in Burnaby The
SkyTrain Operations Controls Centre 1, built in the 1980s, is responsible for the maintenance and operations of both the region's
Expo Line and
Millennium Line. In 2021, construction began on a $110 million Operations Controls Centre 2 to accommodate growing transit ridership. The Expo Line, completed in 1986, crosses the south along Kingsway. The Millennium Line, completed in 2002, follows
Lougheed Highway. The SkyTrain has encouraged closer connections to
New Westminster,
Vancouver, and
Surrey, as well as dense urban development at
Lougheed Town Centre on the city's eastern border, at
Brentwood Town Centre in the centre-west,
Edmonds–Highgate in the southeast and, most notably, at
Metrotown in the south. Major north–south streets crossing the city include Boundary Road, Willingdon Avenue, Royal Oak Avenue, Kensington Avenue, Sperling Avenue, Gaglardi Way, Cariboo Road, and North Road. East–west routes linking Burnaby's neighbouring cities to each other include
Hastings Street,
Barnet Highway, the
Lougheed Highway,
Kingsway (which follows the old horse trail between Vancouver and New Westminster), Canada Way and Marine Drive/Marine Way. Douglas Road, which used to cross the city from northwest to southeast, has largely been absorbed by the
Trans-Canada Highway and Canada Way. Since the 1990s, more than of bike routes and urban trails have been laid in Burnaby. The city is served by
Metro Vancouver's bus system, run by the
Coast Mountain Bus Company, a division of
TransLink, the region's transportation authority. The 49 bus route, connecting Metrotown and the
University of British Columbia, is the second most boarded bus route after
route 99, which is the busiest bus route in North America. Burnaby is also served by the
R5 Hastings St RapidBus. The 2050 Burnaby Transportation Plan, adopted in December 2021, outlines three targets: to reduce traffic fatalities to zero, to increase public transit and active transportation to 75 percent of all trips, and to reduce vehicle emissions by 100 percent. ==Politics==