
1 million people in Metro Vancouver ride transit every week.
This makes us a leader in North America on climate change, transportation safety and equitable access.
So why, then, is our bus network stretched to the limit, getting slower every year, and on the precipice of a huge budget shortfall?
What we do
We’re building a big, diverse non-profit organization to make sure those million transit riders are heard.
There are lots of other cities that have the nice things we want. San Francisco has far more bus lanes; Edmonton has a low-income transit pass, and Boston has an all-day regional rail network.
We have the power to fight for those kinds of improvements, and win.
After all, we ride transit at a much higher rate than those cities. That means we have far more transit riders to speak up.

And our transit problems have serious consequences. Buses are constantly leaving people behind because they’re overcrowded. Others are stuck in traffic, travelling 10 kilometres per hour.
You may have come home from a trip to Europe or Asia and thought “why can’t we have good transit like in the city I visited?” Here’s the answer: we can, but we have to organize to make it happen.
And there are so many other good reasons to push for better transit:
- In Metro Vancouver, residents are forced to choose between paying too much rent to live near good transit, or paying too much for a car to save on rent. More transit means more affordable housing options.
- Our streets are quickly getting more congested. The cities that have tried to solve congestion with more roads simply created more congestion. The cities that built transit are now the envy of the world.
- Transit access is one of the key ways that people escape poverty. Imagine turning down a better job or a university course because the transit commute would take too long and you can’t afford a car. Faster transit can transform lives.
- Transit tackles our region’s number one source of emissions: private cars.
- Transit also tackles one of our region’s key sources of death: traffic collisions. You are far less likely to get hurt on a bus than in a car.
When riders have a shared vision and a shared voice, we can empower leaders to make transit fast, reliable, and abundant.
Here’s the thing – we can’t do it without you.
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