Let's talk skytrain
 

So it's about a month now that new skytrain is up and running. I know alot of people saw skytrain in Richmond with different opinions. Now that it's been up what are your thoughts.

Personally I've seen more bums in Richmond and even some junkies. Just hope it doesn't turn into new west lol. Other than that I guess traffic is a bit better in general.

I'd rather have more traffic than bums and junkies and break ins and cars stolen.

where ever there is a skytrain crime will follow. I dont know what it is about these losers but some people just like hanging out at the skytrain. I work across from lougheed and I see the same junkies and young punks there everyday just hanging out get a life

just wait for turn style security gates next year....

hopefully they use this variation of it
http://newhomeschicagoland.com/NHNew...urnstyle2_.jpg

and not this
http://www.posterartz.net/images/Gal...Turnstyle2.jpg

i can't wait for next week, when all of those busses are going to stop being on granville. i drive granville street 4 times a day, and will be SO HAPPY when they all get rerouted!

no doubt eh, freaking granville st lanes are so narrow the damn busses sometimes veer into the middle lane sometimes....

at least it ain't as bad as surrey central. god, that place is a shit hole.

fucken skytrain

what's the verdict: At 8:30am going from Canada Line to Expo Line would you:

change trains at Vancouver City Centre by walking up to Georgia and down Granville St station
change trains at Waterfront?

What about say 4 in the afternoon?

discuss.

ever since that skytrain is open the amount of crime reported on revscene in richdmond has DOUBLE!!!!!!

god damn skyTRAINN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yah how's No 3 road now? I am still avoiding it, has the traffic gotten any better there?




Discuss. :p

for both those times, if you have the extra 5 minutes i would jump trains at waterfront since its rush hour and you'd be able to get a seat to chillout.

take the 99 from broadway to cambie and hop on canada line
btw smartcards along with faregates DELAYED til 2012 at the earliest.

DAISO, HERE I COME!!

My son and his buddies rode the Skytrain to Richmond from SFU. His buddies, who are mostly caucasian, were like holy carp, Daiso is so cool! I think the skytrain is good for everyone. Crime will follow, I'm sure, but it can be controlled if the authorities get smart about it.

Same here, I knew about Daiso since my parents went in the States, but I went there last week using the Canada Line. Awesome store for school supplies, even though the fixed price doesn't make some items worth it, like mechanical pencils.

Still crap

huh? I'm coming up from Richmond there are no 99 buses.

This is ok ,as long as they got somoene to look after each gate at each station.. lol..

Now I notice they have someone that stands right at the fare paid zone line and ask people if they got tix if they aren't seen approaching the ticket machine first.

Which is a good idea imo. those turnstiles were priced at 100mil? You can hire 100 people for their whole life without paying that much @ $10/hr

There's someone checking fares at almost every stop of the Canada Line. Good stuff.

stop with your dumb ass comments, didn't someone post in a thread earlier that crime does increase in with rapid transit.

Crime will happen, nature of a growing city.

bums might come to richmond now but they wont stay long, chinese ppl are dirt cheap. then last thing i'll spend a few pennies on is to a bum. lol. When they realize they arent goin to get any in richmond, they'll migrate back to coq and new west.

dude,

surrey central and gateway are fucked.

Gateway is SKETCHY
Surrey Central has a different group of random punk teenagers who smoke, swear, are drunk, and start fights with randoms.

I saw a kid who mustve been 12-14 rolling up a joint, then passing it over to what seemed like his mother, or a 40 year old sibling. Then they both enjoyed it, fucked to say the least.

I feel like smashing all of them every time I am on the way home from work, but I know if I smashed one, I would have 16 of them trying to gang rape my anus.

+1
No. 3 Road isn't going to change; there's just too many cars in Richmond with people who aren't going to bother with public transit.

99 is from UBC to Broadway station

i like the new skytrain but that's because i don't live in richmond like some of you, makes it a bit more easier to get around and consume less gas haha