S3E8 | How are bus routes numbered?

Think about your bus route. Have you wondered why it carries that number? Well, there's probably a story behind how it got that number. Michael Vena, who is the manager of service planning at Coast Mountain Bus Company, explains the principles they try to apply when numbering a route.

[@MetroElfren]

6:25 The B in 'B-Line' is actually from the slang term, making a bee line to a specific point quickly. For example, one person would want to make a bee line to school after having a doctor's appointment.
This is from the BC Transit days in the 1990's when they were implementing the new B-Line thing at the time, beginning with the 99 being the first one. The 98, 97, 96, and the 95 continued the B-Line branding by the Coast Mountain Bus Company under the TransLink umbrella.

[@Mark2sCar310]

791 has more km in the 150-199 route range then the 700-799 route range

[@JosephLikesTransit]

The 123 is my favourite bus route because it’s from my childhood I used to go to New West a lot and rode it every day but since I moved I use the 110 a lot and now I go to Metrotown a lot

[@anotheruser9876]

RIP #480, you were so handy.

[@IvanaAinsleyFisichella]

West Coast Express Will Never Retire Their Current Fleet

[@Mark2sCar310]

222 isn’t really an express route since it doesn’t run all day

[@jmstransit]

By this logic the 509, and 394 aren’t express routes because they too don’t run all day.
I don’t make the rules

[@beex699]

If I were to follow your logic, the West Coast Express is not really an express since it doesn't run all day. I'm just taking your word ...