metro vancouver also provides input to translink on its longterm transport strategies and tenyear transport investment plans along with input to the mayors council on proposed borrowing limit increases in tenyear transport investment plans translink has approximately employees and translink receives its revenue mainly through taxation mostly fuel and property taxes user fees and government transfers total consolidated revenues for are expected to be cad billion on a funded basis the rgs objectives are to coordinate action on housing transport infrastructure and economic development in recognition that collaboration at regional level will make individual municipal action more effective