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12-25-2008, 03:27 PM
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#76 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by Graeme S  So, tell me. What would you like them to do? I'm not being facetious, I'm serious. What could Translink do to prevent or cope with this kind of situation?
After you answer that, tell me where you would like them to get the money for it, knowing that they're currently facing a defecit and will be in the red within 3 years. I seem to recall everyone freaking out in that other thread about possible ways translink may decide to try and tax people for additional sources of revenue.
Again, with what money?
And also, do you think that " slush fund" literally refers to snow & slush? |
i dunno maybe they should do their job before getting a raised. Not building the Millenium Line would be one thing...
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12-25-2008, 04:14 PM
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#77 | | RS controls my life!
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Originally Posted by Graeme S So, tell me. What would you like them to do? I'm not being facetious, I'm serious. What could Translink do to prevent or cope with this kind of situation?
After you answer that, tell me where you would like them to get the money for it, knowing that they're currently facing a defecit and will be in the red within 3 years. I seem to recall everyone freaking out in that other thread about possible ways translink may decide to try and tax people for additional sources of revenue.
Again, with what money?
And also, do you think that " slush fund" literally refers to snow & slush? | "Slush fund is a colloquial term which has come to mean an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. However, the term has special meaning within a context of corrupt (including but not limited to) political dealings by governments, large corporations or other bodies and individuals."
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12-25-2008, 11:28 PM
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#78 | | I STILL don't get it
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how bout not giving themself raises on their own salaries from our money from the increased ticket prices??? those cocksuckers
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12-25-2008, 11:39 PM
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#79 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by Vansterdam 45 mins is NOTHING i waited 25+ for skyttrain then hour + for the bus just so that it could break down 3 blocks after.
spent 3 hours getting home from work. hiked 22 blocks uphill fuck u tranaslink | I guess mine was the worse. I got off work at 2:30 and arrived at King George Station at 7:30.....Total of 5 hrs stuck on public transit (Bus + Skytrain) stupid transit system.
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12-26-2008, 12:18 AM
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#80 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by l2_narain I think Translink should invest in their own personal plows and salter for their own designated routes so they don't have to rely on the city government to help them out.
These "slush funds" the city has are always the penny-pincher of all the funds because no one thinks it's going to snow that much.. |
You guys are forgetting, Translink gets most of their money from the government anyway. The fare doesn't even pay for even 50% of the actual cost of each person riding. If you want translink to get plows and salter you should just tell the city to get more.
Like someone else has said, If translink had our own plows, what would they do the rest of the year? Theres no use for them as construction equipment. all that work for translink is contracted out. They would spend most of their useful life sitting doing nothing.
For that matter In all the snow driving I've done during the snow, I've only seen half a dozen plows.
How many is COV supposed to have? where are they all?
I wonder how people in Vegas are thinking about their random snow storm.
Snow is so rare for them their airport has NO snow equipment.
Not a single plow on hand, airport shut down until someone could come in and clear it.
(I think it was vegas anyway...)
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12-26-2008, 12:41 AM
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#81 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Mugen how bout not giving themself raises on their own salaries from our money from the increased ticket prices??? those cocksuckers | couldn't agree more
but this doesnt have to do much with delays caused by the snow
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12-26-2008, 01:29 AM
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#82 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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sounds to me like a lot of pissing and moaning from some very ignorant, narrow-minded individuals
here's a tip to not sound like an idiot: before ranting and raving on an issue, try to indulge yourself in the full spectrum of that topic.
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12-26-2008, 07:15 AM
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#83 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by chr1s well fuck.. this is what you get with any company that has a 100% monopoly in their industry. TRANSLINK HAS NO COMPETITION. | Wowzers, this is a really good point. In London, there are 3 privatized transport firms running the buses. Although its administered by one central governmental agency, I've heard that each private firm bids to provide the service for each route.
System works really well here, but the population density is also much higher.
A bus driver here earns about $50,000CAD/yr, while a tube train driver is paid about $80,000CAD/yr.
Given that London is exponentially more expensive to live than Vancouver, and has a far more efficient transit system I'd say that Translink drivers are overpaid based on system performance.
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12-26-2008, 07:45 AM
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#84 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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took the skytrain and bus to richmond to work for the last few days, and it was alright. Left early at 6 in the morning to catch the 27 to Joyce and then Skytrain to 22nd St Station. From there, 410 to Richmond. Took an hour and 20 to get to work, but that wasn't much more than if i was able to drive with the kind of weather conditions. Granted, its not like the MTR system in HK, but i haven't taken public transportation in Vancouver in 7 years, and it was pretty shitty the last time i took it, so i swore off it and got a car. This time, i was pleasantly surprised.
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12-26-2008, 07:01 PM
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#85 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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I'm pretty lenient about our transit system but when your customer information line doesn't work for the whole day when customers need information the most, that is fucked up. I called their info line on 2 instances today, multiple times and all I get is a busy signal. I highly doubt their line is 'out of order' or whatever. I mean, I understand that you'll be getting a higher then usual volume of calls but you can at least put of a pre-recorded message instead of cutting it off completely.
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12-26-2008, 07:10 PM
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#86 | | I don't get it
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tree fell over 29th again.
took me two hours to get home.. it was freezing cold!!!
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12-26-2008, 07:14 PM
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#87 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Huge lineup to the skytrain at Metrotown today
I heard there were delays at the Columbia station and the skytrain was shutdown or something 
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12-26-2008, 07:20 PM
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#88 | | The Lone Wanderator
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I told my students to avoid metrotown.
It's like fireworks nights. Scares the living fuck outta me.
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12-26-2008, 07:29 PM
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#89 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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haha it was so bad at metrotown, police officers were holding people back before that bridge going to the station
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12-26-2008, 07:41 PM
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#90 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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gong show at metro, thank god i decided to drive today. Smartest choice i made these pass 2 weeks
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12-26-2008, 08:25 PM
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#91 | | Banned (ABWS)
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all trolley buses are down right now, and the current condition outside is "rainning."
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12-26-2008, 08:29 PM
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transit really failed me today..
got off work today at metro from a 12hrs shift. When i skytrained to 29th Ave., I found out that the 16 isn't coming because it's rainning
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12-27-2008, 12:55 AM
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#93 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by welfare sounds to me like a lot of pissing and moaning from some very ignorant, narrow-minded individuals
here's a tip to not sound like an idiot: before ranting and raving on an issue, try to indulge yourself in the full spectrum of that topic. | stop sucking on transit's dick. took me 4 hours to get home from burrard to lougheed tonight. skytrain came every 30 minutes. stops at each station for 15 minutes. problems at king george?? shouldnt have affected millenium line!! so stfu boy. fucking piece of shiet transit
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12-27-2008, 01:01 AM
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#94 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Huge ass lineup today at Metrotown around 5-6PM because of a broken branch or some shit on the 29th lane. Took 45 minutes to fix, and made me late for the Canucks game, not to mention some weird guy screaming about random shit on one of the skytrains.
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12-27-2008, 03:56 AM
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#95 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by achiam System works really well here, but the population density is also much higher.
A bus driver here earns about $50,000CAD/yr, while a tube train driver is paid about $80,000CAD/yr.
Given that London is exponentially more expensive to live than Vancouver, and has a far more efficient transit system I'd say that Translink drivers are overpaid based on system performance. | A bus driver makes 25000 pounds? That's peanuts. A BK meal will cost you 6#.
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12-27-2008, 04:12 AM
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#96 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by Amuse Huge lineup to the skytrain at Metrotown today
I heard there were delays at the Columbia station and the skytrain was shutdown or something | WTF!!! That's not even the skytrain platform! That's backed up all the way to the mall entrance! Unbelievably glad I avoided Metrotown today.
I'm hoping transit doesn't get worse this weekend with all the rain and the possible flooding/freezing.
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12-27-2008, 09:49 AM
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#97 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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you also have to remmember that most of the mechanics are on vacation too, its not just the trains itself that are not working
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12-27-2008, 11:19 AM
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#98 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Metro was so busy we were told to just keep walking up to the train, didn't have to pay
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12-27-2008, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugen stop sucking on transit's dick. took me 4 hours to get home from burrard to lougheed tonight. skytrain came every 30 minutes. stops at each station for 15 minutes. problems at king george?? shouldnt have affected millenium line!! so stfu boy. fucking piece of shiet transit | You kidding? Both the Expo and Millenium Line trains run on the same track for a large portion of the run. So, if an Expo line train can't get to the station on that line, it messes up the runs for the rest of the trains.
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12-27-2008, 01:00 PM
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#100 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Lomac You kidding? Both the Expo and Millenium Line trains run on the same track for a large portion of the run. So, if an Expo line train can't get to the station on that line, it messes up the runs for the rest of the trains. | and that's just a completely obvious fact. it's like i said, lomac. these people have no interest in understanding the full spectrum of the situation.
and it's called understanding. not sucking dick
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