cj_coolcat Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 ^ People in car at 1:20 = smushed like pancakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 this is a must-see: "> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanuck14 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 It looks like some of those crashes are intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story...?storyID=847190 School District in the US thinking about changing their policy. The policy? Kids are not allowed to walk or bike to school. You HAVE to be driven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story...?storyID=847190 School District in the US thinking about changing their policy. The policy? Kids are not allowed to walk or bike to school. You HAVE to be driven. Wow, that's ridiculous. I plan when I have children if everyone is so bloody worried about their safety (as opposed to them being fat) to just walk them to school myself. And the traffic jams at shools are so bloody annoying I would just as soon make no stopping zones around them to go with the 30km/h speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_time_hockey Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Wow, that's ridiculous. I plan when I have children if everyone is so bloody worried about their safety (as opposed to them being fat) to just walk them to school myself. And the traffic jams at shools are so bloody annoying I would just as soon make no stopping zones around them to go with the 30km/h speed limit. They have the no stopping zones. I live on the back side of Richmond Secondary and there are no stopping signs but if you drive past there around 8:25-8:45 it can take me up to 10mins to get off my block. Richmond By-law officers are out more this year so it is getting better. What gets me even more upset is the number of Asian grandparents taking their grandchildren to the elementary school on the other block who force their grandkids to jay walk. What kind of bloody example is that to set? Walk the half block to the corner and cross with the walk lights. I wrote the RCMP, City and the Principal of the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 They have the no stopping zones. I live on the back side of Richmond Secondary and there are no stopping signs but if you drive past there around 8:25-8:45 it can take me up to 10mins to get off my block. Richmond By-law officers are out more this year so it is getting better. What gets me even more upset is the number of Asian grandparents taking their grandchildren to the elementary school on the other block who force their grandkids to jay walk. What kind of bloody example is that to set? Walk the half block to the corner and cross with the walk lights. I wrote the RCMP, City and the Principal of the school. I sure hope you specified that's it's Asian grandparents taking their grandchildren and not just adults taking children. Cause that's an important fact... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_time_hockey Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I sure hope you specified that's it's Asian grandparents taking their grandchildren and not just adults taking children. Cause that's an important fact... It's Richmond. Why are you so shocked? But my point is even if the school communicates to the parents and children are the grandparents getting the message? When I go and pickup my daughter sometimes from pre-school the teacher will come out and want to speak to a childs guardian and are met with a blank stare. It is quite obvious that there is a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 They have the no stopping zones. I live on the back side of Richmond Secondary and there are no stopping signs but if you drive past there around 8:25-8:45 it can take me up to 10mins to get off my block. Richmond By-law officers are out more this year so it is getting better. What gets me even more upset is the number of Asian grandparents taking their grandchildren to the elementary school on the other block who force their grandkids to jay walk. What kind of bloody example is that to set? Walk the half block to the corner and cross with the walk lights. I wrote the RCMP, City and the Principal of the school. I remember when living near a school used to be a selling point for a property. Why something can't be worked out to get children to walk to school is beyond me. (Ooops, forgot the awesome combination of laziness and paranoia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I remember when living near a school used to be a selling point for a property. Why something can't be worked out to get children to walk to school is beyond me. (Ooops, forgot the awesome combination of laziness and paranoia). That seems to be more true in bigger cities were people trust absolutely nobody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 EVERGREEN LINE http://www.evergreenline.gov.bc.ca/documen...uide_final3.pdf Up North Road the guideway is in the median - this eliminates the possibility of a Cameron Station (unless it is at a very very high elevation (like at Brentwood) to allow a mezzanine below). Burquitlam station is at the side of the road which, like the Richmond Canada Line Stations, allows for a lower guideway elevation and smaller station massing. However, I would have preferred to see a portal station in trench at this location. Passes under Barnet Highway hidden from view. Allows for Murray Clark Connector to cross above the tracks: Elevated to cross to the north side of the CP tracks west of Ioco Station: As mentioned by others before, Coquitlam Central Station will allow a future extension to Port Coquitlam: Heading up the west side of Pinetree Way - no "bents" (post and lintel supports) shown, so the guideway may look decent. I can imagine a future Lincoln Station in the foreground of this shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtzfan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 nitronuts, when will the Evergreen line be completed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 nitronuts, when will the Evergreen line be completed? i might strangle you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahzdeen Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 i might strangle you. hahahaha.... Thanks for the update Nitro. I don't think a Lincoln street station would work, it's too close to Coquitlam Centre station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahzdeen Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 i would also like to point out that I love the fact that it will be going to CC then Douglas, not the otherway around like the B-line currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Coquitlam Central Station will be located at the Coquitlam transit exchange site. The Coquitlam transit exchange site is a key regional transportation hub integrating West Coast Express service, local and regional bus connections, passenger pickup and drop-off, and parking. Coquitlam Central Station will also be designed to accommodate a potential future extension of the Evergreen Line to Port Coquitlam. Edited October 5, 2009 by nitronuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 i might strangle you. Sir,Just answer the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 If they are looking to save money they should just chop it off at coquitlam centre and just take the bus to Douglas College (or walk, it's 1.5k, hardly the boston marathon). In addition to saving money it would also point the trains in the right direction for potential long term extensions to Poco, Pitt Meadows, and Maple Ridge over the bridge that opened today and as far as I know was constructed to be able to accomidate transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sir,Just answer the question. Sir, just Google your question. If they are looking to save money they should just chop it off at coquitlam centre and just take the bus to Douglas College (or walk, it's 1.5k, hardly the boston marathon). In addition to saving money it would also point the trains in the right direction for potential long term extensions to Poco, Pitt Meadows, and Maple Ridge over the bridge that opened today and as far as I know was constructed to be able to accomidate transit. A lot of growth is going to happen in Coquitlam Centre in the future, it deserves two stations...it's not just for Douglas College, albeit there will be quite a bit of ridership from the college. Coquitlam Station to Douglas College is roughly 1-km, which is the average spacing of most stations for our SkyTrain lines. If there's an extension in the future to Port Coquitlam/Pitt Meadows, we can simply alternate trains at Coquitlam Centre like how we do now at Columbia and Bridgeport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_time_hockey Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I really can't wait till UBC gets their skytrain extension. I just wonder what kind of fight the NIMBY's will actually put up. They bark loud, just wonder what they are prepared to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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