Give students a lift
Help bring a gondola to SFU by speaking up and letting people know why you support the Burnaby Mountain Gondola.
Show your support
A gondola is the right choice for SFU and the best sustainable transportation option for our region and the environment.
We’re closer than ever to bringing the gondola to SFU, but we need your help.
Tell a classmate, colleague or friend about why SFU needs a gondola.
Join the conversation by following @SFU on social media and show your support by using #BurnabyGondola.
Local community shows
strong support
TransLink recently asked the region what they thought of the Burnaby Mountain Gondola. More than 4,500 people took the survey and the result was overwhelming: 83 per cent of respondents support the Burnaby Mountain Gondola.
Support was strong from within Burnaby and beyond, from students and non-students alike.
The gondola has received more than 30 letters of support from unions, businesses, non-profits and community organizations.
In 2022, TransLink’s Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation included the BMG as a priority project in the 10-year Access for Everyone Plan. For the project to proceed, it must be included in an investment plan approved by the TransLink Board and Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation.
We're closer than ever to bringing the gondola to SFU, but we need your help.
Voice your support using #BurnabyGondola on social media.
Better for the
environment
The gondola would produce 99% less greenhouse gas emissions per passenger trip than the current diesel-hybrid buses that serve Burnaby Mountain.
More cost effective to operate
The gondola will cost significantly less to run than the bus fleet buses, saving taxpayer dollars immediately upon the start of service. It will also free up 16 buses to be deployed to other communities, expanding bus service throughout Metro Vancouver.
More reliable transit all year round
At peak hours, students can see up to four full buses travel past them, doubling the length of their journey up and down the mountain. In winter snow storms, bus service can be halted altogether. The gondola would reduce total travel time by 12 minutes on average for students, faculty, staff and visitors who commute to Burnaby Mountain from across the Lower Mainland—even in the snow.
Give Students a Lift
Tell a classmate, colleague or friend about why SFU needs a gondola and show your support using #BurnabyGondola on social media.
shorter, more
reliable commute
4,000
PEOPLE/HOUR
At its maximum capacity, the gondola would carry as many as 4,000 people per hour per direction
1/2
THE TIME
Commuters from Production Way-University would see their travel time cut in half
16
FEWER BUSES
It would free up 16 buses that would be used to expand service on other Metro Vancouver routes
What People Are Saying
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More questions about the gondola?
The latest phase of public engagement was completed in late 2023. For details, please read the 2023 Stakeholder and Public Engagement Summary Report and Burnaby Mountain Gondola Environmental Screening Review.
More information and past studies can be found on the project page at
www.translink.ca/gondola.