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06-09-2009, 01:15 PM
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#26 | | Ubereem Mod
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We'll be getting HKG style parking fees soon!
20 bucks 2hrs, full day 45!
awesome!
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06-09-2009, 01:34 PM
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#27 | | Banned (BBM)
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ohh wtf this is such a brainless fucking move im seriously so sick of retards running this city
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06-09-2009, 02:37 PM
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#28 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by ctsport Since you love your car so much you should move to Langley (or Surrey, or whatever). There, you can spend your whole day commuting in your car, everyday, for the rest of your life.  | you may think that's a joke, but that is EXACTLY what people do.
it's because of idiotic motions like these, that cause MORE greenhouse gasses, MORE driver stress, and a LOWER quality of life.
and then because of these same rules and regulations, you skew your stats. like the latest one. 'more people are walking and taking transit downtown as opposed to 10 years ago'. NO SHIT SHERLOCK.
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06-09-2009, 04:14 PM
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#29 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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who the hell still lives / works in vancouver?.. I avoid it like the plauge. so should everyone else.
soon vancouver will be empty and everything will be in langley / chilliwack
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06-09-2009, 04:26 PM
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#30 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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They didn't take into account that for many people, a car is a status symbol. This is gonna cause a great divide between rich and poor. I was in NYC recently and parking costs an arm and a leg but you know what? There's still traffic jams and parking spots are hard to come by. I know that NYC's a safe city but it sure didn't feel safe when I took the subway. The rich will continue to drive, the poor will continue take transit. Something like this will force the middle class to take transit making them feel poor. Robertson won't be re-elected.
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06-09-2009, 04:34 PM
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06-09-2009, 04:49 PM
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We just don't have the density to support a better transit system. It's never going to be the same as HK.
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06-09-2009, 05:27 PM
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If they want to reduce the amt of cars in the downtown core, they should implement a congestion charge like in London and Singapore. That way even people who live downtown who use their car will have to pay. $8-$15/day is a reasonable charge. That way driving downtown can be saved for the rich!
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06-09-2009, 06:39 PM
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#34 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Marco911 If they want to reduce the amt of cars in the downtown core, they should implement a congestion charge like in London and Singapore. That way even people who live downtown who use their car will have to pay. $8-$15/day is a reasonable charge. That way driving downtown can be saved for the rich! | dude you are just trying to price out the "personal companions" at Yaletown 
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06-09-2009, 10:08 PM
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People will just end up driving around more looking for parking spots.
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06-09-2009, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by madddskillz People will just end up driving around more looking for parking spots. | QFT.
I live near a major bus line that can get me to DT in probably 20 minutes. Yet I still drive in the evenings? Why? Because personally I like driving over taking the bus. It's a personal choice. I also don't mind looking for parking for 20 minutes before hitting up the restaurant, and possibly paying some parking meter. Sure it's inconvenient, but has the threat of this ever caused me to take the bus? Nope.
But I bet this makes the hippies that run our city feel good.  It's like criminalizing speeders. Is it going to make me drive slower on the highways? Nope. It just means I'm watching for cops and using my radar detector instead of focusing 100% on traffic. The law of unintended consequences..
This reminds me of (hippie) ppl in highschool (10+ years ago) who hated on me because my daddy bought me a beater so I could drive to class. Last time I checked, I'm still driving and they're still taking the bus. Good for them. 
I agree with Marco that having a Congestion zone London-style would probably be a much more effective deterrent. A lack of parking won't get me out of a car, but I admit that a $10 surcharge sure will.
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06-09-2009, 11:53 PM
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#37 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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06-10-2009, 12:22 AM
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#38 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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Originally Posted by slammer111 QFT.
I live near a major bus line that can get me to DT in probably 20 minutes. Yet I still drive in the evenings? Why? Because personally I like driving over taking the bus. It's a personal choice. I also don't mind looking for parking for 20 minutes before hitting up the restaurant, and possibly paying some parking meter. Sure it's inconvenient, but has the threat of this ever caused me to take the bus? Nope.
But I bet this makes the hippies that run our city feel good. It's like criminalizing speeders. Is it going to make me drive slower on the highways? Nope. It just means I'm watching for cops and using my radar detector instead of focusing 100% on traffic. The law of untended consequences..
This reminds me of (hippie) ppl in highschool (10+ years ago) who hated on me because my daddy bought me a beater so I could drive to class. Last time I checked, I'm still driving and they're still taking the bus. Good for them.
I agree with Marco that having a Congestion zone London-style would probably be a much more effective deterrent. A lack of parking won't get me out of a car, but I admit that a $10 surcharge sure will. | Is also more conivent to get around. Say u decide to go to a moive or somewhere else after dinner that the bus does not take you. Not to mention if u are on a date or goingout with ur gf/family do u want to make them take the bus too or let ur date know u are bussing? I mean if you drive ur date/gf around u might get some extra action VS taking the bus won't get u any .
Not to mention stading in the bus stop wating for the bus isn't all the cool.
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06-10-2009, 08:51 AM
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#39 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Are you kidding me? what a bunch of shit.
Great... now there will be more global warming hippies riding their bikes in the middle of the roads, and i will run them over.
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06-10-2009, 10:20 AM
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#40 | | Banned By Establishment
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wtf driving cars doesnt warm up the planet, holy shit. be more concerned with the depletion of our fossil fuels rather than some BS hippies made up
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06-10-2009, 10:27 AM
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#41 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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wow.. and i am hesitant to drive to downtown as it is..
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06-10-2009, 12:39 PM
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#42 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Complaint #1: We should privatize the system because we'll get better service, more efficiencies, etc.
Fact: If the system were privatized, there would be no incentive to run routes that don't turn a profit, meaning only the most-used routes would be serviced. This means no service to the burbs, to more remote areas, etc. Think service is bad now with a bus every half-hour? Try no service.
Complaint #2: I would use transit if the buses were cleaner, safer, etc.
Fact: We have transit police that are armed. We have less users which in theory should reduce the chances of anything happening. But the reality is that we, collectively, don't respect public institutions here. Why do people leave their trash on the trains when there are recyling bins and garbage cans everywhere? Why do people vandalize the system? I will use HK's system as a reference because everyone gets a hard-on from their system. My uncle put it this way - it's kept clean because someone will call someone out if they litter on the MTR.
Complaint #3: I would use transit if service was better, more frequent, etc.
Fact:
- Density - we don't have it. City councils have tried to push people to live in higher-density homes (I'm a convert), but the North American dream of owning a single-family home with a 5000 sq ft back yard still exists for a large majority of us.
- Taxes - our taxes are too low to support a system that runs buses every 5 minutes and stops in each subdivision in the Lower Mainland.
- Chicken and egg effect - We need ridership to increase revenues and to create demand. But, as long as people want it all and want to pay nothing for it, transit will not improve.
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06-10-2009, 01:49 PM
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#43 | | Banned (BBM)
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^^
complaint: van parking sucks ass
fact: ur an idiot. there will be a lot more cons compared to pros if this shit were to take effect
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06-10-2009, 01:56 PM
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#44 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by impactX So who voted for Robertson on RS? | FML. I did, because I thought he would make Vancouver into something special...
I kind of regret it now...
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06-10-2009, 02:00 PM
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#45 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by BNR32_Coupe wtf driving cars doesnt warm up the planet, holy shit. be more concerned with the depletion of our fossil fuels rather than some BS hippies made up | lol what?
driving leads to co2 accumulation in the atmosphere. which increases the mean temperature of the earth. however, one can argue the negative feedback loop with cloud cover, since an increase in mean earth temp increases cloud cover which deflects the energy from the sun from hitting our planet.
CO2 is the significant factor to why the earth was 10-20 degrees cooler during the mesozoic. and because of alot of mechanism, cloud cover was not enough to cool the planet
and what are we supposed to do to help stop the depletion of fossil fuels? we have to stop using them.. lol.. ie. stop driving?
i agree i do not like robertson, but you need to get your facts strait.
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06-11-2009, 03:16 AM
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#46 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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They've been cutting back parking for years. This is nothing new.
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06-11-2009, 04:57 AM
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#47 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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I would gladly take the skytrain to downtown, IF IT RAN 24 HRS. what the hell is up w/ removing spots. ridiculous.
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06-11-2009, 05:06 AM
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#48 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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vancouver's governement is so dumb..
IF IT DIDNT RAIN i wouldnt be driving as much ....hence..no need to drive and park,,,
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06-11-2009, 06:00 AM
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#49 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by SlowRider vancouver's governement is so dumb..
IF IT DIDNT RAIN i wouldnt be driving as much ....hence..no need to drive and park,,, | since vancouver's government is so dumb...
what type of retarded do you have to be to blame the government for the weather?
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06-11-2009, 06:05 AM
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#50 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by death_blossom I would gladly take the skytrain to downtown, IF IT RAN 24 HRS. what the hell is up w/ removing spots. ridiculous. | if the skytrain ran 24 hours, bums would just sleep on the skytrain turning it into a shithole
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