Anyone living in Vancouver could help?

Taking twice as long to do the return trip mirrors my experience with the Vancouver bus system. I used to take night classes at Langara and it took me half an hour to get there, and hour and 15 to get home. What's happening is that the connections work out great one way, not so great the other way. On the way there, your connecting bus comes along right away. On the way back, you just missed one and have to wait for another. There might not be much you can do about it, or try some of these things. Check the maps and schedules for all buses leaving UBC. Find one that gets you to Granville. Then you can take any bus heading south on Granville as long as it stops close enough to where you need to get off. So don't get on the express bus to Richmond. You're lucky to live where you do. You have a few choices of bus routes.