University Endowment Lands - Transportation

Transportation

Pacific Spirit Regional Park, at the eastern end of the Endowment Lands, creates a physical buffer between the University and the adjacent Vancouver neighbourhoods of West Point Grey and Dunbar. Because of this, there are only five roads leading from Vancouver into the UEL: North West Marine Drive, 4th Avenue/Chancellor Boulevard, 10th Avenue/University Boulevard, 16th Avenue, and South West Marine Drive.

However, the large number of students and staff commuting to UBC on a daily basis means that the area is easily accessible by public transit. UBC Loop is the western terminus of many TransLink bus routes, and the bus system is heavily used due to a discount bus pass system called U-Pass. The following routes service the UEL and UBC:

• #4 - UBC/Downtown/Powell
• #9 - UBC/Alma/Granville/Broadway Station/Boundary (peak hours only, Monday to Friday)
• #14 - UBC/Hastings
• #25 - UBC/Brentwood Station
• #33 - UBC/29th Avenue Station
• #41 - UBC/Joyce Station (limited service evenings and weekends)
• #43 - UBC/Joyce Station (peak hours, Monday to Friday, express)
• #44 - UBC/Downtown (Waterfront Station) (Monday to Friday, express)
• #49 - UBC/Dunbar Loop/Metrotown Station (peak hours only, Monday to Friday)
• #84 - UBC/VCC–Clark Station (express)
• #99 B-Line - UBC/Commercial–Broadway Station (express)
• #258 - UBC/West Vancouver (Monday to Friday, September to April, express)
• #480 - UBC/Richmond Centre (Monday to Friday, express)
• #N17 - UBC/Downtown (night bus)
• #C19 - UBC/Alma (Monday to Friday)
• #C20 - UBC/Totem Park (local UEL route)
• #C22 - UBC/Hampton Place (local UEL route)

An additional B-Line bus rapid transit route has been proposed from UBC to Joyce Station, replacing the current #43 UBC/Joyce Station. The Vancouver-UBC Area Transit Plan indicates that service would start in late 2009, to coincide with the opening of the Canada Line. There have also been several proposals for creating a rapid transit link to the university. The most likely candidate for such a service would involve extending the Millennium Line SkyTrain to Granville or Arbutus Street in Vancouver, with a B-Line route continuing on to UBC.

See also: List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver