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Translink press release
April 22, 2008
South of Fraser communities receive lion’s share of new transit services

People living in the communities south of the Fraser River now have more ways to reduce their transportation carbon footprint with more transit service taking effect on April 21. Half of the new service is earmarked for Surrey, Delta, White Rock, the City of Langley and the Township of Langley.
“Residents living in this area have told us they want alternatives to driving personal vehicles,” says TransLink Chair Dale Parker, “but they need service that is more reliable and more frequent, and with a greater chance of getting a seat. The improvements now in place help to give them that.”

New, clean-diesel coaches running on low-sulphur diesel and using diesel particulate filters are replacing older diesel buses. The new buses are quieter and pollute less.

“To produce a public transportation system that truly meets the needs of a community you have to talk to the people who will be using it,” Chair Parker continued. “I would like to thank everyone who participated in the South of Fraser Area Transit Plan for helping us design these new services.”

“Providing our residents with efficient, economical and environmentally friendly transit service is vital to the liveability of the South of the Fraser Area,” said Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, Chair of the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation. “This service increase is an important step towards ensuring that our resident’s enjoy the same level of service that other parts of the region receive.”

Public input led to more frequent transit routes offering service every 15 minutes or less, 15 hours a day, every day. The proportion of South of Fraser residents living within walking distance (450 metres) of an FTN bus route is gradually increasing. Around Metro Vancouver, 47 per cent of residents will be within walking distance this year, and by 2010, that figure will go up to 50 per cent.

Other service improvements include more Community Shuttle service in a number of areas, including Coquitlam and Burnaby and more frequent trips on increasingly busy routes such as the #98 B-Line, #135 SFU/Burrard Station and #410 22nd St. Station/Railway.

Tourists from here and abroad will enjoy better access to ferries and parks with more frequent service on the #620 Tsawwassen Ferry route, and more Community Shuttle and conventional buses runs to popular beaches, such as Centennial in Boundary Bay, Buntzen Lake and White Pine Beach. SeaBus will operate longer hours on weekends.

In Vancouver, 60-foot articulated trolley buses will run on the #20 Victoria/Downtown, helping improve service. Articulated trolleys will continue to be phased in on Main Street throughout the summer.

For more details of the comprehensive service adjustments for April, please visit the TransLink website at www.translink.bc.ca or contact Customer Information at (604) 953-3333..