Coast Mountain Bus Company route 900 'Bike Bus'

900 Bike Bus Bridgeport Station/Tsawwassen Ferry
Nova Bus LFS – 9546 departing Bridgeport Station heading towards the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal on route 900 Bike Bus.
Service Area	Richmond Delta
Termini	Bridgeport Station Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal
Operations	Richmond Transit Centre
Vehicles	Nova Bus LFS
Branches	900 Bridgeport Station 900 Tsawwassen Ferry

900 Bike Bus is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This is a north-south seasonal service running between Bridgeport Station and the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. Service runs from late June to early September every hour on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays/holidays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with extended northbound service until approximately 11 p.m. Departures are timed to meet the Swartz Bay ferries and are also staggered to not overlap with the 620 Tsawwassen Ferry/Bridgeport Station at the ferry terminal. The 900 Bike Bus runs as a supplementary service to address and accommodate the seasonal spike in bicycle passengers on the 620 and services the same stops and travels along the same route.

As part of the TransLink Customer Experience Program, the Bike Bus is a collaboration between Coast Mountain Bus Company and TransLink's marketing department to improve cycling connections to popular destinations for cyclists. The 620 corridor is a trial and if proven successful, the Bike Bus program will be expanded to other corridors and the 900 route made a permanent seasonal summer service.

Each bus is capable of carrying ten bicycles – eight inside and two outside on the bike rack – with a maximum of 18 seated passengers. BMX bikes and children's bicycles are not allowed inside the bus as the interior racks are not designed for those types of bicycles. Cyclists are given priority for boarding and each Bike Bus seats 18 passengers. Standees are not allowed and this is strictly enforced. Because of the required removal of a majority of seats and wheelchair space, the 900 Bike Bus is the only bus route in the network to not be wheelchair accessible. Baby strollers and other mobility-aid devices are also prohibited on the Bike Bus.

There are four buses set aside for the Bike Bus service: two are used for service while two are used as spares.

For the initial trial service, four Nova Bus LFS in a special Bike Bus vinyl wrap livery – units 9563, 9564, 9567 and 9576 – service the route and were retrofitted with interior bike racks in June 2022. The bike racks were removed in September 2022 and the vinyl liveries were gradually removed in September and October. For the 2023 season, unit 9546 was the first to be retrofitted for Bike Bus service, followed by units 9543–9545. The number of bikes carried by each bus increased from nine (seven inside, two outside) to ten (eight inside, two outside) in the 2024 season. The 2024 season also saw a redesign of the Bike Bus livery.

Northbound trips depart Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal heading east on Highway 17 becoming Highway 17A, west on Ladner Trunk Road, and south on Harvest Drive to Ladner Exchange. Continuing from Ladner Exchange, the route heads north on Harvest Drive, east on Ladner Trunk Road, north on Highway 17A, north on Highway 99, taking the Bridgeport Road exit, then heads west on Bridgeport Road and north on Great Canadian Way to Bridgeport Station.

Southbound trips depart Bridgeport Station heading south on Great Canadian Way, east on Sea Island Way, south on Highway 99, south on Highway 17A, west on Ladner Trunk Road, and south on Harvest Drive to Ladner Exchange. Continuing from Ladner Exchange, the route heads north on Harvest Drive, east on Ladner Trunk Road, and south on Highway 17A becoming Highway 17 to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.

900 Bike Bus Stops

Pick-up and drop-off service at all stops.

Stop Accessibility Bus Connections Notes Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (Bay 2) 620 Highway 17 & Tsawwassen Drive 620 Highway 17 & 52 Street 601 609 620 Ladner Exchange (Bay 1) 310 601 606 608 616 618 620 640 Highway 99 & Steveston Highway 311 351 352 354 403 404 408 413 601 602 603 604 620 Bridgeport Station (Bay 13) 311 351 352 354 403 407 412 601 602 603 604 620 N10

Points of Interest

• Bridgeport Station (Bay 13)
• River Rock Casino
• Massey Exchange
• George Massey Tunnel
• Ladner Exchange (Bay 1)
• Delta Hospital
• Rotary Park
• Tsawwassen Mills
• sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation)
• Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (Bay 2)

History

• June 24, 2022 - Press conference held at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to announce the new service
• July 1, 2022 - Service introduced as part a trial seasonal service running hourly from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• March 23, 2023 - Planning begins for the service to return on June 30, with extended hours of operation in the northbound direction planned (9 a.m.–11 p.m.)
• June 2023 - Service reintroduced as a regular summer seasonal service as part of the June 2023 service change with extended hours of operation in the northbound direction
• June 2024 - Total bike capacity increases from nine to ten with the introduction of an additional interior bike rack

Photo Gallery

2022 season

The launch trial season in 2022 had three livery variations. 9563 and 9567 shared the same teal and purple livery while 9564 had an aqua and purple livery. 9576 received a red and pink livery. With each livery variation, the bicycle graphic was also different.

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  9563 returning to Bridgeport Station at Ladner Exchange.
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  9564 at Ladner Exchange. Note the darker shades of blue and purple on the wrap.
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  9567 at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.
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  9576 was the only bus to receive a red/pink livery in the 2022 season.

2023 season

In 2023, the coaches used were 9543–9546 for consistency and the livery variation increased to four, with each coach having its own livery. An orange and purple variation was introduced and used on coach 9545. Just like in the 2022 season, each livery variation had a different bicycle graphic. 2023 would be the last season with this livery design as a new design was introduced for the 2024 season.

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  9543 on Harvest Drive at Ladner Exchange.
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  9544 heading towards the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.
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  9545 in an orange/purple livery during the 2023 season. This was the only coach to receive this variation before a livery redesign.
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  9546 at Ladner Exchange.

2024 season

Units 9543–9546 were retained as the buses used for the Bike Bus service and received a new livery design.

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References

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