Our annual “report cards” on ridership and transit services are out, revealing the 10 bus routes that you — our customers — rode the most in 2021. As there was no average day in 2021, we look at the most stable period of ridership during the year, which was the fall, between September 13 and December 5.

Before you get started, there are two foundational definitions on what sub-regions and boardings that you need to know.

To ensure local context and needs are understood and reflected in transportation planning, TransLink divides Metro Vancouver into sub-regions such as Vancouver/UBC, Southwest, Burnaby/New Westminster and so forth. A boarding represents each time a customer boards a bus, including transfers.

Here are the top 10 bus routes of fall 2021, starting with number 10.

10 | 9 Boundary/Commercial–Broadway/Granville/Alma/UBC

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 11,000 (weekday), 7,000 (Saturday), and 6,000 (Sunday)

9 | R1 King George Blvd RapidBus

Sub-region: Southeast
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 11,000 (weekday), 8,000 (Saturday), and 7,000 (Sunday)

8 | 20 Victoria/Downtown

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 11,000 (weekday), 9,000 (Saturday), and 7,000 (Sunday)

7 | R5 Hastings St RapidBus

Sub-region: Burnaby/New Westminster
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 13,000 (weekday), 8,000 (Saturday), and 6,000 (Sunday)

6 | 16 29th Avenue Stn/Arbutus

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 13,000 (weekday), 10,000 (Saturday), and 8,000 (Sunday)

5 | 319 Scott Rd Stn/Newton Exch/Scottsdale

Sub-region: Southeast
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 14,000 (weekday), 11,000 (Saturday), and 10,000 (Sunday)

4 | 25 Brentwood Stn/UBC

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 17,000 (weekday), 10,000 (Saturday), and 8,000 (Sunday)

3 | R4 41st Ave RapidBus

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 22,000 (weekday), 13,000 (Saturday), and 11,000 (Sunday)

2 | 49 Metrotown Stn/Dunbar Loop/UBC

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 22,000 (weekday), 14,000 (Saturday), and 11,000 (Sunday)

1 | 99 B-Line Commercial–Broadway/UBC (B-Line)

Sub-region: Vancouver/UBC
Average daily boardings in fall 2021: 29,000 (weekday), 19,000 (Saturday), and 14,000 (Sunday)

Read the full 2021 Transit Service Performance Review and 2021 HandyDART Performance Review to learn more about these ridership trends.

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