[jeedee]

Just a heads up, transit is free of charge after 5pm on New Years Eve.

Posted from TransLink's Holiday Service page (http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Holiday-Service.aspx):

Friday, December 31 (New Year's Eve)
Transit Service is free of charge as of 5 p.m.

* Buses will be running usual weekday schedules with additional buses put into service throughout the system to accommodate the anticipated larger passenger loads.
* Final NightBus departures from downtown remain the same.
* SkyTrain will run usual weekday schedules but will extend service by approximately one hour on all lines. The last trains will leave Waterfront Station for King George at 2:16 a.m., King George for Waterfront at 1:38 a.m., Waterfront for YVR-Airport at 2:05 a.m. and Brighouse at 2:15 a.m.
* SeaBus will operate usual weekday schedules but will extend service by one hour with the last sailing from Lonsdale Quay at 2:06 a.m. and Waterfront at 2:16 a.m.
* West Coast Express will run the same afternoon schedule as December 24 (see above).

Have a safe and happy new year :thumbsup:

[The_AK]

UPASS mo fuckaz

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[twitchyzero]

buses needs to run later just for one night..

[Ch28]

even the skytrain isn't running late enough

[drunkrussian]

^+1 to comments above. the "extended" hours are a joke. id rather pay the $3.50 and not have to leave at 2
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[GLOW]

jan 2 someone's gonna post raging about getting a fine for having no transit ticket

:troll:

[Jayhall]

Im going to my buddys downtown, good to know!

[Obsideon]

New Years Eve and they only extend the Skytrain by ONE FREAKIN' HOUR?!?! ... most if not all clubs will be closing at 2am, some even 3am (Ebisu will be open until 4am) so they expect everyone to leave early from NYE celebrations? :2finger:

[Rogue951]

and no you don't get a refund if you get into habit and throw change into the farebox.

Cause you know someone out there is going to do it.

[Tim Budong]

what sucks is if your in DT, Operation Red Nose does not offer services within Vancouver and Burnaby, sucks balls cuz its free. and theres this other service that will not operate on NYE..so tough luck argh

[Ch28]

what sucks is if your in DT, Operation Red Nose does not offer services within Vancouver and Burnaby, sucks balls cuz its free. and theres this other service that will not operate on NYE..so tough luck argh

good thing I got free secured parking and a hotel to crash at lol

[FerrariEnzo]

wow... 5pm... thats crap.. i remember when i took the bus when i was younger it was free at 12am on new years day right til 12midnight

[Death2Theft]

Whats the point of "free transit"? So people can afford to spend money on one extra drink? People that normally can't afford transit fares can now afford to go drink? How is this really helping aside from staying open later?

[dachinesedude]

Translink keeps saying they're losing money, why don't they scrap the free transit thing and extend transit hours to like 4am? Its not free but i bet tons of people will still be using transit at that time, given all them road blocks and shit

[TouringTeg]

Not too bad free Victoria transit starts at 6pm.

I highly doubt there is enough volume on NYE to justify bus service between 2 and 4am.

[BlackZRoadster]

you guys know taxi's run on NY's too? i know there is long wait for taxi's but so will the lineup be for public transit. If they have money to shell out for booze and food, they shouldnt complain about paying for taxi, it was only $3x.xx from yaletown to richmond.

ebisu open till 4am? what time does liquor stop?

[Vale46Rossi]

Pfft, like anyone will be leaving Solid NYE before 3

[drunkrussian]

you guys know taxi's run on NY's too? i know there is long wait for taxi's but so will the lineup be for public transit. If they have money to shell out for booze and food, they shouldnt complain about paying for taxi, it was only $3x.xx from yaletown to richmond.

ebisu open till 4am? what time does liquor stop?

no complaints about taxi; i usually take a taxi anyway. It's more - wtf is the point of extending transit by 1 hour? or making it free? go look at when transit stops on new years in a real city.

[BlackZRoadster]

^in all honesty, i wouldnt want to take public transit when 80% of the ppl are drunk, especially if you are with your gf/ wife,

i can imagine the fights that would occur b/c of the wrong look, accidental bump, etc etc.

[TRDood]

wow... 5pm... thats crap.. i remember when i took the bus when i was younger it was free at 12am on new years day right til 12midnight

If I read it correctly, the free fare starts Dec 31, 2010 1700 all the way until Jan 1, 2011 2359.

[jmvdesign]

Good luck to everyone in downtown trying to flag a cab tonight after the NYE parties. The temp will be at -4 so bundle up.

[yellowpower]

I love skytrain, skytrain be my bestfriend.

[FerrariEnzo]

If I read it correctly, the free fare starts Dec 31, 2010 1700 all the way until Jan 1, 2011 2359.

hmm... now that i re-read it.... my mistake

[TRDood]

hmm... now that i re-read it.... my mistake

lol failed me cuz i failed you?

[GLOW]

jan 2 someone's gonna post raging about getting a fine for having no transit ticket

:troll:

lol i was wondering who failed me

http://www.revscene.net/forums/cops-f-king-t607169.html?t=607169

awaiting another fail
:troll:

[Alby]

Whats the point of "free transit"? So people can afford to spend money on one extra drink? People that normally can't afford transit fares can now afford to go drink? How is this really helping aside from staying open later?

to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way.

[BinsentoW]

to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way.

When people go out drinking, they don't decide against taking transit because of the cost. They will take it because its a fairly convenient way to get home (when driving is not an option ie. when drunk). Saving $7 round trip won't give THAT much incentive for people to take transit. Extending the hours for a bit after clubbing hours WILL make more people consider taking it though.

BTW, Im not saying drinking and driving is right.

[jeedee]

I love skytrain, skytrain be my bestfriend.

Don't forget to pay for your ticket, yellowpower:

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showpost.php?p=6834963&postcount=1

:troll: :troll: :troll: :troll:

[Death2Theft]

So people would rather drive if they had to pay for transit? :haha: They deserve to crash and die.
to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way.

[geeknerd]

If I read it correctly, the free fare starts Dec 31, 2010 1700 all the way until Jan 1, 2011 2359.
I'm going to fail u when I get home!
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[flagella]

lol, lots of police on barnet highway last night.

[Mr.HappySilp]

When people go out drinking, they don't decide against taking transit because of the cost. They will take it because its a fairly convenient way to get home (when driving is not an option ie. when drunk). Saving $7 round trip won't give THAT much incentive for people to take transit. Extending the hours for a bit after clubbing hours WILL make more people consider taking it though.

BTW, Im not saying drinking and driving is right.

lol they extand the skytrain service to what? 2am that's hardly enough lol. They should let it run all night.

Transit here is shitty. On weekends and Holidays Skytrain servcie ends around O_o yea like that's really helpful not to mention buses stop working after 12lish.

[BlacknJean]

the skytrains were reeked with puke last night lol

[rslater]

I wanted to say thanks to Operation Red Nose for driving my car home from Richmond to South Surrey. Just a fantastic program they have.

[danned]

just make it overnight

[InvisibleSoul]

So I was at the Renaissance last night... and we stayed till past 2am, so too late to catch the Skytrain... but fortunately I had done my homework in advance, and knew that there was an N19 bus that runs all night. We had to walk to Howe and Dunsmuir, about five blocks away. Luckily pretty much all of my group of ten lived right along Kingsway, between Fraser Street all the way to Royal Oak. We caught the bus at 3am, and by the time we left downtown, the bus was PACKED... like rush hour packed... full all the way up to the driver. Never been on such a rowdy bus before either... whole bus would be singing bus songs and cracking jokes. Unfortunately for a few of my friends, someone sitting right behind the driver puked just before Boundary, and the bus driver kicked everyone off the bus... LoL... so they ended up having to grab a cab afterwards. :haha: