Buses backing up, riders waiting, and traffic crawling. He says Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders and Vision Zero Vancouver monitored rush-hour traffic on the first day of the closures and noticed that congestion quickly became a problem. “We’re talking about a few hundred cars that are totally jamming up for nearly 50-thousand [bus riders] who use that route every day,” Agar told 1130 NewsRadio. Agar says buses on the detour were frequently stuck behind vehicle traffic, leading to bunching and cascading delays on some of the region’s busiest routes. “They ripple outward because it holds up the 9 and the 99 from getting to Commercial-Broadway, to UBC, to Boundary Road and beyond.”Movement and Vision Zero Vancouver are now calling on the province to restrict the detour to buses only, while maintaining local access for businesses.