Cumulative time bus riders have spent delayed by traffic since July 24th, 2024:
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New bus lanes in Vancouver since July 24th, 2024:
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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 for the motion, and when it passed we rejoiced at the news.
So…where are they? What has been going on since this motion passed?
In short: there’s a lot of planning and design underway, but it hasn’t yet resulted in any action. We know bus lanes can be delivered quickly – sometimes in a matter of days – so that’s why we’re keeping the pressure up.
Scroll down to find out about our picnic/rally below!
Every day, transit riders are delayed by 7,000 cumulative hours across these nine prioirity corridors. Keep reading to see how much time you and your fellow bus riders have spent delayed by traffic on each of the corridors identified in the motion since it passed.
We’ve estimated times based on TransLink’s 2023 BSR Report.
Daily person delay describes the total amount of time bus riders are delayed in a day. So if there are 100 people people on a bus, and they’re delayed by 10 minutes, the people on that bus collectively have 1,000 minutes of delay, or almost 17 person-hours of delay! The report shows all those hours added up per day, and the counters we created add up the delay since July 24th, 2024. And yes, across all the corridors in the motion, it really does add up to over 300 years.
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Broadway
Broadway carries the busiest bus route in Canada and the US, with ridership high enough to justify SkyTrain. However, that line still won’t open for another two years. In the meantime, Broadway still has no dedicated all-day bus lanes. The city recently added some extra hours to the existing bus lanes, but our ask to make them all day hasn’t been actioned.
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Hastings
Two years ago, Vancouver council passed a motion to prioritize studying rapid transit on Hastings ahead of rapid transit in South Vancouver. We’re expecting an update on Hastings in Winter 2025.
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49th Ave
If you’ve taken the 49, you know the struggle. The city is planning to extend bus lanes on 49th in 2026, and it’s desperately needed.
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Main St / Kingsway
We’re expecting updates any day now on the bus priority situation along Main and Kingsway!
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Granville
Granville has a plan for new bus lanes, and they should be complete by Spring 2026, hooray! Unfortunately they’re at risk of being cancelled, despite Marpole having some of the highest transit ridership in the region. We’re rallying support to save these bus lanes and we hope you consider adding your voice.
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West 4th Ave
West 4th had bus stop balancing and right turn pockets completed in 2022, which helped make trips faster, but nothing new has been done since then.
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Downtown to Ironworkers
We haven’t seen any plans for the bus corridor between downtown and the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, but we anticipate them in the coming years.
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King Edward
We’re keeping an eye out for improvements for King Edward and “The Amazing 25“, nothing announced yet.
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SE Marine Drive
Bus lanes for the 100 and 80 are anticipated in 2026.
We’re really, really looking forward to these bus lanes. They will significantly cut down on the time transit users spend stuck in traffic. They will reduce congestion and vastly improve the lives of Vancouverites everywhere.
We want to keep up the momentum for these bus lanes and celebrate the one year anniversary of the motion, and we want you to join us! RSVP for our Bus Lane Motion Anniversary Picnic below!