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== The Vine ==
{{Main|The Vine (bus rapid transit)}}
[[File:Vine station on McLoughlin Blvd with bus arriving (2017).jpg|thumb|right|A Vine bus arriving at the Marshall Community Center station]]
[[The Vine (bus rapid transit)|The Vine]] is a [[bus rapid transit]] service along Fourth Plain Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way between downtown Vancouver and [[Vancouver Mall]].<ref>{{cite news|title=C-Tran unveils 'The Vine'|url=http://www.thereflector.com/news/article_7a48b658-e8aa-11e4-af83-7f390b628e19.html|access-date=May 30, 2015|work=The Reflector|date=April 22, 2015|location=Battle Ground, WA|page=A3}}</ref> Ten new [[Low-floor bus|low-floor]], [[Articulated bus|articulated]], [[hybrid bus]]es provide service every 10–15 minutes in mixed traffic to curbside stations. The Vine replaced routes 4 and 44, which collectively carried over 6,000 trips daily.<ref>{{cite web|title=Project Summary|url=http://www.thevine.c-tran.com/project-info/project-summary|website=The Vine|publisher=C-Tran|access-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629012254/http://www.thevine.c-tran.com/project-info/project-summary#|archive-date=June 29, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Among the project's expected benefits were that [[transit signal priority]] and off-board fare collection would increase the speed of the bus by about ten minutes compared to existing service. Studies on the corridor began in 2008, and funding for the $53 million project was approved in July 2014, with 80% federal money, 6% state, and 14% local.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vine Fact Sheet|url=http://www.thevine.c-tran.com/images/PDFs/Fact_Sheets/The_Vine_Fact_Sheet_2015-03-26.pdf|website=The Vine|publisher=C-Tran|access-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074021/http://www.thevine.c-tran.com/images/PDFs/Fact_Sheets/The_Vine_Fact_Sheet_2015-03-26.pdf#|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A full funding grant agreement for $38.5 million from the [[Federal Transit Administration]] was signed on September 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Florip|first1=Eric|title=FTA head praises The Vine, makes it official|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/sep/10/fta-head-praises-the-vine-makes-it-official/|access-date=September 16, 2015|work=The Columbian|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>

Construction began with a [[groundbreaking]] ceremony held at the planned downtown terminus on August 24, 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last=Florip |first=Eric |date=August 24, 2015 |title=C-Tran head: The Vine milestone 'historic' |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/aug/24/c-tran-head-the-vine-milestone-historic/ |newspaper=The Columbian |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> and finished in January 2017. A grand opening ceremony was held on January 7, 2017, and it officially opened on January 8, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Florip |first=Eric |date=April 7, 2015 |title=5 things to know about The Vine: Vancouver's bus rapid transit system |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/apr/07/the-vine-vancouver-bus-rapid-transit/ |newspaper=The Columbian |access-date=August 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516092227/http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/apr/07/the-vine-vancouver-bus-rapid-transit/# |archive-date=May 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/news-releases/395-c-tran-launches-the-vine|title=C-Tran Launches The Vine With Street Fair And Fun|last=Horn|first=Dean|publisher=C-Tran|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> The original line on Fourth Plain was later renamed the [[Green Line (The Vine)|Green Line]].<ref name="CTran-Colors">{{cite press release |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Catch The Vine on Mill Plain: New line opens October 1 |url=https://mail.c-tran.com/about-c-tran/news/news-releases/1210-catch-the-vine-on-mill-plain-new-line-opens-october-1 |publisher=C-Tran |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>

In 2018, C-Tran proposed the [[Red Line (The Vine)|Mill Plain BRT]], a new bus line to the Vine system that connects downtown Vancouver to the newly constructed Mill Plain Transit Center via Mill Plain Blvd. Service started on October 1, 2023, as the Red Line.<ref name="CTran-Colors" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Mill Plain BRT |url=https://mail.c-tran.com/mill-plain-brt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916040020/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://mail.c-tran.com/mill-plain-brt |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=C-Tran}}</ref> A third line on Old Highway 99 between Downtown Vancouver and Salmon Creek is planned to begin construction in 2025 and open in 2027.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jefferies |first=Dylan |date=May 15, 2024 |title=Construction on C-Tran's Vine along Highway 99 slated to begin in 2025 |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/15/construction-on-c-trans-vine-along-highway-99-slated-to-begin-in-2025/ |work=The Columbian |url-access=limited |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>