Living in the lower mainland is getting more expensive year after year.
Its all about the moolah :(

LOL, you need a car.

Didn't i say vote for ndp?, now we're getting DP'ed by the HST and Translink

how about translink get those turnstill/gate things set up at Skytrain stations first? They are losing oh so much money each year from people riding free on the skytrain.

fuck it doenst matter if you take the transit or have your own car, either way translink fucks u up the ass.

well they need to invest in an Octopus system, that'd be awesome :)
no more coins...
I wonder if they have a proper method to scan those cheapass bus passes.

They are. Read the article I posted.

I live on the north shore and in order to go anywhere else in the GVRD it is inevitable that i will have to use a bridge to get there. However, it appears that NONE of the money i will be paying at the tolls will go to anything that would benefit me

Golden ears bridge? never been on it, never plan to.
evergreen line? when would i ever use that?
the only time ive taken public transit was to get to sfu for school, and that was only because i was forced to pay for the Upass.

i have a sneeking suspicion that i will be getting ripped off.

If that's what top talent comes up with fuck that give me bottom talent.

Probably the best post in this thread.

It's always easy to say "fuck the CEO does shit all" when no one here has ever had a CEO position or understand the work that the CEO does. If it's so easy to do, how come most of you aren't in CEO positions or anywhere close to it?

this is because they think ceos have to have experience...lol...anyone can think of just taxing everyone and everything...how about salary cuts? now that'll take balls...or look out for the best of the company than performance bonuses...look at japan airlines...

It's public transportation and like many other public transportation systems, it's a losing business. But we need it for the public and that's why they can't just be like any other company.

Here is some background of the current CEO of Translink:
http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Tra...sLink-CEO.aspx

You guys make it sound like your high school diploma and retail/fast food experience is sufficient enough to run things.

maybe if the idiots on the translink board actually listened to the publics opinion rathern then doing what the fuck they want with everything they wouldn't be going down the toilet. It's bullshit this day and age that we can no longer to to their closed door meetings and they strong arm us every second they can.

He's American....I think he's trying to apply the same shit he did to the MTA in New York. Well, whatever he's doing, it's not fucking working.

The people should have the first say on transit moves and NOT the suits on the board who drive their Mercedes to the meetings.

Hey schmuck,

It's a cat chasing it's own tail.

Translink needs more money to fund larger projects to reach more people, so it increases fares, levies and taxes.

Because of the increased fares, levies and taxes people can't afford to use the service.

I'll sooner be fucked in the asshole than pay $5 to take a bus that will run late.

^
regarding the CEO :
I'm fucking surprised this guy is sucking so bad. He ran the NYC subway stuff. NY has one of the best systems in the world IMHO. They have like 18 million people (thats over half of the entire pop. of Canada) jammed into one small area but their subway system is awesome given their resources. You barely need a car in NY to go anywhere and the taxis usually take you to the places that do require driving.

Why does he have to fuck up when it comes to us. we always get them at the worst time.


Honestly, the first thing they need to do is install gates so that free-riders can't go onto the system. This alone will help decrease the amount of smelly ass bums on the skytrain and increase some revenue. Will also help with security as well.

Also:
If we don't have money for more buses, then at least have better planned schedules.
They should have more buses running (or on call bus-drivers) that work rush hours, when the majority of users ride.

cry more. if you can't afford it move to another province, no one is stopping you.

it's about fucking time they invest in the gates

He didn't build the metro in NYC though, the fucker just managed the system.

It's not an issue as to whether I can or can't afford it, it's an issue as to whether we get any value for it.

We don't.

They should look harder within the company and show the public what they sacrifced to cut down on costs and if more taxes need to be paid, then so be it. But i think they need to stop building and start being more efficient and effective with what they have. More is not always better.

It's not the CEO who makes an awesome transit system. It's this:

Even if you get superman, he's not gonna change the fact that ppl here live in houses and drive. Until you get everybody into a shoebox and to give up cars, transit's gonna suck and it's gonna cost a lot for us to do all that sucking.

With density like NYC, you don't have to build out as far, saving you money (ie digging tunnels is expensive) AND more ppl use the system to pay for it. It's the complete opposite here.

Are you willing to pay the price to have good transit: live in a condo and give up cars? I guess a lot of ppl here don't have their own cars yet.. cuz if you do, you'd say no!

It's really getting a bit socialist here with translink...

Think about it people.
You want more buses. Buses cost money. Money has to come from somewhere, and since we're a socialist nation, it comes from all of us. Would you pay $12 to take the bus from Surrey to New West? Of course not. So instead you pay $3, and the rest of us cover the final $9.

rflush said it well. The money has to come from somewhere. If Translink needs $150 million to maintain current standards, then so be it. A $500k/year ceo pay is a drop in the bucket. A billion dollar bridge on the other hand, is not.


Maybe you just like dicks in your ass?

The 99 B-Line runs every 2-3 minutes during rush hour when UBC is in session. Granville St, Main St., and Victoria/Commercial drive have buses running every 5 minutes during rush hour. You can only put so many buses on a road before they become an impediment as opposed to a convenience.

People say that transit should be run like a business. Fine, services would be cut, but people would complain anyway.

CEO pay is a drop in the bucket. What's a suitable salary - 50K/year? A bus costs 150-200K; if we were to halve the CEO's pay, we'd be able to buy one bus.