R4 41st Ave

The R4 41st Ave (designated the 91 B-Line during planning stages) is an express bus route with bus rapid transit elements in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Part of TransLink's RapidBus network, it replaced the 43 Express that travelled along 41st Avenue, a major east–west route that connects the University of British Columbia (UBC) to the SkyTrain system's Oakridge–41st Avenue station on the Canada Line and Joyce–Collingwood station on the Expo Line.

R4 41st Ave
R4 bus en route to Joyce Station
Overview
SystemTransLink
OperatorCoast Mountain Bus Company
Began serviceJanuary 6, 2020[1]
Route
StartUBC Exchange
EndJoyce–Collingwood station
Length19 km (12 mi)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Stops17
Service
Ridership24,310 (avg. weekday; 2022)[3]
  1. Based on the 43 Express route

History

Originally outlined in the 2005 Vancouver/UBC Transit Plan as the 91 B-Line,[4] the route was planned to be operational in December 2009, replacing the 43 Express peak-only service between Joyce–Collingwood station and UBC. However, shortfalls in the 2010 TransLink budget resulted in a delay in the implementation of this route, the 95 B-Line (replacing 135 Express service on Hastings Street), and other service expansions. Nevertheless, the 43 Express was included as a main transit connection in a plan released following the opening of the Canada Line, indicating the importance of the route within the TransLink network.[5]

On November 23, 2016, the Mayors' Council and TransLink's board of directors approved the first phase of the 10-Year Vision, which included provisions for new B-Line routes (including the 41st Avenue B-Line) which began service on January 6, 2020.[1][6] On July 23, 2019, the route was officially rebranded the R4 41st Ave.[7]

Route description

R4 41st Ave
UBC Exchange
Agronomy
W 16th
Dunbar Loop
Carnarvon
East Boulevard
Granville
Oak
Oakridge–41st Avenue
Oakridge–41st Avenue
Main
Fraser
Knight
Victoria
Clarendon
Rupert
Kingsway
Joyce–Collingwood
to King George
& Production Way–University
Down arrow
Legend
Bus
SkyTrain
R4 RapidBus
Expo Line
Entire route is
Canada Line
in Fare Zone 1

The R4 travels mainly on 41st Avenue in Vancouver, and also along Joyce Street, Southwest Marine Drive, West 16th Avenue, and Wesbrook Mall.[8]

See also

References

  1. "RapidBus is Coming!". youtube.com. TransLink. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. "2022 TSPR - Bus/SeaBus Summaries". TransLink. The Workbook. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  3. "2005 Area Transit Plan". TransLink. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. "Transit Connections". TransLink. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  5. "Phase One of the 10-Year Vision Backgrounder" (PDF). tenyearvision.translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  6. "RapidBus Program". translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  7. "R4: 41st Ave". Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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