall-2026-Presentation-092226.pdf"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.bctransit.com/terms-of-use",
    "open": false
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "On Time Performance (OTP): 72.4%",
    "On-Time Performance April 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026",
    "72.4% 70.5% in April to July 2025 On Time Performance"
  ],
  "data_published": null,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:27:44Z",
  "attribution": "Source: BC Transit, Victoria Regional Transit System operations update. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.",
  "licence_type": "public"
}