By plane
The nearest airport is Vancouver International Airport YVR. The drive from the airport to the eastern suburbs is 20-60 minutes, depending on where you are going. Public transit bus route #100 provides a direction connection from the airport to southern Burnaby and New Westminster. Transfers to other routes will be necessary to go elsewhere. Airport taxis and limo services also provide connections from the airport to the cities in the region. Please see the Vancouver article for further details.
By Public Transit
Translink (http://www.translink.ca), which provides public transit to the much of the Lower Mainland, provides bus and Skytrain service to the eastern suburbs. Skytrain provides reliable transit from Vancouver and Surrey to Burnaby and New Westminster. Travels times are approximately 20-30 minutes to Vancouver and 10-20 minutes to Surrey.
Buses provide service from Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, the North Shore and Pitt Meadows. Weekday fares will vary between $3.75 and $5.00, evening and weekend fares are $2.50.
The Translink system is described in more detail in the Vancouver "Get around" section.
By car
Highways 1 and 7 Lougheed Highway are the main roads connecting the eastern suburbs with Vancouver to the west and Surrey and the Fraser Valley to the south and east. Highway 91A connects New Westminster to Richmond and Delta in Vancouver southern suburbs.