Buses on the Port Mann
By b5baxter@drupal.org on September 28, 2007 - 9:13am
Apologists for the Gateway Program appear to be re-writing history and claiming that Translink had no plans to run transit over the Port Mann bridge.
In actual fact a transit route with queue jumpers was originally planned to be implemented in 2004-2005 (see page 93 of Tanslink's South of Fraser - Area Transit Plan, Final Report - June 2000: http://www.translink.bc.ca/files/pdf/plan_proj/area_plans/south_fr_final...)
Later it appears this was changed to 2007 (see page A8 of Three Year (2005 - 2007) Implementation & Financial Strategy - December 2004 :http://www.translink.bc.ca/files/pdf/plan_proj/ThreeYr05-07Strategic.pdf )
The two maps below produced by a third party illustrate the plans outlined in the documents referenced above.
The Port Mann bus route is shown in red. The 2000 Transit plan had the route stopping at Surrey Central station, this map extends that route.
