Bus Riders Union (Vancouver)

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The Bus Riders Union (BRU) in Vancouver, British Columbia is a non-profit organization that advocates for better public transit services in Greater Vancouver. It has strongly criticized TransLink for such things as raising bus fares and privileging new skytrain construction at the expense of adequately maintaining the bus system. The BRU is modeled after the Los Angeles-based Bus Riders Union and similarly emphasizes that transit issues disproportionately affect people of colour, women, and poor people. The BRU engages in various protest, advocacy, and educational activities, and has approximately 950 members. Among the campaigns waged by the BRU was a fair strike to protest against rising fares and a (successful) campaign to restore the "night owl," or late night buses.