Every year, the 19 Metrotown/Stanley Park bus serves more than four million trips. That is a lot of people who rely on the route to get around our region. It is a big reason why we’ve partnered with the City of Vancouver to propose bus stop changes, bus lane improvements, and intersection upgrades between Boundary and Stanley Park to help make your bus trips quicker and more reliable.

We are inviting you to share your thoughts on our proposed bus stop changes as part of public engagement running until Nov. 9. Take the survey at translink.ca/route19.

What we’re proposing

• We’re proposing changes to one in five bus stop locations along the route 19 corridor to help make trips faster and more reliable.
• Five new stops are proposed near crosswalks with traffic lights for safer and more convenient access.
• More than 90 per cent of riders can keep using their current stop. Where a change happens, the next stop will be within about a block.

While most changes will be on route 19 stops, some stops on other routes, such as the 3, 5, 8, 22, 25, and N19, may also change.
The 19 travels along some of the busiest corridors in the region. As a result, it’s one of the most congested and delayed routes in our region. These delays push buses off their schedules, creating slow and unreliable travel times.

Adjusting bus stop locations

On a single round trip, the 19 makes up to 112 stops. About 70 per cent of stops along the route are closer than the recommended 300-metre minimum spacing. When too close together, buses stop more often to pick up and unload customers. This can slow down service and lead to delays, missed connections, and longer wait times. That is a lot of pulling in and out of traffic!

Each bus stop is unique, with unique factors to consider. When we plan the location of bus stops, our service planners consider nearby destinations, transfers, slopes, the condition of the sidewalk, and amenities like shelters and benches. When looking at an existing stop, they also consider how many people step on and off the bus there, how many times the bus ramp goes down, the distance to the next stop, and its proximity to a crosswalk.
See a full map of proposed bus stop changes.

Extending bus lanes and upgrading intersections

The City of Vancouver is planning to extend bus lane hours along parts of Kingsway and Main Street. Bus lanes help keep riders moving throughout the region — rather than stuck in gridlock traffic. Along with the new bus lanes, queue jumps will be installed at 12 intersections to allow buses to skip to the front of waiting traffic. More than 48,000 bus trips are impacted by delays on the Kingsway and Main Street corridor each day. These changes to the road won’t only benefit the 19, but also all the other riders whose routes overlap with the new proposed lanes.
These changes, combined with the adjustment of bus stops, will help make bus trips quicker and more reliable.
For more information on bus lanes, visit vancouver.ca/kingsway-transit

What do you think?

We want to hear your thoughts on our proposed changes to route 19 bus stop changes! Visit translink.ca/route19 to learn more and take the survey by Nov. 9 to tell us what you think.