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Mr.HappySilp
09-10-2010, 08:23 AM
Not sure if it is still happening but some people from work saids there was an issue with Skytrain and it was running on one track this morning. This happen about 8:30am I think. Huge lines up at boardway station :D
Just look up transitlink website and saw this on the alert
Due to a technical issue major delays are being experienced on the Expo Line. Expo Line trains are running end-to-end, but very slowly, and customers will need to transfer from train to train to complete the journey. Millennium line running between VCC-Clarke and Columbia only.
Good thing i decided to drive
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Shun Izaki
09-10-2010, 08:45 AM
from Joyce
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs314.snc4/41026_468862008267_767413267_6651235_1463973_n.jpg
hotjoint
09-10-2010, 08:45 AM
Good thing my gf isnt working today or else she would've been really late
Mr.HappySilp
09-10-2010, 08:46 AM
^^ what did you take that picture @@ good thing I work early and got a ride lol.
i heard they lost contact with one of the trains
boss604
09-10-2010, 09:18 AM
HOLY SHIT ! all the stations must be that packed then, thats hectic !
hal0g0dv2
09-10-2010, 09:24 AM
is it still going on ?
shenmecar
09-10-2010, 09:27 AM
holy crap!
ilvtofu
09-10-2010, 09:28 AM
Yeah screwed over my GF who had to get to SFU surrey from waterfront
gilly
09-10-2010, 09:31 AM
translink website still says the warning. but did they fix the problem?
Shun Izaki
09-10-2010, 09:33 AM
Good thing my gf isnt working today or else she would've been really late
cool starry bra.
^^ what did you take that picture @@ good thing I work early and got a ride lol.
I didn't take it, stole it off a friend's FB
Good thing i decided to drive
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that's everyday for me :D
yup my friend texted me that the 99b lineup at broadway station was like 1km long haha
Tapioca
09-10-2010, 09:53 AM
I took the train this morning, like every other day. It took me about 45 minutes to get to work, as opposed to the usual 25.
I think Skytrain staff were being a bit alarmist by telling everyone that Broadway was packed. When I got there at 8:30, there weren't any lines and I was able to get on the B-Line fine. When I got to the Canada Line at Cambie, I had to wait for 1 train. It didn't seem like the system was busier than normal.
I feel sorry for commuters from Richmond though. Skytrain is never as packed as Canada Line.
Graeme S
09-10-2010, 10:03 AM
I did not miss the ability to create threads on RS mobile until this morning. When I got to commercial station around 8:50, the lines for the 99 were all the way back to the escalators to the upper platform (from the millenium line side). I decided to head to vcc/clarke, and the line for the 84 was wrapped all the way down the platform and back up. Luckily they sent a cambie station 'special' bus and I was able to make it to work barely in time.
Ironically I took the skytrain today because I was fed up with the hastings repaving delays. Note to self: get off at gilmore, walk down to kootenay loop. It'll be faster than anything else.
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Eclypz
09-10-2010, 10:12 AM
i can see the skytrain from my work and it looks like its running again
Cereal Killer
09-10-2010, 10:22 AM
Sure glad I decided to watch the news just before I left for school or else I wouldn't have known about the problem :p
Tapioca
09-10-2010, 10:38 AM
I did not miss the ability to create threads on RS mobile until this morning. When I got to commercial station around 8:50, the lines for the 99 were all the way back to the escalators to the upper platform (from the millenium line side). I decided to head to vcc/clarke, and the line for the 84 was wrapped all the way down the platform and back up. Luckily they sent a cambie station 'special' bus and I was able to make it to work barely in time.
That's pretty standard for the B-Line, especially now that school is in session. (Another reason to dig a trench through Broadway and extend Skytrain, but I digress.) Sometimes, it snakes several times in that part of the station. But, the B-Line is pretty frequent (2 minutes during peak times) so the lines move quick. When a Skytrain attendant said "zoo" I was expecting lines from the Millenium platform.
Ironically I took the skytrain today because I was fed up with the hastings repaving delays. Note to self: get off at gilmore, walk down to kootenay loop. It'll be faster than anything else.
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I was tempted to take the Victoria 20 to Hastings and hop on the 135. I probably wouldn't have saved much time though.
sexyaccord
09-10-2010, 10:44 AM
no wonder there were huge line-ups for th buses near joyce station this morning
Armind
09-10-2010, 10:46 AM
Thank god i have afternoon classes.
tonyvu
09-10-2010, 11:41 AM
cool starry bra.
I didn't take it, stole it off a friend's FB
that's everyday for me :D
you know mark as well? small world haha
Shun Izaki
09-10-2010, 11:54 AM
you know mark as well? small world haha
lol... I know alottttta people :D
shhh, i stole it...
hotong
09-10-2010, 11:58 AM
this morning was fucked had to cab to school FML
q0192837465
09-10-2010, 11:59 AM
damn, i wonder if anyone is late for an important meeting & got fired
Graeme S
09-10-2010, 12:03 PM
this morning was fucked had to cab to school FML
I tried to cab to work today. Not a cab in sight anywhere I could find.
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Shun Izaki
09-10-2010, 12:24 PM
I tried to cab to work today. Not a cab in sight anywhere I could find.
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You have a phone... call one? this ain't 1982 anymore :D
and wow... i see a fuckload of bandwagoning RSers! :D for someone who provided the only media to this thread...
The_AK
09-10-2010, 12:30 PM
You have a phone... call one? this ain't 1982 anymore :D
and wow... i see a fuckload of bandwagoning RSers! :D for someone who provided the only media to this thread...
What the hell are you talking about bandwagonners?
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Edit* also, inside source has told me that it is Not an hero.
ShadowBun
09-10-2010, 12:58 PM
skytrain been shitty all week long
dude on PA this morning was like.
um.. so theres this problem... um.. we are trying to solve it... um.. we are doing everything we can... um as fast as um.. possible and um.. thanks you.
good thing i drive :thumbsup:
Graeme S
09-10-2010, 04:10 PM
You have a phone... call one? this ain't 1982 anymore :D
The last time I cold-called for a cab it took about 15 minutes to get there--and that was off peak and I live 5 minutes from a cab rally point.
On a day like today? Even if I called every cab company, they'd all say "we'll get one there as soon as we can, no promises, busy day" etc etc.
and wow... i see a fuckload of bandwagoning RSers! :D for someone who provided the only media to this thread...
Uhhh...aren't bandwagoners people who decide to follow a certain movement or passion simply because others do? This seems a lot more like people who all got shat on by the skytrain.
Also: you didn't provide the media. You hotlinked it from another guy and didn't say as much. Truthiness FTW.
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BaoXu
09-10-2010, 04:15 PM
you know mark as well? small world haha
you mean small city which Vancouver is.
JSALES
09-10-2010, 04:29 PM
heard about it this morning
keifun
09-10-2010, 04:37 PM
I'm just glad that I bought a car and no longer need to rely on this sort of crap by Translink anymore.
Mugen EvOlutioN
09-10-2010, 04:42 PM
transit was a motherfucking joke this morning fuck
took me 2 hours and half to work, absolutely fucking bullshit
half way to DT, than the train goes fucked. STuck for awhile than we had to go backwards. stuck at each station
finally i went back to where i started, took the bus home and fuck this shit, drove to work instead.
transit is expensive as fuck, u honestly dont save shit by taking their bullshit system other than save on wear and tear.
my house to skytrain is less than 5km and they wonna charge an extra zone which means i require to have 3 zone pass. Pff unless u got a v12 and gun it for less than 5km, no way it costs 2.50 for 5km
what a joke
Santofu
09-10-2010, 06:43 PM
transit was a motherfucking joke this morning fuck
took me 2 hours and half to work, absolutely fucking bullshit
half way to DT, than the train goes fucked. STuck for awhile than we had to go backwards. stuck at each station
finally i went back to where i started, took the bus home and fuck this shit, drove to work instead.
transit is expensive as fuck, u honestly dont save shit by taking their bullshit system other than save on wear and tear.
my house to skytrain is less than 5km and they wonna charge an extra zone which means i require to have 3 zone pass. Pff unless u got a v12 and gun it for less than 5km, no way it costs 2.50 for 5km
what a joke
http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/30403/original/YouMad.jpg
Seriously, I saw every comment you post on each topics and all I see is you complain everything. Can you at least grow up?
Sure, they screw up a couple of times, but they are trying to work hard and to run the best transit services as they can.
If the skytrain shut down and should I complain? Depends on my mood, I will just chill out and listen Ipod or text to friends to entertain myself. That's how life works.
IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE TO WORK THEN DRIVE. At least don't take transit and bitch about their service. Sheesh :rolleyes: Perhaps, go find a new job or
become a bus driver and see how you like it or not. Either way. GET OVER IT.
anti_rice
09-10-2010, 07:58 PM
transit was a motherfucking joke this morning fuck
took me 2 hours and half to work, absolutely fucking bullshit
half way to DT, than the train goes fucked. STuck for awhile than we had to go backwards. stuck at each station
finally i went back to where i started, took the bus home and fuck this shit, drove to work instead.
transit is expensive as fuck, u honestly dont save shit by taking their bullshit system other than save on wear and tear.
my house to skytrain is less than 5km and they wonna charge an extra zone which means i require to have 3 zone pass. Pff unless u got a v12 and gun it for less than 5km, no way it costs 2.50 for 5km
what a joke
first if you only need to travel 5km's the max you need would be a 2 zone. So why do you need a 3 zone pass? u must be stupid to be purchasing a 3 zone pass then. 2nd of all why are you taking transit if you seem so negative about the system? you said it yourself you don't save anything by taking it so why did you hop onto the skytrain then this morning?
BlacknJean
09-10-2010, 08:03 PM
they said one of the tracks broken down.
that's everyday for me :D
no wonder you're fat, fat boy
BeeBeeAhn
09-10-2010, 08:17 PM
something fell on the tracks and got dragged by a train. Apparently it damaged the track enough to fuck up the communication between everything.
If you take transit, you should sign up for transit alerts on Translink's website. I got an e-mail this morning at 7:30 this morning saying there were problems with Skytrain. Saved me some time not having for a train that would never come.
quasi
09-10-2010, 09:02 PM
first if you only need to travel 5km's the max you need would be a 2 zone. So why do you need a 3 zone pass? u must be stupid to be purchasing a 3 zone pass then. 2nd of all why are you taking transit if you seem so negative about the system? you said it yourself you don't save anything by taking it so why did you hop onto the skytrain then this morning?
I don't even take transit and I can figure out he's saying that it cost him extra for the 3 zone pass as opposed to a 2 zone one. His house is 5km from the train station which equates to an extra zone and he thinks charging him that extra zone is bullshit.
Read before you rant your shit will make more sense.
Qmx323
09-10-2010, 09:50 PM
Ouch, sucks for skytrainers
Mugen EvOlutioN
09-10-2010, 10:43 PM
first if you only need to travel 5km's the max you need would be a 2 zone. So why do you need a 3 zone pass? u must be stupid to be purchasing a 3 zone pass then. 2nd of all why are you taking transit if you seem so negative about the system? you said it yourself you don't save anything by taking it so why did you hop onto the skytrain then this morning?
because i refuse to rack up my milleage and put 30k on my car on a annual basis
otherwise you think i would wonna take this shit system?
30 minutes for a bus 1hr on weekend
pfff
JiggaZed
09-11-2010, 12:03 AM
because i refuse to rack up my milleage and put 30k on my car on a annual basis
Then STFU and stop crying like a little bitch.
AzNightmare
09-11-2010, 02:49 AM
Taking Transit isn't really meant to save you money or time.
Skytrain MAY save you time though.
The only thing you save by taking Transit is that you don't get raped by parking fees if your destination requires it.
I like taking transit to work/school, since it gets easy once it becomes a mon-fri routine, I don't have to pay BS parking fees,
And I get to take 20-30min naps, where my body gets used of waking up right before I need to get off.
Anjew
09-11-2010, 03:15 AM
lots of fucking hate here.... shit happens.
remmeber the fallen branch that halted the skytrain during new years eve a few years back? yeaa...
BaoXu
09-11-2010, 03:29 AM
while we are on topic:
here's to hoping nobody commits suicide on the skytrain for the rest of the year
danned
09-11-2010, 08:13 AM
how come skytrains failed every year?
Graeme S
09-11-2010, 09:43 AM
how come skytrains failed every year?
How come every form of mass transit has at least one fail every year?
because i refuse to rack up my milleage and put 30k on my car on a annual basis
otherwise you think i would wonna take this shit system?
30 minutes for a bus 1hr on weekend
pfff
You have a choice. You make it. Deal with it.
satek
09-11-2010, 09:55 AM
Translink ftl
hotong
09-11-2010, 09:59 AM
http://www.vancouversun.com/Thousands+delayed+SkyTrain+slows+halt+during+rush+ hour/3510715/story.html
Tapioca
09-12-2010, 08:23 AM
Mugen Evolution:
Your experience with transit sucks because you live in Coquitlam which is a city full of big lots and spread out housing. I live in Burnaby (basically Vancouver) and transit in my area is quite good.
If you ran a private transportation company, would it make sense for me to run buses to your subdivision on a hill every 5 minutes, or would it make sense for me to run those buses to people who live in close apartment buildings instead? That's why Translink service, for you, sucks.
Maybe it's time to move away from home and closer to work, eh?
impulseX
09-12-2010, 08:30 AM
i got lucky, skytrain just started working normally again around 11:40ish am. was still a good 15 mins late for work but better than what others had to endure. sadly, it was a day where i worked in dt and not in qe park :(
CP.AR
09-12-2010, 10:21 AM
How come every form of mass transit has at least one fail every year?
You have a choice. You make it. Deal with it.
it's an annual ritual to keep the transit gods happy
twitchyzero
09-12-2010, 11:33 AM
because i refuse to rack up my milleage and put 30k on my car on a annual basis
like someone said, at least you have a choice.
stop crying.
on a similar note, i rather have skytrain fail on me every couple months than taking buses that are never on time AND have infrequent service.
MelonBoy
09-13-2010, 04:27 PM
^ Agreed.. early morning today i went to the bus stop downtown and my #17 was like 30minutes late.. unless the one i was catching came by early.. but then it would have been at least 10minutes early cause i got to the stop 10-15mins before it was suppose to be there..
The night buses are fucked up too.... >.>
But anyways Mugen has a small point.. I guess.. I mean if you were to compare our transit to other transit systems.. (ex. HK) Our system is childs play.. its like a bunch of retards are managing it.. seriously
Tapioca
09-13-2010, 04:32 PM
But anyways Mugen has a small point.. I guess.. I mean if you were to compare our transit to other transit systems.. (ex. HK) Our system is childs play.. its like a bunch of retards are managing it.. seriously
And do you happen to live in a 500 square foot apartment on top of a shopping centre?
There is a lot of things wrong with Translink, but comparing the MTR to our system is like comparing apples and oranges.
Graeme S
09-13-2010, 05:00 PM
^ Agreed.. early morning today i went to the bus stop downtown and my #17 was like 30minutes late.. unless the one i was catching came by early.. but then it would have been at least 10minutes early cause i got to the stop 10-15mins before it was suppose to be there..
I fail to understand how missing a single bus for the 17 would put you 30 minutes behind; even if you were taking the very first bus at 5:30, the 17 runs every 15 minutes in the way early morning, and then every 10 after. So unless the first one was early, and the second one didn't come, you might end up 30 minutes late.
The night buses are fucked up too.... >.>
The night-busses are very nearly empty and run routes that have the highest proportion of drunk/late-night workers running. They didn't exist a decade ago, and I suspect they lose money. In a private transit system, routes that lose money disappear.
And do you happen to live in a 500 square foot apartment on top of a shopping centre?
There is a lot of things wrong with Translink, but comparing the MTR to our system is like comparing apples and oranges.
Thank you.
Density of Hong Kong: 6460/km^2
Density of Metro Vancouver: 735.6/km^2
For people saying that the density of Vancouver proper is different, or "we shouldn't be using Metro Vancouver", this is the way the transit system is organized. Don't like it? Start talking to the government about organizing local transit.
But if you think transit in Coquitlam is bad now, while it's being subsidized by Vancouver transit users...wait 'til it's on its own.
anti_rice
09-13-2010, 05:35 PM
people exaggerate the times when a bus is late. It's always "30 minutes late" when it's been 15 minutes. I've heard passengers say they've been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes and i can see the bus infront on the top of the hill ahead.
Transit riders have failed to realize a bus schedule is estimated time. If you drive a car, can you leave your house at 8:00am on the dot and get to your destination at exactly 8:45 every morning? NO you can't. sometimes you'll be early and sometimes you'll be late. So why is taking the bus any different?
TRD Rs200
09-13-2010, 05:42 PM
yea, I saw that mess at 22nd station on my way to school, took the next 410 back home, and called it a day
muteki
09-13-2010, 05:50 PM
people exaggerate the times when a bus is late. It's always "30 minutes late" when it's been 15 minutes. I've heard passengers say they've been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes and i can see the bus infront on the top of the hill ahead.
Transit riders have failed to realize a bus schedule is estimated time. If you drive a car, can you leave your house at 8:00am on the dot and get to your destination at exactly 8:45 every morning? NO you can't. sometimes you'll be early and sometimes you'll be late. So why is taking the bus any different?
Have you taken transit outside of BC?
There are countries with transit running on time on the dot. :rolleyes:
hk20000
09-13-2010, 05:55 PM
because i refuse to rack up my milleage and put 30k on my car on a annual basis
otherwise you think i would wonna take this shit system?
30 minutes for a bus 1hr on weekend
pfff
just buy a beater for $1000 and stop bitching about it. (if you have parking at work that is)
Mugen EvOlutioN
09-13-2010, 06:05 PM
i do, i get free parking
OhSoGood
09-13-2010, 09:04 PM
people exaggerate the times when a bus is late. It's always "30 minutes late" when it's been 15 minutes. I've heard passengers say they've been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes and i can see the bus infront on the top of the hill ahead.
Transit riders have failed to realize a bus schedule is estimated time. If you drive a car, can you leave your house at 8:00am on the dot and get to your destination at exactly 8:45 every morning? NO you can't. sometimes you'll be early and sometimes you'll be late. So why is taking the bus any different?
I leave for school 40 minutes before class everyday. Get there the same time EVERYDAY. Regardless of traffic or weather. Even with the retarded construction going on 41st.
Another example. I leave for work 5 minutes before my shift. And I always get there on time.
Transit will never be as reliable as a car
anti_rice
09-13-2010, 09:13 PM
Have you taken transit outside of BC?
There are countries with transit running on time on the dot. :rolleyes:
I have taken transit in the US and other provinces in canada but not out of this continent. I can tell you the buses are not on time they are always a few minutes late. Service is also an hour long wait and last bus for certain routes end around 4pm.
If you are trying to compare transit in BC or North America to some Asian country then it's not even a fair comparison. There's so many economic growth in other countries that we don't have here in canada. Infrastructure is completely different from this country to others.
MelonBoy
09-13-2010, 10:16 PM
I fail to understand how missing a single bus for the 17 would put you 30 minutes behind; even if you were taking the very first bus at 5:30, the 17 runs every 15 minutes in the way early morning, and then every 10 after. So unless the first one was early, and the second one didn't come, you might end up 30 minutes late.
The night-busses are very nearly empty and run routes that have the highest proportion of drunk/late-night workers running. They didn't exist a decade ago, and I suspect they lose money. In a private transit system, routes that lose money disappear.
Thank you.
Density of Hong Kong: 6460/km^2
Density of Metro Vancouver: 735.6/km^2
For people saying that the density of Vancouver proper is different, or "we shouldn't be using Metro Vancouver", this is the way the transit system is organized. Don't like it? Start talking to the government about organizing local transit.
But if you think transit in Coquitlam is bad now, while it's being subsidized by Vancouver transit users...wait 'til it's on its own.
Got to the stop at 5:45 -> theres suppose to be a bus at 5:48am, 6:02am, 6:17.
Ok say the first bus was early and i missed it?, where did the 6:02 bus go. I got on the bus at 6:15.. I know this because im very keen on getting to work early and dont like to be late. (Transit says I can get to work in an hour, but i ussualy give an hour and a half to travel... My arrive time usually varies from 10minutes to 30minutes early).
Anyways the structural build of the transit is fine with me, the thing the bugs me is how its taking them an additional 3 years to put in turn stalls. When they should have done this years ago. This point would be ok if they would stop complaining about how they dont got enough money, yet they keep giving their employee's some fat raises each year.
Im just ranting though :blushsmile:
Anyways the structural build of the transit is fine with me, the thing the bugs me is how its taking them an additional 3 years to put in turn stalls. When they should have done this years ago. This point would be ok if they would stop complaining about how they dont got enough money, yet they keep giving their employee's some fat raises each year.
LOL ppl complain when there's no turnstiles and ppl complain when they plan to put them in:
The real story of course is that Premier Campbell’s political crony, Ken Dobell, acted as a lobbyist for Cubit Industries who are putting in the turnstiles at SkyTrain stations. In what amounts to massive overkill, a $171 million turnstile system with about $15 million annual operating costs, to deter an approximately $4.38 annual loss due to fare evasion. This is shear lunacy. What many people do not realize, a good portion of fare evasion is ‘soft’ ridership or transit users who probably will not use bus or SkyTrain if they have to pay!
http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/the-fare-evasion-fiasco-why-spend-171-million-to-save-4-38-million-annually/
Graeme S
09-14-2010, 10:15 PM
I feel you brother. I sometimes wait 20 minutes for a 135 only to have two of them chasing after each other.
I used to be able to catch a 160 express but they stopped them from letting people on in Burnaby.
Yet after all this, I still defend translink. Why?
I live on top of Capitol hill. Time once was we had a 137 Capitol Hill bus. It went between Kootenay Loop and Capitol hill. Then there weren't enough people, so it became the 130/137 Metrotown/kootenay loop. Then there weren't enough people, so it became the C2.
In a privatized system, this bus would have been eliminated a decade ago. Instead, Translink looked for alternate methods of keeping it alive, knowing that it was consistently used, if less than other routes.
While the logic of the system is not always logical to us, it does make a great deal of sense. I'm not saying it's perfect--and it's far from perfect in places like Surrey. But at the same time, the way that surrey is spread out and not centralizing into apartment buildings--it's no surprise there's not as heavy a transit presence.
As far as turnstiles go, I'm in favour of them. A great deal of the cost of them is redesigning the stations for the turnstiles so that you can create choke points. For me, the biggest benefit is the intangible of security. With security/transit cops watching for fare evaders, it will slowly lose its reputation as the "crimetrain", with people committing a crime near a station, then hopping on to escape. We'll also avoid all the detritus that floats around the system and shites up the place.
twitchyzero
09-14-2010, 10:33 PM
people exaggerate the times when a bus is late. It's always "30 minutes late" when it's been 15 minutes. I've heard passengers say they've been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes and i can see the bus infront on the top of the hill ahead.
Transit riders have failed to realize a bus schedule is estimated time. If you drive a car, can you leave your house at 8:00am on the dot and get to your destination at exactly 8:45 every morning? NO you can't. sometimes you'll be early and sometimes you'll be late. So why is taking the bus any different?
If you take transit almost everyday you would know what melon_boy have said isn't out of this world. You get unlucky with bus drivers that never come...and you know this cause you're at that bus stop at least 5min before it's estimated time so you know they can't have come earlier. You wait like 25 minutes and 2 buses decide to show up at the same time. :bullshit: Great..10 minutes late for work.
Then you get bus drivers that come pick you up 5 minutes late and you know it's not due to traffic cause the stop before your's is the bus loop. Why not take longer breaks right? Most stops are estimated, but the departure time at bus loop and arrival time at the terminus station are supposed to be on the dot.
I think what pisses me off the most is that I live in the city proper, not suburbs. There should be more buses heading into the largest bus hub in this city (UBC) during non-peak hours (noon..evenings before 10pm.. not 6pm). 30 minute evening service are unacceptable for major routes like 41st and king ed cause not everyone gets on. The structure of our transit is messed up...keep increasing the fees and it seems like bus service in the city proper just keeps getting worse (exception of canada line). It's craptastic enough as it is in the city...i wonder how the folks that lives in the 'burbs have to deal with bus drivers arriving late on a one hour service...but again if you live in the burbs you probably rent/bought your place with a vehicle in consideration.
Kingcong89
09-15-2010, 12:34 AM
I remember when this happend at Scott Road Station. It was so packed, and late and I think it was a Friday, like 4 fights broke out. There were cops there but it seems they couldn't do much.
MelonBoy
09-15-2010, 12:41 AM
LOL ppl complain when there's no turnstiles and ppl complain when they plan to put them in:
http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/the-fare-evasion-fiasco-why-spend-171-million-to-save-4-38-million-annually/
Assuming that $15million was to pay employees to be stationed at each station..
You have to minus the cost of transit police/police.. im sure they spend at least 5mil on them a year no problem.. (Transit police get paid fat money and police officers of course make good dough too)
Anyways I for one am not complaining about adding in the turnstiles, they will make me not feel like shit when I take transit for 1 month and dont even get checked once.. >.>
I actually like not having turnstiles. It's easier than digging into my wallet for my pass each time. Yes, easier than RF smart cards lol.
Either way, as long as everyone understands that $171 million turnstiles are a money loser and not a money maker like a lot of ppl think it is.. At least support it for true reasons - not made up ones - is all I'm trying to get at.
RC0310_EJ
09-15-2010, 05:50 AM
Skytrain is fucked up again... Single lane running both Richmond and Waterfront... Avoid taking skytrain this morning to work!!!!
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Mugen EvOlutioN
09-15-2010, 07:15 AM
^
was fine when i came in around 7
Graeme S
09-15-2010, 07:42 AM
If we're gonna start posting skytrain updates, we should think about distinguishing Canada, Millenium, and Expo lines.
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Edison_Chen
09-15-2010, 05:26 PM
^
was fine when i came in around 7
I arrived at the River Rock stop just @ 655 ish.. and it was packed up there.. Single track for both ways (to RC and Waterfront). Then about a few minutes later, it was back to normal..
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