TransLink is now seeking public feedback on sweeping medium- and longer-term changes to its public transit bus network in Metro Vancouver, specifically in the geographical areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) and University Endowment Lands.

As previously reported by Daily Hive Urbanized in January 2025, the public transit authority is contemplating a wide range of bus route changes, including new additional bus routes, consolidated bus routes, reroutings, and cancellations.

In total, there are nearly 60 proposed bus route changes for TransLink’s Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan, with the changes serving areas experiencing residential/employment densification.

This includes eight new Express Bus routes , such as major, limited-stop routes along Kingsway between Main Street-Science World Station and Metrotown Station, along Commercial Drive/Victoria Drive, along King Edward Avenue between UBC and Brentwood Town Centre Station, and along 49th Avenue between UBC and Metrotown Station.

The plan calls for five new east-west, crosstown bus routes across Vancouver and parts of Burnaby , including along East 1st Avenue and Terminal Avenue between Main Street-Science World Station and Brentwood Town Centre Station, along Grandview Highway and Canada Way between Commercial-Broadway Station and Holdom Station, along West 33rd Avenue and 16th Avenue between Dunbar bus loop and Commercial-Broadway Station, and along major segments of 54th Avenue and 57th Avenue.

There would also be five new and improved bus routes to directly serve the growing River District neighbourhood in the southeast corner of Vancouver, such as extending the southernmost terminus of the No. 20 Downtown/Victoria trolley bus route to reach River District.

Various new and improved north-south Vancouver bus routes also reach the North Shore.

This plan also contemplates the initial recalibration of Vancouver bus routes upon the 2027 opening of the Millennium Line’s Broadway extension to Arbutus — including the cancellation of the No. 14 UBC/Downtown/Hastings trolley bus route — as well as other longer-term changes that could be made later on. As well, potential bus route changes following the opening of the Millennium Line’s extension to UBC , potentially in the 2030s, are also outlined, such as the elimination of the No. 84 UBC/VCC-Clark Station express bus route. Possible bus route changes for the opening of the Burnaby Mountain Gondola to Simon Fraser University were also identified.

Another change could be the introduction of a new looping bus route along the entire length of Stanley Park Drive from Waterfront Station , providing Stanley Park with its second direct bus route that enters the park. This would represent a reintroduction of bus services that were previously discounted many years ago.

TransLink emphasizes that these potential new and improved bus routes could be rolled out over the next 15 years. Currently, the public transit authority is facing major financial challenges that could result in a significant curtailing of bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus, and West Coast Express services as early as late 2025.

An online survey on these proposed bus route changes is open through March 9, 2025. Input gathered from this public consultation will be used to finalize TransLink’s Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan, which will be released in 2026.