Broadway in 1909, at the behest of merchants around Main Street (at that time the hub of Vancouver commerce), who felt that it bestowed a more cosmopolitan air. Commercial establishments originally spread out around the intersections of Cambie and Main Streets, while the character of the rest of the route remained predominantly single-family dwellings. By the 1970s, the length of Broadway had become a major arterial route in Vancouver, conveying commuters from downtown to the neighbourhoods of the west and east sides. With the growth of UBC and the expansion of the Vancouver General Hospital (one block south of Broadway between approximately Oak and Cambie), traffic demands accelerated. In the 1990s, the agency then responsible for public transit in Greater Vancouver – BC Transit – introduced an express bus route, the 99 B-Line, to help reduce congestion. The Vancouver transportation plan for Broadway notes that congestion is such that the bus service is at capacity, and will not be eased until a new rapid transit line is built paralleling the street. A 6 km, 6 station extension of the Millennium Line from the current terminus at VCC-Clark station down Central Broadway to Arbutus began construction in 2021, expected completion in 2025. Neighbourhoods Broadway passes through the following Vancouver neighbourhoods (from west to east): West Point Grey Kitsilano Fairview Mount Pleasant Grandview–Woodland (north) and Kensington–Cedar Cottage (south) Hastings-Sunrise (north) and Renfrew–Collingwood (south) Major intersections From west to east: Footnotes and references Streets in Vancouver