Dear Editor,
I think we should bring back the 98 B-Line that used to run between downtown Vancouver and downtown Richmond.
The 98 B-Line would be alternative way to get to and from downtown Vancouver to Richmond in the event the Canada Line closes down.
It would serve the residents along Granville Street.
There are bus lanes along Granville Street that are not frequently used by buses and people drive their cars down those bus lanes and get tickets from police.
Those bus lanes would be frequently used by 98 B-Line buses if we brought it back.
For the people that live along Granville Street, it would be a much faster way of getting into downtown Vancouver and into Richmond than driving a car.
It would encourage more use of public transit, therefore, cutting down on traffic in Vancouver and Richmond, cutting down on GHG emissions, achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and get Canada back on track with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
It would start at Richmond-Brighouse Station, head north up No. 3 Road to Bridgeport Road, head west along Bridgeport, crossover to Grant McConachie Way, west along Grant McConachie Way to Templeton Road, up north along Templeton Road to Templeton Station Road, head east along Templeton Station Road to McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Mall, head north up the parking lot driveway (where the mall entrance is) up to Grauer Road, head west along Grauer Road to Templeton Road, back down Templeton Road to Grant McConachie Way, head east along Grant McConachie Way, cross over the Arthur Laing Bridge into Vancouver, along Marine Drive to Granville Street, up Granville Street to Seymour Street, up Seymour Street to Cordova Street, west along Cordova Street to Burrard Street, south down Burrard Street to Nelson, east along Nelson Street to Howe Street, then back down Howe Street to Granville Street and then back to Richmond.
There would be transfers to the Canada Line at Richmond-Brighouse Station, Lansdowne Station, Aberdeen Station, the future Capstan Way Station and at Templeton Station, transfers to the SkyTrain at the future South Granville Station (Granville & Broadway), Granville Station, Waterfront Station (also transfer to Seabus and West Coast Express) and Burrard Station and a transfer point to the R4 rapid bus at Granville and 41st.
Plus if there decides to be two new rapid bus routes between downtown Richmond and Steveston, there would be a transfer point to both those rapid bus routes at Richmond-Brighouse Station, plus transfers to many bus routes to many destinations all over the Lower Mainland all along the route of the 98 B-Line
Southbound buses from the outlet mall on Sea Island from Grant McConachie Way and Templeton Road would take Sea Island Way back to No. 3 Road in Richmond.
Stops for the 98 B line would include:
Richmond Brighouse
Lansdowne Station
No. 3 Road & Alderbridge
Aberdeen
No. 3 Road & Capstan Way
No. 3 Road & Sea Island Way
No. 3 Road & Bridgeport (going northbound)
Templeton Station
McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Mall
Granville Street & 70th Avenue
Granville Street & 49th Avenue
Granville Street & 41st Avenue
Granville Street & King Edward Avenue
Granville Street & Broadway Avenue
Granville Street & 5th Avenue
Seymour Street & Davie Street
Seymour Street & Smithe Street
Granville Station
Waterfront Station
Burrard Station
Burrard & Robson
Nelson & Hornby
Howe & Davie
What do fellow Vancouver and Richmond residents think?
Should we bring back the 98 B-Line to have less traffic, encourage more use public transit and reduce GHG emissions?
If so, please do send a letter to the editor of this newspaper and reach out to your local political representatives and the provincial minister of transportation and let them know you want to see the 98 B-Line back in service between downtown Richmond and downtown Vancouver.
Ian Dewar McPherson
Richmond
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