New Westminster is easy to access by car or public transit.
By Public Transit
New Westminster is part of the Vancouver-wide TransLink transit system. Burnaby and New Westminster are part of the same transit zone, so the cost will be $2.50; getting in from anywhere else will cost $3.75.
There are five SkyTrain stations in New Westminster:
22nd Street Expo and Millennium lines
New Westminster Expo and Millennium lines
Columbia Expo and Millennium lines
Sapperton Millennium line
Braid Millennium line
New Westminster and Columbia are the most central stations, about 30 minutes from Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver.
There are several bus routes that service the city. None link directly with downtown Vancouver, but there are direct links with several transit centers in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey and Richmond.
By car
From Vancouver's airport, get on Marine Drive and head east for 15-30 minutes it depends on traffic. From Highway #1 Trans-Canada Highway, take the Brunette Ave exit and head south. From Burnaby, driving east on either Kingsway or Canada Way will get you there.