We’re launching public engagement and announcing station locations for two future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes serving customers travelling in Surrey, Maple Ridge, and the Township of Langley.

This is the next step towards implementing our incoming bus-based rapid transit system that will provide fast, frequent, and reliable service through dedicated bus lanes, signal priority at intersections, and weather-protected stations.

We’re asking you to rank which features will be most important, which will help us advance BRT planning.

You can learn more and take the survey until Feb. 9 at translinklistens.ca. You can also attend an in-person open house between Jan. 25 and Feb. 4.

Planned locations for stations

Planned locations for the route’s stations are also being released as part of the engagement.

In Surrey, the King George Boulevard BRT route has 12 planned stations, and the Langley–Haney Place BRT route has 13 planned stations. When operational, each route will speed up service on these corridors by approximately 40 per cent.

Station locations were determined based on the following main criteria:

• Facilitate connection with the Expo Line and other transit hubs like Surrey Central Station, King George Station, the future Willowbrook Station, South Surrey Park and Ride, Semiahmoo Town Centre, and Carvolth Exchange.
• Support growing residential areas and key destinations like Simon Fraser University’s Surrey Campus, Bear Creek Park, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Haney Place Mall, Ridge Meadows Hospital, Langley Events Centre, Willowbrook Shopping Centre, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
• Connect customers with other bus routes by being positioned at major intersections.
• Speed up service for customers by having limited stops spaced approximately 800 metres apart.

Access for Everyone

Through the Access for Everyone plan, we have identified up to nine corridors for BRT implementation over the next 10 years; the first three were announced in late 2023. Engagement on the BRT route between Metrotown and the North Shore will happen later this year.

These BRT projects are currently unfunded. We are working to secure funding for BRT implementation from all levels of government through future Investment Plans. Once funding is secured, we estimate that BRT construction can be completed within five years.

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