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SEARCHThe plan is part of TransLink’s newly released Bus Priority Vision, which identifies solutions to improve bus efficiency while highlighting the need to make buses more reliable in Metro Vancouver.
While more studies are needed to determine specific improvements, TransLink’s goal is to work with regional municipalities to explore new bus speed and reliability measures on the 20 identified corridors over the next decade.
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B.C., Canada’s TransLink has identified 20 corridors needing increased bus priority investments to mitigate the impacts growing traffic congestion has on bus riders.
The plan is part of TransLink’s newly released Bus Priority Vision, which identifies solutions to improve bus efficiency while highlighting the need to make buses more reliable in Metro Vancouver.
Increasing TransLink Reliability
By working with municipalities to implement more bus speed and reliability measures, TransLink plans to make buses more reliable for customers and save money on operating expenses.
“As traffic gets worse throughout Metro Vancouver, our customers spend more time stuck on buses and less time moving,” says TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn. “Bus delays cost us more than $80 million each year, and we are committed to developing new bus priority measures that will mitigate those costs and get our customers where they need to go faster.”
Every weekday, bus riders throughout Metro Vancouver spend over 28,000 hours stuck in traffic combined. Nearly half (45%) of those delays occur on the top 20 corridors, despite making up only 15% of the transit network.
The corridors were determined by factoring in average bus delays, ridership volumes, existing infrastructure, and accounting for different locations throughout Metro Vancouver.
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TransLink’s Bus Corridors
While more studies are needed to determine specific improvements, TransLink’s goal is to work with regional municipalities to explore new bus speed and reliability measures on the 20 identified corridors over the next decade.
The corridors were determined by factoring in average bus delays, ridership volumes, existing infrastructure, and accounting for different locations throughout Metro Vancouver.
Some examples of bus speed and reliability improvements that TransLink will engage with stakeholders and municipalities on include:
Dedicated bus lanes
Approach lanes
Queue jumps
Balancing distances between bus stops
Turn restrictions
Signal improvements and upgrades
Since 2019, TransLink has invested $40 million into bus speed and reliability measures, reducing delays by up to 35% on those corridors.
The next step is to secure funding for TransLink’s 10-Year Access for Everyone Plan, which includes expanded bus speed and reliability measures.
The changes are designed to reduce overall travel time, shorten wait times, and get customers to their destinations more quickly.
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