The Vine (bus rapid transit)

The Vine
A Vine bus at the Washington & 12th station in downtown Vancouver in 2017
Overview
Operator	C-Tran
Vehicle	New Flyer Xcelsior XDE60
Status	Operating
Began service	January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
Predecessors	C-Tran routes 4 and 44
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	Vancouver, Washington
Start	Downtown Vancouver
Via	Fort Vancouver Way, Fourth Plain Boulevard
End	Vancouver Mall Transit Center
Length	6.7 mi (10.8 km)
Stations	34
Service
Frequency	10 minutes
Weekend frequency	15 minutes
Journey time	30 minutes
Operates	Weekdays: 4:30 am–1:06 am Weekends: 6:00 am–12:51 am
Timetable	The Vine map and schedule
Route Diagram Vancouver Mall Transit Center SR 500 Thurston Way 86th Avenue 78th Avenue Andresen Road 65th Avenue 57th Avenue Stapleton Road General Anderson Todd Road Grand Boulevard Fourth Plain & Fort Vancouver Way Fort Vancouver Way & Fourth Plain Gaiser Hall Central Campus Marshall/Luepke Community Center I‑5 McLoughlin & Washington Street Broadway & 15th Street Broadway & 13th Street Washington & 12th Street 7th Street at Turtle Place This diagram: ←   {{{system_nav}}}   →

The Vine is a bus rapid transit (BRT) route in Vancouver, Washington that is operated by C-Tran. The 6-mile-long (9.7 km) line runs from downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver Mall, serving 34 stations primarily on Fourth Plain Boulevard. It opened on January 8, 2017, becoming the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area.

The corridor was identified as a possible BRT route in 2005 and was originally named the Fourth Plain BRT Project. The routing was approved for BRT development in 2012 by C-Tran, the Vancouver City Council, and the Federal Transit Administration and construction began in August 2015. The $53 million project is primarily funded by a Federal Transit Administration grant that was secured in late 2015. The Vine replaced two bus routes that carried over 6,000 trips daily.

The Vine begins at Turtle Place, a former park that was once home to a C-Tran bus station, located on 7th Street between Washington and Main streets in downtown Vancouver and one block east of Esther Short Park. Within downtown Vancouver, buses travel in a one-way pair, southbound on Washington Street and northbound on Broadway Street, before turning east onto McLoughlin Boulevard and crossing under Interstate 5. The Vine then stops at the Marshall/Luepke Community Center on the east side of the freeway and turns onto Fort Vancouver Way, heading northeast to serve the campus of Clark College with two stops as well as the Vancouver campus of the VA Medical Center. The route turns eastward once again at Fourth Plain Boulevard, following the corridor as it parallels the State Route 500 freeway to the north. At Thurston Way, The Vine turns north towards its final approach to the Vancouver Mall, where the line terminates.