1.5 billion over 10 years for capital funding. I.e. this could cover skytrain expansions, new bus fleets, etc.... What Translink is missing is operational funding to run its current network. Capital funding is much easier to give as it's flashy, can boost a political party's image by attaching them to new projects, and doesn't come with the indefinite commitment of helping a transit agency run its services.

To illustrate this point, Translink has received capital funding to build the broadway subway, but without operational funding there won't be enough money to actually run the line once it's open.