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REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS

VANCOUVER

In 2013, millions of people living, working or studying in Vancouver, used 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
transitsystems.
Congestion is bad for the air we breathe, its damaging to our economy, it erodes family time and it impacts 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 regions transportation system.

WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE CONGESTION BY

INVESTING IN OUR REGIONS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Key Benefits of Broadway

Rapid Transit

The Mayors Council Vision will address many of the issues faced by people
living, working or studying in Vancouver.
The Vision 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 Vision 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.

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO

ADDRESS GROWTH, CONGESTION AND RELIABILITY ISSUES
ALONG THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR
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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)

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busiest bus corridors and is a regional asset, with over half of its trips
beginning
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outside Vancouver. The interchange between bus and SkyTrain at Commercialcorridor
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This project will extend the Millennium SkyTrain Line west from VCCClark
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EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS

To provide a fast and efficient transportation system in a growing region, the Vision is proposing new and better service,
expanded infrastructure and other investments to keep the regions people and goods moving, including:

RAPID TRANSIT BROADWAY CORRIDOR MILLENNIUM LINE EXTENSION

5.1-kilometre tunneled rapid transit corridor extending the Millennium SkyTrain Line west from VCC-Clark to
Arbutus Street

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 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

BUS SERVICE INCREASE IN SERVICE FOR MORE RELIABLE, FREQUENT AND EXTENDED SERVICE

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
Expand HandyDART service

EXISTING RAPID TRANSIT UPGRADES

B-LINE PROVIDING VANCOUVER WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL B-LINES CONNECTING PEOPLE AND JOBS

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
Expo Line upgrades will more than double the peak capacity by 2041

Canada Line capacity expansion to meet an 85% increase in ridership by 2045

SEABUS INCREASING SERVICE BY 50%

Increasing frequency to provide service every 10 minutes in the a.m. and p.m. peak periods and every 15 minutes at
other times

CYCLING/WALKING IMPROVEMENTS

Investments in cycling routes in partnership with municipalities: 2,700 kilometres of bikeways including
300 kilometres of fully traffic separated routes region-wide
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
Better connections to transit through pedestrian improvements at or near transit stops and stations

ROAD INVESTMENTS

Cost-sharing to maintain the Major Road Network (MRN) to ensure efficient goods movement

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Website mayorscouncil.ca
Email
info@mayorscouncil.ca