Transport 2050 is the region’s new 30-year transportation strategy

The current Regional Transportation Strategy is Transport 2050. Created as part of TransLink’s largest-ever public engagement, Transport 2050 was adopted on January 27, 2022.

In Transport 2050, we’ve identified five goals for regional transportation: convenient, reliable, affordable, safe & comfortable, and carbon-free. The strategy also identifies over 100 actions to improve transportation across all modes. Some of the transformative actions include:

• Quadrupling the size of the rapid transit network, from 100 to 400 kilometres

• Building out an 850-kilometre traffic-protected Major Bikeway Network

• Putting frequent transit within a short walk of most homes and jobs

• Dedicating more streets to walking, biking, rolling, and transit

• Promoting electrified and shared bikes, scooters, and cars

The new Regional Transportation Strategy responds to residents’ top priorities, such as climate change and affordability, and will create more transportation options for everyone.

Transport 2050: 10-Year Priorities sets out what we — as a region— think we should get started on right away. It builds on the 2014 Mayors’ Vision, incorporating remaining investments yet to be implemented, and identifies our top priorities for the first decade of Transport 2050, which will be funded through future Investment Plans starting in 2024 or 2025.

Using the goals and strategies in Transport 2050, and engaging the public, Indigenous Peoples, stakeholders, and partners, the following is a summary of the priorities for the first 10 years:

• More than doubling bus service levels across the region

• Developing approximately 170 kilometres of new rapid transit on up to 11 corridors, including:

• Up to nine Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes using new zero-emission buses on dedicated, traffic-separated lanes

• A rapid transit connection to the North Shore

• The Burnaby Mountain Gondola to SFU

• The Millennium Line SkyTrain extension from Arbutus to UBC

• Exploring other potential SkyTrain extensions, including Newton in Surrey and Port Coquitlam

• Investing in 450 kilometres of new traffic-separated cycling paths

• Investing in improving customer experience and amenities

• Innovating in automated, electric, and shared mobility

• Building the foundation for the digitalization of mobility

• Improving our relationships with Indigenous Nations and urban Indigenous Peoples and making progress on reconciliation

• Making our infrastructure more resilient to seismic risks and climate change

• Understanding the social equity impacts of our investments on disadvantaged communities and ensuring we have the data and consultation to maximize our investments for our customers