Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders

West 49th could use space reallocation to accommodate active transpo or bus lanes. It's 4 lanes wide, of which only 2 are usable because of an occasional parked car.

If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight – Movement Book Talk Your transportation dreams are within reach—are you ready to fight for them? From safer streets to faster trains, the changes you want are possible—and transportation advocate Carter Lavin can show you how to make them real. Whether you're dreaming of protected bike lanes, better bus service, or a bold high-speed rail future, Carter offers a practical, inspiring roadmap to turn your passion into political power. Drawing from his experience with over 100 campaigns and interviews with advocates nationwide, Carter shares what it really takes to win. This event builds on the strategies in his powerful new book, If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy (Island Press). Packed with real-world tools, tips, and tactical insights, the book—and this conversation—will help you launch or level up your own campaign for a more just, safe, and sustainable transportation system. Virtual meeting joining info will be sent via email ahead of the webinar! Keep an eye out in your inbox and don't forget to mark your calendars too!

Tonight at 7pm, online. From safer streets to faster trains, the changes you want are possible—and transportation advocate Carter Lavin can show you how to make them real. From the comfort of home. Need more convincing? Learn more and register for the meeting link at:

This is amazing work, at the headline level it’s grounded, practical, and seems effective without decades of money questing in Ottawa. The work Movement is doing blows me away which is why you should be like me in this way only and donate monthly.

Wishing you fewer delays, more celebration! HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! 🧧🐎

YouTube video by Movement Transit Advocates Unveil Their Vision for Better Transit in Surrey

Buses in Surrey are slow, indirect, overcrowded, and sometimes downright unpleasant to ride. We believe Surrey transit riders deserve better, so we’re proposing 3 big ideas which could improve your ride: youtube.com/shorts/BMZg9...

Heated Rivalry-lookalike contest draws a crowd for better transit on 49th Ave in South Vancouver | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Send an email to Vancouver for bus lanes on 49th Ave! Visit our campaign page for all the details. A rally organized by transit advocates turned Langara–49th SkyTrain Station into a “red carpet” for bus lanes and a Hudson Williams-lookalike contest. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Feb 14, 2026 SOUTH VANCOUVER, BC — Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit […]

“This event showed that transit improvements can be hot and popular. We are asking the City of Vancouver to Roll Out the Red Carpet for the most popular local bus route in our region.” — Nav Sharma, Director of Marketing & Communications, Movement. “Read more on our website:

Surrey's Transit Future | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders The City of Surrey and TransLink are working to update Surrey’s transit network. Movement has created our own plan for what we think transit in Surrey should look like.

Surrey’s Transit Future is our vision for the transit network in Surrey. We conducted engagement with Surrey residents and Movement volunteers to inform our plan. This plan was led by our volunteers Ahasan Bhuiyan and Abby Ivison with support from staff. Give it a read!

7 years that’s like the timeline for Shane and Ilya in #HeatedRivalry.

Bus lanes don’t need a slow burn!

so we’re kinda blowing up on ❌🐥 right now… www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-e...

Red Carpet Rally for Bus Lanes / Heated Rivalry's Hudson Williams Lookalike Contest and Birthday Celebration – Things to do in Vancouver – Georgia Straight Bus lanes, Hudson Williams, so much fun.

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Everyone’s talking about the lines for team Canada at the Olympics. But the only Olympic Canada Line I know is the SkyTrain ❤️🚈

Vancouver announces bus lanes on 49th, Movement reacts with Heated Rivalry-themed rally. Does Hudson Williams support bus lanes on 49th Avenue, and will he celebrate his birthday with us at our lookalike competition?

The City of Vancouver has just announced all day bus lanes on 49th Ave. Movement strongly supports this as the push for bus lanes on 49th was Movement’s first campaign back in 2023, and we’re excited to see results. The question is: Why only Cambie to Fraser?

The City proposed curb side bus lanes here. We’re open to other configurations, including ones that retain some parking and widen sidewalks in exchange for general purpose lanes. This could be centre running or offset bus lanes. Transit signals would allow a bus lane to make a turn like with R2 ext.

Temporary bus stop sign for route 25, tied to a tree with zip ties. Grassy unpaved temporary bus stop. No parking signs line the street where parked cars are parked in the bus stopping area.

How do we feel about this?

Bus Lanes for Hastings! | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Hastings is a crucial transit connector in Vancouver. It needs bus lanes to save commuters time and reduce congestion. Take action today!

We can have buses that actually show up on time, but we need to speak up. Vancouver doesn't hear from transit riders enough.

Fill out the City's survey about Hastings by Monday Feb 9th, or send a letter anytime!
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A graphic with a light pink background and the following text: "The city is proposing 24/7 bus lanes in front of Hastings Park" "(thumbs up) an extremely busy section for transit, with 1,000 buses a day" a map of the all-day bus lanes being planned on Hastings, only between Renfrew and Boundary "(meh face) we need bus lanes on the rest of Hastings too, where there’s more delay!" a map of bus delay along Hastings, which shows that the most intense delay is west of Renfrew, outside of the proposed bus lanes

On a dark pink background: "Bus lanes help your bus show up on time." An illustration of a bus with a speech bubble that says "I'm late again" and a squiggle signalling frustration above the bus. A text message from a friend reads: "the r5 is like stuck in trattic and this person shouted "I thought this was the rapid bus not the waiting in line bus!"" with a haha react

A dark pink circle on a light pink background contains the following text: Transit doesn’t have to be slow and unreliable! 1) fill out the City’s survey with a supportive comment 2) send a letter asking for more bus lanes

All-day bus lanes on Hastings are coming! But only for a tiny section.

Extensive, all-day bus lanes would make bus trips feel more like SkyTrain, and they only need signs and paint.
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Vancouver Council Majority Rejects Snow Removal Priority for Transit

“We are disappointed. This motion was simple, it aimed to ensure that everyone, not just frequent transit riders but also snow-day transit users (like drivers who want to keep their car parked during a storm) have reliable transit access during harsh winters“ - Aman Chandi movementyvr.ca/vanco...

If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight – Movement Book Talk. February 19th.

Want safer streets, better buses, or high-speed rail? Transportation advocate and author, Carter Lavin, shares lessons, tactics, and stories from campaigns across the country, this is your roadmap to effective transportation advocacy. Register on our website! movementyvr.ca/carte...

Mindful Streets Webinar with Dr. Samantha Leger. February 27th.

Dr. Samantha Leger will be sharing her PhD research on everyday mobility of those who are neurodivergent and the potential for more inclusive (and just) street design for ‘all’.

Register for the webinar on our website! movementyvr.ca/mindf...

The Great Vancouver Bench-marking Project We asked, you answered. Now advocates are using Transit app data to spotlight bus stops that desperately need seating.

Did you know: at least 1,240 Metro Vancouver bus stops don’t have benches for waiting riders! 😱

Working with our pals over at @movementyvr.bsky.social, we mapped out where weary soles are most in need of somewhere to sit: https://go.transit.app/vancouver-benches 🍑🪑

You can also sign up to speak to council if you register before 5pm, Feb 3rd. Remember, elected officials work for you and they need to hear from transit riders like you!
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Send a quick comment of support for Item 5. Bus To Move: Prioritizing Transit Trouble Spots for Snow and Ice Removal. Share your story of being stranded in the snow and why this motion matters to you.
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A sad little cartoon bus is stuck sliding in the snow, it says "help me!" on the front and it has a face that is upset and scared. A text box says "Has your bus ever been stuck in the snow? On Feb 4th, Vancouver Council is considering a motion to prioritize transit trouble spots for snow clearing. Send an email or sign up to speak in support!"

You can help get this poor bus out of the snow! This Wednesday, February 4th, Vancouver City Council will vote on a motion to give snow clearing priority to transit trouble spots. We can't believe they don't do this already.

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With municipal elections coming up in October, it's exciting to see candidates in the region are campaigning to win the support of transit riders. There's over 1 million of us, a third of Metro Vancouverites use transit at least once weekly.

An update (or non-update) for bus lanes on Granville | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Over a year after being announced, we're still waiting on bus lanes in Marpole, and they've been scaled back from the original plan.

Check out the full update on our website: movementyvr.ca/an-up...
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They're now under construction, but the city's original plan has been scaled back. It's thanks to your advocacy that they're still going ahead with them at all, so a huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who sent in an email for this!
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A diagram of the bus lanes on Granville in Marpole showing the existing, originally planned, and updated lanes. Existing bus lanes are peak hour, only in the peak direction. The original plan was to extend bus lanes in both directions during AM & PM peak hours, southbound from 63rd to Marine, and northbound from 63rd to 70th, and 24/7 bus lanes on Granville outside of those blocks. The updated plan has been rolled back south of 70th, to be weekday peak hour bus lanes instead of all day bus lanes, and northbound from 62nd to 63rd has received the same treatment.

Yesterday was the first day of the Main and Broadway road closure, we have lots more to say about that soon. 👀

ICYMI, this is the latest update on the bus lanes planned for Granville.
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What's red and takes 1,000 days to create? Vancouver bus lanes with paint and signs, apparently | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Excerpt submitted by Michael Hall, Government Relations Lead at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders. Written for Daily Hive Urbanized. Read the full article by Michael Hall at the Daily Hive Urbanized In October 2023, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favour of a member motion by city councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung to add bus priority measures on major […]

Slow-walking bus lanes? Although the City of Vancouver has promised to expand bus priority across the city, twice, these projects are getting scaled back and delayed. Promised back in 2023, deadlines are now being shifted into the unspecified future. Read the full article.

Room of people facing a presentation

Last night, a room of passionate transit advocates got together with @denisagar.bsky.social from @movementyvr.bsky.social to learn about transit advocacy. Thank you everyone who came out, and thank you @michaeljanz.bsky.social for organizing this great event

Ambitious BRT plan will be huge for Surrey, Langley and Maple Ridge, but details and funding matter | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2026 Today, TransLink released a more detailed proposal for their Bus Rapid Transit plans in Surrey, Langley, and Maple Ridge. Movement wholeheartedly supports Bus Rapid Transit in the Lower Mainland and is encouraged to see these designs with very significant portions of centre-running bus lanes.  We will be reviewing the details […]

Today, TransLink released a more detailed proposal for their Bus Rapid Transit plans in Surrey, Langley, and Maple Ridge. Learn more and read our response on our website.