Category: Blog Posts
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The transit solution on Hastings that could also save lives
By Denis Agar Around the world, cities are experimenting with different, context-specific ways to solve their unique transportation problems. One such experiment in Toronto started as a one-year pilot, but that pilot was successful enough that the project will celebrate its’ 10-year anniversary soon. I think that pilot has some crucial lessons for Vancouver’s Hastings…
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How candidates can be transit heroes this election!
A guide for hopeful municipal mayors and councillors Municipal leaders have a huge impact on transit. Here’s what we’re asking Metro Vancouver council hopefuls to do on our Transit Hero Pledge. There are a few municipality-specific asks in pledges for Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, and Richmond in addition to what’s on this page. If you’re a politician running for…
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Survey says: What are your priorities for the upcoming municipal election?
As the municipal election approaches on October 17th, we want to make sure the issues that transit riders care about the most are front and centre. Municipal politicians often have the most power to fix problems with transit, so we sent out a survey asking our newsletter recipients what they most want fixed. Here’s what…
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You can shape Richmond’s Transit Future!
⬇️ 繁體中文、简体中文 ⬇️ Calling all transit riders and Richmondites! Movement is working on “Richmond’s Transit Future!” It’s a policy proposal that will guide our advocacy to all levels of government: TransLink, the City of Richmond, the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit, and the Federal Government. In February this year, we published “Surrey’s Transit Future,”…
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What even is a BRT?
A Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT for short) is a type of transit service where buses run in dedicated lanes, separated from traffic. BRT lines might also include signal priority to allow buses to skip red lights, upgraded stations with level boarding, off-board fare payment, and other features you would expect to see at metro…
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Are the World Cup changes benefitting transit riders?
With the World Cup Global Soccer Event in town, TransLink and the City of Vancouver have made a number of changes to the transit network to support the influx of visitors. But are they actually good for transit riders?
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R2 Extension, MNS BRT, what does it all mean?
TransLink announced that the Second Narrows Bridge is getting a RapidBus! Is that what we wanted? The R2 extension in September 2026 will make it a one seat ride from Metrotown to the North Shore. This follows the same route as the BRT we want, but a BRT will be much cooler. It will have…
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Surrey’s 2026-2030 proposed budget | What transit riders need to know
The City of Surrey dropped their proposed 2026-2030 budget/financial plan detailing how they will raise and spend money in the next five years. How does this impact transit riders? First, here’s a crash course on who funds what: Budget What does it fund? How is it paid for? TransLink budget Running buses, trains, and ferries…
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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…
