Vancouver-based carpool app makes pitch to replace Greyhound in northern B.C.

A Vancouver-based company thinks carpooling can replace bus service in northern British Columbia as Greyhound prepares to leave the region.

In February, the province’s Passenger Transportation Board approved Greyhound Canada’s application to stop serving the northern half of the province as of June 1.

The board said it hoped another company would apply to provide transit between communities by then, but so far has not received any formal applications.

However, a Vancouver-based startup believes it has a solution.

Greyhound is ceasing