top of page
AdobeStock_411500750.jpeg

Years

TransLink's new

Transport Priorities

In April 2022, TransLink unveiled the investment priorities for the first ten years of its thirty-year regional transportation strategy.

Together, these priorities are called...

LEARN MORE

TRANSPORT

2050

10-Year Priorities

Introduction

Highlights

2x

regional bus service levels

450

km of new
separated cycling paths

170

km of new
rapid transit on eleven corridors

+

exploring new SkyTrain extensions

Highlights
Breakdown

LET'S BREAK IT ALL DOWN

AdobeStock_373127062.jpeg
AdobeStock_373127062.jpeg

9

bus rapid transit (BRT) corridors

&

The Burnaby Mountain Gondola

&

SkyTrain from Arbutus to UBC

click the          icon to learn more.

Immediate planning + design for rapid transit between

METROTOWN

PARK ROYAL

(and better bus service before then)

AdobeStock_432255101.jpeg
AdobeStock_432255101.jpeg

450

200

6

km of new traffic-separated bike paths

new bike lockers

new bike parkades

&

bike networks in every Urban Centre

AdobeStock_175301666.jpeg
AdobeStock_175301666.jpeg
AdobeStock_194689579.jpeg
AdobeStock_194689579.jpeg

60

&

24

% increase in HandyDART service

hour service

ALSO...

Increasing SeaBus services times to match Expo Line SkyTrain service times.

Exploring potential SkyTrain extensions in Newton and Port Coquitlam.

And, proposing new transit service areas...

snazzy-image (2).png

roll over the red markers to learn more

NAME WILL APPEAR HERE

BUS RAPID TRANSIT

(LET'S LEARN MORE)

WHAT IS BRT?

High-frequency, high capacity bus service that is fully traffic separated.

this is not the same thing as TranLink's RapidBus

(It's confusing, we know...that's why we're breaking it down)

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

physically separated lanes with traffic signal priority

modern stations, prepay & all door boarding with easy access

WHERE WOULD THE BRT SERVICE GO?

Hastings St. 

(Upgrade from R5)

Asset 2_edited.png

King George Blvd

(Surrey to White Rock)

Lougheed Hwy

Asset 5.png

Scott Road

(Upgrade from R6)

(Upgrade from R3)

Asset 7.png

Metrotown - Park Royal

(Second Narrows)

Asset 8.png

Marine Dr Station - 22nd St Station

(Marine Way)

larger, articulated electric buses with customer amenities

Asset 3.png

Langley - Haney Place

(200 St - Golden Ears - Lougheed Hwy)

Asset 6.png

Lynn Valley - Downtown / Lonsdale

(Lions Gate)

Asset 9.png

Richmond Centre - Metrotown

(Knight -Victoria -49th Avenue)

HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST?

$15

million per  km

BRT

$400

million per km

SkyTrain

BRT is relatively cheaper than SkyTrain because it can be implemented at street level and requires less construction.

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD?

1

years construction time per line

Up to

Bus Rapid Transit

WAIT, THERE'S MORE...

TransLink's 2022 Investment Plan*

*some highlights

battery-electric buses by 2030

462

locations in transit network will have washrooms

6

increase to HandyDART service over pre-COVID levels in 2023

3%

upgrades to Compass tech for new features

LEARN MORE

2022 Investment Plan
bottom of page