TransLink proposes tolls on all Metro bridges

[you!]

Originally Posted by misteranswer

http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/...28101562369679

just took a close look at those fucking numbers
FUCK U TRANSLINK
FUCK U!

[keifun]

sadly I think even with the raises in taxes/levies etc., people will still end up paying more just to drive their own cars.. Same goes with the increase in gas prices. People will make compromises in their spending so that they can drive to work/school etc. instead of waiting for a bus. C'mon lets face it. Would you want to wait for a bus for 30+mins out in the suburbs in the rain/snow/heat outside?

[taylor192]

Originally Posted by TekDragon

To be fair, it's just over half a million, plus bonuses... BUT, Translink needs salaries to be competitive with the private sector to get good talent. A good CEO can do a lot for a company. Now, we can debate all you want if we have a good CEO running Translink. I'm inclined to say no, but then again, I don't know what their books and day to day ops look like to comment more on it.

Studies found most top positions in government/public companies pay 30% more than private.

Translink does need to be competitive, yet if they are doing a bad job, then that should be reflected. For a company bleeding money, there is no need to pay out $500K bonuses.

[CorneringArtist]

Originally Posted by k-fever

sadly I think even with the raises in taxes/levies etc., people will still end up paying more just to drive their own cars.. Same goes with the increase in gas prices. People will make compromises in their spending so that they can drive to work/school etc. instead of waiting for a bus. C'mon lets face it. Would you want to wait for a bus for 30+mins out in the suburbs in the rain/snow/heat outside?

That's what I'm thinking too. Why wait for a bus that you KNOW is going to be late when you can drive to your destination on your own time, and it'll only take half as long to get there than by transit.

If we think of it this way, you can basically drive most places in the GVRD, and transit can be used sparingly for things downtown like shopping or events going on that would be harder to get to driving.

[Not really racist!]

$360,595 a year for doing a half assed job. Fuck you.

[tool001]

JUST put a ticket checker at every station,, enough free rides. im sure, that'll raise the revenue enuff for them to stop bitching for 2-3 years

[orange7]

i seriously foresee vancouver becoming like japan. Everywhere you go you will have to pay some kind of bs tax/fees. Soon, we'll even have a fee for walking outside.

[CorneringArtist]

Originally Posted by orange7

i seriously foresee vancouver becoming like japan. Everywhere you go you will have to pay some kind of bs tax/fees. Soon, we'll even have a fee for walking outside.

quarter of a cent per step. 20% off your cost at the end of the month if you don't drive, add 10 if you do.

[CRS]

Originally Posted by tool001

JUST put a ticket checker at every station,, enough free rides. im sure, that'll raise the revenue enuff for them to stop bitching for 2-3 years

That's coming!

http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercour...f-fab2c92a1108

[Great68]

Translink's answer to everything is Tolls.

All of those bridges were built before Translink even existed. Some bridges HAD tolls, which were removed AFTER THEY PAID FOR THEMSELVES.

Tolls should only be for paying off construction and maintenance costs of that piece of , not for Tranlink revenue generation.

Vancouver and it's area is so big you can't go ANYWHERE without crossing a bridge. God I could just imagine the oak st., knight st., queensborough, alex fraser or massey tunnel being tolled... That would pretty much be a gigantic dildo up the ass of everyone that lives in Richmond.

[misteranswer]

Originally Posted by tool001

JUST put a ticket checker at every station,, enough free rides. im sure, that'll raise the revenue enuff for them to stop bitching for 2-3 years

There were studies down on this and they believe the cost of putting up, manning and maintaining gates at skytrain stations is greater than the loss of revenue.

[pandalove]

O' Canada OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND ~~ bum bum bum

[Durrann1984]

we are the most expensive cities to live in

cant live here anymore if i have to pay for everything

they are probably going to end up puting parking meters in residential area

[van_driver]

Originally Posted by tool001

JUST put a ticket checker at every station,, enough free rides. im sure, that'll raise the revenue enuff for them to stop bitching for 2-3 years

I bet they'll still come up with more taxes and shit

[Drift_Monkey]

How about we propose a counter tax on Translink and toll every single bus and skytrain that runs every single route. lol

Gov't should be collecting these tolls for us and sending cheques to us every 3 months.

why do they get to call all the shots.
Why can't they just budget their cost like what most companies do when they face financial problems.

If Translink's proposal does pass, they better watch out for protesters.

I'm sure there's enough people to destroy their head office hahaha

[JesseBlue]

i was also concerned about this especially the ceo positions and salary...screw their mentality about that...i'm betting you that there will be at least 100 other people who would love to do the job that would get paid half of what the current board / ceo's take home pay would...hell...pay me a hundred grand a year to think of taxing everyone's ass for using the road...oh yah...especially them bikers who uses the burrard bridge..lol

[dizzystar]

FUCK TRANSLINK

seriously, this is how (in my short time being here) translink has let me down:

- voted in 2004 (or 05) that people in VCC were not eligible for UPass because (paraphrasing) "because not enough people who go to VCC live far enough away to deem a upass necessary" so instead of paying $40 a month, I pay $73, pay for a fast trax sticker, and have to flash my student card every time I am not in zone 3, annoying.

- I have been stranded in vancouver 3 times so far by busses just clearly not showing up at kingsway and victoria when I was on the way home from work. Making me miss the last skytrain forcing me to take the night bus and get home at 3am (when I got off work at midnight)

- get to work late, by busses just not showing up outside guildford town centre, where they should be there every 10 minutes, costing me money and face at work, where I am looking to be promoted so this shit means something to me.

- get stuck at broadway for an hour LUCKILY in an air conditioned car so I didn't die of heat stroke.

upon being called and complained at, they basically go "iunno, shit happens" with no real sense of 'i give a fuck about your problem'

and then I read about salaries, how much they claim they 'need' to upgrade services. And even though they do have a lot of fucking shit to support, they are going about it a shitty way and they need someone better who can run it, and deal with stranding normal citizens who work and pay their taxes to pay their puffed up salaries.


Fuck Translink.

on the plus side though, when I moved here, I rode the rails and busses free for 3 weeks, even though I kinda felt bad when I was doing it, they should strictly enforce fare paid zones with turnstyles as stated above, hopefully it goes through, and I am sure it will generate a whole bunch more revenue. Of course, I am sure the revenue from free ride tickets will be nearly extinct, how the hell they gonna make those quotas now?


ps.
WHY THE FUCK ISN'T THE HUGE ICBC SURPLUS GOING TOWARDS HELPING TO FIX AND UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE ALL OVER THE PROVINCE AND GVRD?
right, because they are crooks, too. Unless they are not a gov't corporation, I have never found that out yet.

[ilvtofu]

I'd Pay 25c to go on a bridge nothing more XD
and the bridge better not be jammed either... Toll lineups...
And only if this 25c goes towards building more bridges! and not paying some bus driver who'll swear at me

[hk20000]

if they do that we'll have "catastrophic mass" and ram down all toll booths with bulldozers. Fuck the system.

[ajax]

Which other private companies could these CEO's go to? Serious question. Are we talking other companies similar to Translink? Or a company that has a different sort of business?

It seems kind of like how MLA's and others got their salary increases to "interest better candidates to the job."

[PiuYi]

Originally Posted by Great68

Vancouver and it's area is so big you can't go ANYWHERE without crossing a bridge. God I could just imagine the oak st., knight st., queensborough, alex fraser or massey tunnel being tolled... That would pretty much be a gigantic dildo up the ass of everyone that lives in Richmond.

YES IT WOULD BE
fuck you translink!!!!! we need an RS-protest-meet, jam up translink HQ or some MP's office

damn, translink just makes me wanna puke everytime i see a bus pass by 20 ppl at a bustop

[Mercy]

Im wondering if they would do the tolls how the new bridge has it... no tollbooths just cameras and flashy things.

[ziggyx]

Originally Posted by Mercy

Im wondering if they would do the tolls how the new bridge has it... no tollbooths just cameras and flashy things.

http://www.translink.ca/en/Driving/G...Quickpass.aspx

I guess if you don't have one of those "transponders" (quickpass) the camera will take a picture of your plates and you will have to pay the toll when you renew your insurance or something.

[cobra_commander]

Originally Posted by shenmecar

i think we should each write a Fuck You letter to translink CEO.

x2

[Meowjin]

holy shit if they actually do this im actually going to riot and burn down translink headquarters.