Vancouver Sun
Even on a drizzly Friday in May, the flow of passengers getting off and on buses along TransLink’s R1 King George Boulevard RapidBus route in Surrey happens with clockwork precision.
As soon as one bus departs the Newton Exchange bus loop bound for Guildford Town Centre, another 20 or 30 riders from feeder buses line up to wait for the next one, which arrives eight to 10 minutes later. …
These aren’t easy issues for municipalities to address when they’re trying to carve out bus lanes on roads that are regularly jammed with traffic to begin with, said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
Brodie’s council balked in October at TransLink’s proposal for a RapidBus service from Richmond Centre to Metrotown over concerns about how congested those streets were already. The proposed R7 bus would take riders along Bridgeport Road and across the Knight Street Bridge to 49th Avenue. …