Richmond News
A direct bus from Bridgeport to UBC that was cancelled during the pandemic doesn’t look like it’s ever coming back.
The resources used to run the 480 bus have been reallocated to areas in the region that need it more, a TransLink representative told Richmond city council on Monday. …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie asked Ross, given TransLink’s extensive services across the region, whether it wouldn’t just be a “stroke of a pen” or “rounding error” to restore the 480 bus, at least during peak times.
“Those hours would have to come from somewhere – we’d have to cut something else,” Ross replied.
In the end, city council voted unanimously to write to TransLink’s CEO and the board chair, asking for the reinstatement of the 480 bus. …