Bob Mackin

News Reporter
bmackin@nsnews.com

THE North Shore’s
newest bus route is a
hit with riders.

West Vancouver
Municipal ‘Transit’s 255
crosstown service averaged
almost double its projected
ridership after just) two
months.

A six-month review of the

to the Greater Vancouver
Transportation Authority's
Wednesday beard mecting.

The route, launched Dec.
6, 1999, follows the Marine
Drive corridor up Keith Road
and 15th Street to Grand
Boulevard and Lyon Valley
Road. It finks the North
Suore’s three major indoor
malls, Park Royal, Capilano
Mall and Lynn Valley Centre.
A fourth major stop is Lions
Gate Hospital.

Ridership was originally

§ proving popular

during initial counts in
December, By February. the
average was 1,680.

The 255 uses convention:
al West Vancouver Municipal
Transit buses that operate
every 30 minutes under con-
tract to TransLink.

The report says it’s pri-
marily used by North
Vancouver ners to travel

westward in the morning and
return castward in the afier-
noon and evening. The heav-
jest use is between Central
Lonsdale and Park Royal.
Three-quarters of the 288
riders interviewed by Points
of View Research between
May 10 and 15 gave the ser-
Vice a nine out of 10 rating.
Before othe route was

launched, 3 third of the pas-
sengers used two or more
buses to reach their destina-
ons, while 20% said they
hopped on the bus as an
alternative to single occupant
vehicles

The report said the route
costs $69.58 per hour to
operate, SIO Tess than the
system average.

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