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  1. The issue is that it appears Miller's character is a big issue, and for many higher end careers, one's character can determine if you can join that profession. It's clear from various parties that have had a chance to meet Miller and question him in depth that his character flaws preclude him from having a professional hockey career.
  2. I wonder what sort of information UND had at the time they made their original decision. If all they had to make a decision was based off of what Miller told them, plus maybe some people from his junior league that had good impressions on him, I can see how the original decision came about. But if they knew everything from the start, that is a bigger issue.
  3. For now. That might change in the future. I suspect the pressure will now build on the University of North Dakota because they've been fairly silent on the issue. I can't see the University of North Dakota wanting to be associated with all of this, and may elect to rescind his scholarship or boot him off the team. I can't imagine his future teammates looking too kindly to this behaviour, and he might be a total cancer in the locker room, no matter what his skill level is. UND apparently likes to emphasize character and this kid's behaviour doesn't scream good character. Imagine what they are potentially hearing from former alumni that have gone through their hockey program, and from donors and sponsors right now.
  4. Nope, unless Translink buys a set of centre cars and splice them into the trains. Beijing's Airport Express uses the Mark II trains in 4 car configuration with 2 end cars and 2 centre cars all articulated.
  5. They did some interior reno's to it, and it looks ok. I prefer the one on Kingsway near Burnaby, as they done some serious reno's in there, and it looks excellent on the inside.
  6. Because it's against Canadian federal transport regulations.
  7. And it is cheaper than taking the taxi, and faster than the bus. Win-win situation.
  8. Actually, having a additional surcharge for rapid transit to the airport is not unusual. For example, in San Francisco, the BART has an $4 airport surcharge if you want to get to San Francisco International Airport. New Jersey Transit has an airport access fee to get to Newark International Airport.
  9. Transit related, but not Vancouver. Banff has gone to an all hybrid bus fleet (mind you, its only 4 buses), but Manhattan is starting to follow suit: From CTV.ca:
  10. Got mine at the North Vancouver Future Shop at Park Royal at around 4:30pm... walked in, asked a clerk, walked out within 5 minutes.
  11. Nope, ours look like this: They are the Bombardier Flexity Outlook; the two are being borrowed from Belgium's Metro for the duration of the Olympics. They are also the trams selected by Toronto to replace their fleet of streetcars as well.
  12. Way to selectively read. The issue was unexpected. The engineers did not expect the clearance for the new SeaBus to be minimal.
  13. I believe the U-Pass does have a photo on them... the problem is enforcement; the drivers need to do a better job looking at the photo's to see if they match the person using them, and perhaps we should require that student ID also be presented when using the U-Pass. On the primary U-Pass routes (99 B-Line, 41st Avenue, etc), put transit officers on random buses to look at people's U-Passes.
  14. We could create a whole new system under the arm of Translink, and use diesel multiple units, like the Bombardier Talent DMU's in a double-car set, such as the ones used by Norwegian State Railways. Under their configuration, the trains can seat 76 people in a very comfortable setting. If demand warrants it, increase it to the 3 car or 4 car set, or couple two train sets together. Another option is the Autorail à grande capacité operated by the French SNCF; its another Bombardier product. It's a higher capacity modular train, and can handle roughly 200 passengers in the 3 car setup.
  15. We have the Whistler Mountaineer; it's a train that starts in North Van and stops in Whistler. Only runs from May to October, and they do only 1 trip per day up and 1 trip per day back down. Costs like $199 for an adult for a round trip though... Perhaps what we need is an expansion of this service, and for it to be brought under the umbrella of the West Coast Express; one train that leaves Whistler going to Vancouver and another from Vancouver going up at 7:00am in the morning, followed by another at 8:00am. For the return trip, first train to leave Whistler for Vancouver and Vancouver back to Whistler will depart at 5:30pm, and the second one will leave at 6:30pm. From this schedule, I say we would need 5 trains (2 for each direction plus a spare). The rail line would need upgrading so that it is double tracked to handle two trains heading in opposite directions, and perhaps to increase the speed for the trains. For the route that the Whistler Mountaineer is using, it is 118 km, and they travel at around 50km, which is apparantly slower than what the line can handle (slower because its a tourist and sightseeing train). As such, the train takes around 3 hours to go in each direction. A simple commuter train that doesn't need to stay slow for sightseeing should be able to cut that travel time down to a hour and a half (based upon how long it takes to drive up and back). We can also cut how much it would cost down significantly, as the Whistler Mountaineer is a full service train service, complete with food and drink; we can just have a buy on board where a selection of light food can be sold.
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