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    The Official Transit Thread

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    Canada Line offers fare break from August opening until 2010

    By David Carrigg, The Province July 31, 2009

    TransLink revealed Friday that passengers taking the Canada Line between downtown Vancouver and the Vancouver International Airport will get a reduced fare during the first four months of operation.

    Spokesman Drew Snider said those passengers will be able to use their regular TransLink passes to use the service - which will commence in late August.

    "TransLink and ProTrans (the concessionaire operating the Canada Line) have agreed to defer implementation of the Canada Line-YVR Add Fare until 2010," Snider said.

    "Customers will have the opportunity to ride this impressive stretch of elevated track, with views of the mountains to the north and the Gulf Islands to the west, for the price of a regular ticket."

    TransLink had previously stated it would offer free rides on day one and after that it would cost $6.25 to take the Canada Line -A $2.50 premium on top of the two-zone, $3.75 trip between Richmond and Vancouver.

    The premium will be now implemented on Jan. 1, 2010.

    The $2-billion Canada Line is B.C's largest transportation project. The exact opening date has not been revealed.

    i think the RFP for the rfid cards/infrastructure is next year with the implementation presumably in the years following.

    aside: rfid is scary! cheap to manufacture, small in size - it's already quietly and slowly permeating evrything from manufacturing, to healthcare to our credit cards.

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