The multigenerational backwards transportation planning mentality remains absurd and inefficient. Bus lanes are difficult to establish on the mostly narrow streets. However, one of the biggest transportation blunders was to not allow for bus lanes on the regions mostly narrow bridges.
Unless there is a proper regional network of bus and bike bridges, an express bus and rapid bus service will always be Half-A$$ED.
Of course Vancouver would have shorter train stations than what the Montreal Metro, TTC Subway and Edmonton LRT have. Short stations = short and more crowded Skytrains.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-new-replacement-construction-december-2022 No wide emergency lanes and no wide shoulders. Someone really wants this bridge to open without enough space for 2 bus lanes. Just like the SkyBridge was built without any bike and bus lanes, despite the Skytrain not running 24 hours. Its as if there was no concept of redundancy to have a rapid bus crossing on the narrow SkyBridge.
Fortunately, the Tilikum_Crossing in Portland was possible, because even Oregon isn't quite as backwards as the BC part of Canada. There are several types of bus and bike bridges that just don't get built in backwards BC.
