Category: Blog Posts
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The Case of Vancouver’s Nine Missing Bus Lanes
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 2023, Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung brought forward a motion…
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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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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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Cars are expensive, transit is not
It’s no surprise that housing is very expensive in Metro Vancouver, but did you know that in some parts of our region, transportation is even more expensive? That’s just one of the results from Metro Vancouver latest Housing and Transportation Cost Burden Study Update. They found that on average, families that have no vehicles spend…
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RELEASE: Dude, where are our bus lanes?
Movement to host rally in South Vancouver on SaturdayBus riders seeking faster progress on one-year anniversary of Vancouver’s bus lane motion For Immediate ReleaseAugust 21, 2025 VANCOUVER – On July 24, 2024, Vancouver City Council unanimously passed the motion “Taking Urgent Action to Boost Street Capacity and Speed up Transit Service for Vancouverites.” This motion…
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“Dude, where’s our bus lanes?”
Cumulative time bus riders have spent delayed by traffic since July 24th, 2024: Loading… New bus lanes in Vancouver since July 24th, 2024: 0 km July 24 marks one year since Vancouver City Council passed a motion to add bus lane lanes across the city’s most congested corridors. Movement and Vision Zero Vancouver rallied support…
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BC wants feedback on their climate plan. We told them “more transit” and you should too.
What Is CleanBC? CleanBC is British Columbia’s flagship climate action plan, designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions through clean energy, efficient buildings, and low-carbon transportation. Launched in 2018, the program aims to reduce emissions by 40% below 2007 levels by 2030. However, the province’s 2024 accountability report reveals our climate plan is missing its targets,…
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“The Amazing 25”: This busy Metro Vancouver bus route is a masterclass in how to put public transit last
After enduring yet another gruelling trip on TransLink’s No. 25 UBC/Brentwood Town Centre Station bus route, I need an outlet for my frustration on what I’ll name as the “Amazing 25 line.”
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How to improve transit in Richmond? Here’s what we heard in Steveston.
At Steveston’s Canada Day Salmon Festival, we set up a board with a simple question: “How would you improve transit in Richmond?” The response was overwhelming. Dozens of residents stopped to share frustrations, ideas, and hopes for better transit. Their passion made one thing clear: Residents care deeply about fixing transportation gaps. With 68 contributions…
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Buses deserve priority in the Rupert-Renfrew Area!
Tell Vancouver City Council you want bus priority improvements in the Rupert-Renfrew neighbourhood! The 9, 16, 27 are among the slowest routes in the region, and the 25, the 4th busiest route in all of Metro Vancouver, continues face the worst bus bunching among all bus routes in the region. Residents and commuters in the…
