Author: Movement
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What’s red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes with paint and signs, apparently
Excerpt submitted by Michael Hall, Government Relations Lead at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders. Written for Daily Hive Urbanized. Read the full article by Michael Hall at the Daily Hive Urbanized In October 2023, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favour of a member motion by city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to add bus priority measures on major…
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The Case of Vancouver’s Nine Missing Bus Lanes
Bus lane statuses updated as of June 2026 New bus lanes in the City of Vancouver since July 24th, 2024: 0 KM Vancouver is missing nine bus lanes, but you, dear reader, can help us find them. Read on to solve the mystery and get all the bus lane updates as they come in. In…
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An update (or non-update) for bus lanes on Granville
It’s been eight months since our campaign launched to push for bus lanes promised back in 2023 by Vancouver City Council. It’s 2026 – there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the city is still planning on going ahead with transit priority on Granville, and they might have totally caved if…
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Ambitious BRT plan will be huge for Surrey, Langley and Maple Ridge, but details and funding matter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2026 Today, TransLink released a more detailed proposal for their Bus Rapid Transit plans in Surrey, Langley, and Maple Ridge. Movement wholeheartedly supports Bus Rapid Transit in the Lower Mainland and is encouraged to see these designs with very significant portions of centre-running bus lanes. We will be reviewing the details…
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RELEASE: Metro Vancouver bus service is expanding on Monday. It’s just a sample of what we could get with more funding.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2nd, 2025 Movement will be riding the first ever mid-day trip of route 80 in the River District.● Available for interviews before, during, and after the ride VANCOUVER – On Monday, TransLink is rolling out increased service on dozens of routes across Metro Vancouver. This is thanks to new funding that…
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Service challenges and recommendations for 502, 503 and 388 bus routes
We’ve been spending time in Surrey, listening closely to transit riders and learning from their everyday experiences of moving through the city. Through this engagement, two key hotspots emerged as areas of concern and opportunity. This memo summarizes what we heard and shares our recommendations based on those insights. We gathered this feedback through multiple…
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RELEASE: As federal transit fund disappears, two potential new transit funding tools identified in Surrey competition
For Immediate Release [Photos available here] SURREY – Last Friday, Movement hosted Transit’s Next Top Funding Model at SFU Surrey campus. 300 spectators attended, and 8 teams presented their tools to fix the transit funding crisis. Two were crowned winners. With the passage of the federal budget today, the Canadian Public Transit Fund is officially…
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Dare to Dream of a Better 19
“I’ve put up with the 19 for 30 years of full buses, waiting too long for the next bus, and buses not stopping! I’m tired of it!” — Colleen, Retired Vancouver Resident Send an email to Vancouver for faster buses on Main and Kingsway! Let city council know just how slow the second slowest bus…
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LETTER: Community Hub is White Rock’s Greatest Opportunity for Improved Transit
Currently, White Rock is a city with sub-par transit service and relatively poor ridership. However, with more cars on the road, steep housing prices, and limited road and parking space, we must improve transit to ensure residents and visitors can get around our city efficiently and affordably. With that said, the Community Hub project is…
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RELEASE: Movement Plans Dragons’ Den-style event to find most popular transit funding model
Transit funding is surprisingly popular. On Nov 14, we’ll find out which funding model is on top. Transit systems across the world use many different tools to fund their operations, and the province has promised to launch a new one by 2027. Movement will host a “Dragons’ Den”-style event where participating teams will argue for…
