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09-16-2009, 06:33 PM
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#76 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by murd0c  I'm happy to hear that a place other the surrey is getting tolled. now u know how we have been feeling
With the supposed toll that's going to happen on the new port mann | + 1.
Hwy 1 is the main access going into and out of vancouver for people from the valley and the rest of the country.
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09-16-2009, 06:41 PM
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#77 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by 6chr0nic4 or giving it to union leaders who work hard to find ways to strike and give overpaid translink employees even MORE benefits & money | my friend who works there says theres soo many dumb ass people that have been with the company for 10 + years who make $35 + / hr where they could have easily have gotten a SFU, UBC co-op student to do the exact work for $14/hr.
Honestly, 20% of the employees do 80% of the work for them. The others just work half-ass.
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09-16-2009, 06:46 PM
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I'm pretty sure they're looking to shop that bridge to Macquarrie bank who will slap tolls on it the same day the deal closes.
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09-16-2009, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by azndude69 my friend who works there says theres soo many dumb ass people that have been with the company for 10 + years who make $35 + / hr where they could have easily have gotten a SFU, UBC co-op student to do the exact work for $14/hr.
Honestly, 20% of the employees do 80% of the work for them. The others just work half-ass. | yup
i worked for a crown corporation that was unionized one summer
the section i worked in dealt solely with products that employees would fuck up on the machines... I would have to go through all of them by hand piece by piece....annually it costs the company 300,000 grand to operate this section.... i got paid $25/hr to do this for half the day, the other half i spent pressing a few buttons operating a machine
its funny because a lot of the employees there were in their 60s and dozing off / reading newspapers/magazines and shit while working the machines, its easy stuff... all you have to do is pay attention and you won't fuck up but they still manage to, many of them earning $40/hr+ benefits
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09-16-2009, 08:06 PM
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#80 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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I dun no what else to says. Don't mess with .......... jesus, it's hard. 
Engrish has got to be the hardest language to learn. It's almost English, but not quite. I dun know, man.
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09-16-2009, 08:08 PM
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The Knight Street bridge may have had adequate capacity when it was built around 1970, but it needs to be doubled in size right now to come close to meeting capacity. But of course there's no timetable for that in the next 30 years..
About the golden ears bridge and the NEW port mann: Like others have said, the toll is understandable to pay for it. Plus, the Golden Ears is built over capacity. 6 lanes for about 30000 vehicles a day vs the Knight St bridge at 4 lanes for over 60000 vehicles a day. Tolling the Knight Street bridge is crazy.
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09-16-2009, 09:01 PM
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since we're in this subject, let's copy london and toll downtown! we all know that's where the money makers are! hehe
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09-16-2009, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JesseBlue since we're in this subject, let's copy london and toll downtown! we all know that's where the money makers are! hehe | money makers are in west van, not downtown
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09-16-2009, 09:20 PM
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#84 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Mudabitch, mother Bullshit. Building that piece of crap canada line and now they need to find money to pay that crap. Might as well toll every flipping bridge here.
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09-16-2009, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 6chr0nic4 the section i worked in dealt solely with products that employees would fuck up on the machines... I would have to go through all of them by hand piece by piece....annually it costs the company 300,000 grand to operate this section.... i got paid $25/hr to do this for half the day, the other half i spent pressing a few buttons operating a machine
its funny because a lot of the employees there were in their 60s and dozing off / reading newspapers/magazines and shit while working the machines, its easy stuff... all you have to do is pay attention and you won't fuck up but they still manage to, many of them earning $40/hr+ benefits | Perhaps people should have actually looked into what wages/administrative costs actually mean in the grand scheme of things...
Administrative costs (i.e. wages, etc.) account for a rather small portion of Translink's budget. According to Translink's 2008 report, administrative costs were in the neighbourhood of $39 million, out $1 billion in total expenditures. Even if you cut wages in half, it still won't amount to much. Really, would you drive a bus for $15/hour and have people spit in your face? Probably not...
But, if you've taken the Canada Line, you will notice that a private company is running things. So, Translink is listening (sorta.)  | |
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09-16-2009, 09:47 PM
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#86 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by vsvs
some bus drivers are making 100k / year?
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where did you get that # from?
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09-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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#87 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Would never work. Everyone East of knight, would never travel all the way to Oak or Arthur Lang to get into Richmond. Richmond would suffer endlessly.
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09-16-2009, 10:06 PM
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Looks like I will be staying out of the C-lai infested city once the toll kicks in...
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09-16-2009, 10:31 PM
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stupid tolls.....go eat the mama
why should we need to pay for going to different city?
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09-16-2009, 10:34 PM
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#90 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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thats the worst idea ever!! already pay nuff for gas
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09-16-2009, 11:26 PM
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I took the skytrain to work and only buy the one zone faire(need 2 zone). The only reason I actually pay is coz I also take the bus, otherwise I wouldn't pay a penny. I work for 2years and never ever seen anyone check for tickets(during rush hours they never check tickets).
I would pay if the system is better. Just look at moring(8 to 9:30am) and eveings(4:30pm to 5:40pm). The skytrain is fill with ppl and lot's of time ppl can't even get on, they have to wait at the stations for a good 10 to 15mins before they find a skytran that have enough room for them. I took the longer route to work(have to get up 20mins ealiers) to ensure I am not late for work but yet every week they skytrain much fuck up. What they need is more skytrain running(every 1 to 2mins for a new skytran during rush hours) and have more bus running and run later hours.
Just today when I got off work I have wait 3 skytrain to find a spot. If transitlink more ppl to use thier service they have to make it relible.
There are 2 ppl in my work place who never ever buy a bus ticket for the last few years and never been caught. They have the same reason as me, Once transitlink start to put thier shit together we will start supporting them.
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09-16-2009, 11:33 PM
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#92 | | RS controls my life!
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i thought the VPD was tolling the knight street bridge in their own way already?!
If they are going to do this they better be adding a few lanes on each side... that bridge is a mess! So is the oak street bridge.
Translink is operated by a bunch of morons that have no concept of a budget. They already get 600+ million in tax/levy/fee revenue on your gasoline, natural gas, property tax etc etc... and only 300 million from fares... Translink needs to be run like a business and not like a rich kid with an unlimited budget... You can't keep charging and not improving transit service and roads...
A few ideas... kill the road transit police... they are USELESS... pop in turnstyles... change the fare system... And farm out all the major infrastructure projects to private companies... and KILL THE UNIONS... they lower productivity because there is no incentive to work harder...
Why was the golden earns bridge and the canada line finished early? Public/Private Partnership... Private money = efficient money...
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09-17-2009, 12:43 AM
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We should put some funds together and create a Revscene Ferry Service
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09-17-2009, 12:57 AM
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just be like japan, toll every bridge and every section of the highway.
it actually cost 2-3 times more driving from tokyo to osaka (6-8 hours) than to take the bullet train (2 hours, 10,000 yen) or plane (1 hour, 20,000 yen)
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09-17-2009, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by yvrnycracer Why was the golden earns bridge and the canada line finished early? Public/Private Partnership... Private money = efficient money... | they purposely set the finish date for the canada line to be far past the actual day it would be completed. it's a PR move to make the project look good. everyone expects that a project will get delayed not finish before a deadline.
let's not forget here, they've already said they are looking for ways to maintain current service levels. which means we're paying for skytrain, buses, and canada line EVEN if we're not using it. personally i think the people who use the service should pay for the service. ie, hike up those damn fares. we who drive pay enough already with insurance, gas and maintenance. why should i have to pay for other peoples choice to not drive?
also, there was that $600,000 settlement translink had to pay for that one cambie street business owner! they are appealing but imagine the kind of precedent that sets for the other owners who are in the crapper because of the canada line construction!
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09-17-2009, 01:34 AM
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#96 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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if they rebuilt the knight street bridge with 4 lanes each way then i wont mind paying the the tolls. otherwise, hidden plate system it is.
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09-17-2009, 05:17 AM
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Why are you people so heated up anyways? If you live in Richmond, that means you like living there and spend most of your time there anyway. Why do people choose to live in one city then spend 100's of hours every year driving to other cities? LOL
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09-17-2009, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by spoon.ctr.ek9 they purposely set the finish date for the canada line to be far past the actual day it would be completed. it's a PR move to make the project look good. everyone expects that a project will get delayed not finish before a deadline.
let's not forget here, they've already said they are looking for ways to maintain current service levels. which means we're paying for skytrain, buses, and canada line EVEN if we're not using it. personally i think the people who use the service should pay for the service. ie, hike up those damn fares. we who drive pay enough already with insurance, gas and maintenance. why should i have to pay for other peoples choice to not drive? | I like your logic.
That way, all bridges should have a toll as well. Since I live in Vancouver and have no reason to venture into the suburbs I shouldn't have to subsidize all the suberbanites who drive to Vancouver for work everyday either! 
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09-17-2009, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jlai23 thats the worst idea ever!! already pay nuff for gas | werd, fucking gas taxes Quote:
Originally Posted by spoon.ctr.ek9 they purposely set the finish date for the canada line to be far past the actual day it would be completed. it's a PR move to make the project look good. everyone expects that a project will get delayed not finish before a deadline.
let's not forget here, they've already said they are looking for ways to maintain current service levels. which means we're paying for skytrain, buses, and canada line EVEN if we're not using it. personally i think the people who use the service should pay for the service. ie, hike up those damn fares. we who drive pay enough already with insurance, gas and maintenance. why should i have to pay for other peoples choice to not drive?
also, there was that $600,000 settlement translink had to pay for that one cambie street business owner! they are appealing but imagine the kind of precedent that sets for the other owners who are in the crapper because of the canada line construction! | i think u nailed it my friend
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09-17-2009, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by mr_piggy Why are you people so heated up anyways? If you live in Richmond, that means you like living there and spend most of your time there anyway. Why do people choose to live in one city then spend 100's of hours every year driving to other cities? LOL | Vancouver and Richmond are separated by less than a kilometer of river, therefore Richmond pretty much IS the same city as Vancouver.
When I think of Vancouver I think of the whole greater vancouver area: Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, North Van, New West. They may have different municipal governments but they really just make up one big city.
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