VOTE “YES” FOR BETTER TRANSIT IN
VANCOUVER
Hundreds of thousands of people living, working and studying in Vancouver use the Metro Vancouver transit
system to get between work, school, and home. Vancouver depends on the transportation network to efficiently
move goods and provide services, but it is becoming increasingly unreliable, due to increasing congestion on our
roads and transit systems.
Congestion is bad for the air we breathe, it’s damaging to our economy, it erodes family time and it hurts our
health. With over one million new residents expected in Metro Vancouver over the next 30 years, we need to take
action to reduce congestion by investing in our region’s transportation system.
VOTE “YES“ TO REDUCE CONGESTION BY INVESTING IN
OUR REGION’S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Key Benefits of Broadway
Rapid Transit
The Mayors’ Plan will address many of the issues faced by people living,
working or studying in Vancouver.
The Plan will improve and extend bus service and expand the rapid transit
system. This will provide a real alternative to driving through improved transit
service and will reduce congestion on the roads for those people who choose
to drive or are still unable to use transit. The Plan will provide reliable regional
connectivity and accommodate travel growth by walking, cycling and transit—
leaving room for growth in the movement of goods and services.
VOTE “YES” FOR BROADWAY CORRIDOR TRANSIT
Currently, transit on the Broadway corridor is over capacity and is not able
to meet growing demand. The Broadway corridor is one of North America’s
Prospect Point
busiest bus corridors and is a regional asset, with
over half of its trips beginning
outside Vancouver. The interchange between
bus
and SkyTrain at CommercialSiwash Rock
Broadway Station is currently a regional transportation bottleneck. Existing
Stanley
Loop
transit services on this corridor do not provide sufficient capacity orPark
a reliable
enough service to major regional destinations
Third Beach and economic hubs. Vancouver
⎷ Less congestion
⎷ Increased travel reliability
⎷ Increased capacity to
accommodate growth
⎷ Better transit services means
fewer cars on the road
⎷ Unlocks a regional
transportation bottleneck
⎷ Connects regional rapid transit
lines, including improved access
to Vancouver International
Airport (YVR)
Lonsdale Quay Market
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Brockton Point
» 6 new stations (in addition to
BROADWAY CORRIDOR MILLENNIUM LINE EXTENSION
Brockton
existing VCC-Clark Station)
Oval
» 56 additional SkyTrain cars
Second Beach
Broadway Rapid Transit will increase regional
transit capacity and reliability to
to serve Broadway and the
serve the existing and growing demand in the corridor.
Millennium Line
Burrard
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This project will extend the Millennium SkyTrain Line west from VCC‑Clark
Waterfront
to Arbutus Street, providing a tunneled connection with the Canada
Granville Line at
Broadway‑City Hall Station (see below).
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VOTE “YES” FOR BETTER TRANSIT
To provide a fast and efficient transportation system in a growing region, the Plan is proposing new and better service,
expanded infrastructure and other investments to keep the region’s people and goods moving, including:
BROADWAY CORRIDOR MILLENNIUM LINE EXTENSION
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5.1-kilometre tunneled rapid transit corridor extending the Millennium SkyTrain Line west from VCC-Clark to Arbutus Street
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New B-Line – Downtown Vancouver to SFU Burnaby via Hastings Street
New B-Line – Downtown Vancouver to SE Marine Drive via Victoria Drive/Commercial Drive
New B-Line – Joyce-Collingwood Station to UBC via 41st Avenue
New B-Line – Lynn Valley Centre to Downtown Vancouver via 29th Street, Lonsdale Avenue, Marine Drive and W. Georgia Street
New B-Line – Metrotown to Richmond, via Knight Street and 49th Avenue
INCREASE IN BUS SERVICE - MORE RELIABLE, MORE FREQUENT, MORE HOURS
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Improve and expand frequent all-day service: service that runs at least every 15 minutes in both directions throughout the day and into the evening, every day of the week
Improve and expand frequent peak service: service that runs at least every 15 minutes during highest-demand time periods and directions
Increase the frequency and span of service on the existing NightBus network
30% more HandyDART service
50% MORE SEABUS SERVICE
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Increasing frequency to provide service every 10 minutes in the a.m. and p.m. peak periods and every 15 minutes at other times
UPGRADES TO SKYTAIN AND WEST COAST EXPRESS
NEW B-LINE RAPID BUS SERVICE
• Upgrades and expansion to fleet and stations on existing rapid transit lines, including the Canada Line, Expo Line
and Millennium Line, to reduce overcrowding and improve the transit experience
• Increase capacity on the Expo and Millennium lines with 200 new SkyTrain cars
• Canada Line capacity expansion to serve an 85% increase in ridership by 2045
• Investment in 10 new train cars for West Coast Express to meet demand
WALKING AND CYCLING IMPROVEMENTS
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Better connections to transit through pedestrian improvements at or near transit stops and stations
Investments in cycling routes in partnership with municipalities
Investments in bike parking at transit stations
Completion of the Central Valley Greenway, a 24-kilometre multi-use regional route that parallels the Millennium Line, running from False Creek in Vancouver through Burnaby to New Westminster Quay
Upgrades to the existing BC Parkway, a 26-kilometre cycle route connecting False Creek in Vancouver to Gateway Station in Surrey, paralleling the Expo Line
ROAD INVESTMENTS
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Cost-sharing to maintain and upgrade the Major Road Network (MRN) to keep people and goods moving
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