Every morning at 5 a.m., Joshua Antonio Alfred stands on the side of Highway 16, hitchhiking to work. (Joshua Antonio Alfred)He's looking forward to Monday when he'll have a new option: a twice-daily bus run, the first leg in the provincial government's Highway 16 Transportation Action Plan. 'We really need this'The plan's goal is to connect every community along Highway 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert with public transit. is the warning on a prominent billboard beside Highway 16 in northern B.C., where numerous young women have died or disappeared. Costs a challenge​One of the challenges of providing transit along Highway 16 is the distance between communities and sparse population.

Source: CBC News January 28, 2017 00:45 UTC