BuckyHermit Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Apparently, one set of doors broke already. The train stopped yesterday for several minutes while they tried to close them. Like so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) you have an unhealthy obsession with that video. Edited August 18, 2009 by trek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyHermit Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 you have an unhealthy obsession with that video. It might just be temporary... I'm hoping to get my own version of that one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 It is a good video though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanuck14 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 LOL, on CTV Toronto last night: "Why is Vancouver getting this before us? Aren't we the biggest city? Doesn't everyone come here? Like really, who the hell goes to Vancouver?" Wah, we live in the center of the universe, wah, we should get everything! Shut up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonRodin Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 wow never noticed how many ways of transportation there was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violator Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 LOL, on CTV Toronto last night: "Why is Vancouver getting this before us? Aren't we the biggest city? Doesn't everyone come here? Like really, who the hell goes to Vancouver?" Who the hell goes to Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH (DAY 2) - CANADA LINE RIDERSHIP STATISTICS - 4:30 am to 9:30 am: 9,000 riders - as of 2 pm: 33,000 riders - expected by evening rush hour: 50,000 riders It looks like the line will have at least 60,000 riders by the time it shuts down at 1 am later tonight. Day Two brings lighter traffic — and parking issues — to Canada Line By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun August 18, 2009 3:32 PM METRO VANCOUVER - Some Canada Line commuters in Richmond are finding there’s no such thing as a free park. At least two vehicles were towed from the Richmond Centre parking lot Tuesday afternoon after security staff saw their drivers exiting the lot and heading to the Richmond-Brighouse station, mall spokeswoman Leslie Matheson said. Another three vehicles were seen coming into the parking lot and turning around after noticing the tow truck, she said. On opening day Monday, when more than 85,000 people lined up for hours for a free ride on the train, some 30 warning tickets were also handed out. “Our parking lot is for the exclusive use of our customers while they’re shopping,” she said. Shopping centres in both Vancouver and Richmond say they will bolster security to ensure Canada Line customers aren’t using their lots for daily parking. Canada Line officials have said there is no need — or room — for park-and-ride lots as the stations connect with transit and are mostly in high-density urban areas. As a result there is only one park-and-ride facility, at Bridgeport Station, along the 19-kilometre line stretching from Vancouver to Richmond and the airport. That lot is owned and operated by the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, which owns the adjacent River Rock Casino Resort. Parking spaces will be reserved for 1,200 vehicles during the day and 600 vehicles at night at a cost of $2. Meanwhile, passengers were still flocking to the Canada Line Tuesday albeit at a slower than pace than on opening day when they didn’t have to pay the $3.75 single trip fare. InTransitBC spokesman Steve Crombie said about 9,000 people had boarded the train by 9:30 this morning and the numbers grew to 33,000 just after 2 p.m. More than 50,000 boardings are expected to be recorded by the evening rush hour. Crombie said light-beam technology is used to automatically count the number of people coming into the fare-paid zone. TransLink plans to institute fare-gates or turnstiles, along with smart cards, at the Canada Line stations, but not until 2012. A “request for qualifications” — to see who is qualified to do the project — is expected this fall. The $100-million project, which would be funded by the provincial and federal governments. Crombie said the two busiest stations Tuesday were Waterfront and the airport, suggesting people were still checking out the new Vancouver-Richmond line. Some passengers, however, were having trouble paying for their fares because of new technology in the ticket-vending machines. TransLink spokesman Drew Snider said the machines accept debit and credit card transactions, but the upgraded technology requires the credit or debit card to be left in the slot longer than on SkyTrain ticket machines. Passengers must wait until three yellow lights have lit up on the TVM debit slot before taking the card out, he said. Ridership on the Canada Line isn’t expected to increase until Sept. 7 when the transportation authority will cancel some buses or stop them at Bridgeport or Brighouse stations to funnel more people onto the Canada Line. At that time, the 98 B-Line between Vancouver and Richmond will be cancelled. Long-haul buses from White Rock and Delta will be rerouted to Bridgeport Station rather than going into Vancouver, while local Richmond buses will be stopped at Richmond-Brighouse. ksinoski@vancouversun.com © Copyright © The Vancouver Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Hopefully, commuters are starting to get used to this, so there's no mass chaos later on. Can I hope for that, or am i sadly mistaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_coolcat Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm sure this is in the thread somewhere, but I don't feel like sifting through 235 pages and the translink website is being very unhelpful. I'm just curious how the airport add fare is going to work when it's implemented. Are they basically making the airport at 4th zone? How is that going to work with bus passes? Say someone has to commute regularly from Vancouver to the airport, would they then have to buy a 3 zone bus pass? Or are bus passes going to be exempt from the add fare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirejoe Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm sure this is in the thread somewhere, but I don't feel like sifting through 235 pages and the translink website is being very unhelpful. I'm just curious how the airport add fare is going to work when it's implemented. Are they basically making the airport at 4th zone? How is that going to work with bus passes? Say someone has to commute regularly from Vancouver to the airport, would they then have to buy a 3 zone bus pass? Or are bus passes going to be exempt from the add fare? I thought they were getting rid of zones and making everything based on distance traveled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm sure this is in the thread somewhere, but I don't feel like sifting through 235 pages and the translink website is being very unhelpful. I'm just curious how the airport add fare is going to work when it's implemented. Are they basically making the airport at 4th zone? How is that going to work with bus passes? Say someone has to commute regularly from Vancouver to the airport, would they then have to buy a 3 zone bus pass? Or are bus passes going to be exempt from the add fare? They'll just tack on an extra levy. It'll be similar to paying for the WCE. You buy a ticket on the WCE, you can use that ticket to go for all 3 zones. If someone has to commute regularly from Vancouver to YVR, they'll probably have an airport employee pass, which I believe helps subsidizes for part of the levy. It won't be a 4th zone, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hordichuk Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Took about 10 minutes off my trip from the airport/home. Perhaps they can take those old 424 busses and put them on the 25 route. Still absolutely zero service on King Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtzfan Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 nitronuts, how come there is air condition inside the train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 nitronuts, how come there is air condition inside the train? The SkyTrain cars have air conditioning as well, which is why you shouldn't be opening windows on both the existing lines and the new line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtzfan Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 The SkyTrain cars have air conditioning as well, which is why you shouldn't be opening windows on both the existing lines and the new line. ops I typed too fast. It should be , how come there is no air condition inside the train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtzfan Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I felt so hot when I was taking the Canada line>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 ^ there IS air conditioning inside the trains of both systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcanux Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I felt so hot when I was taking the Canada line>< Might just be it wasnt on very high. Went on Canada line again today, the train stopped at Brighouse for 9 mins. Pretty low number of trains running then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 It might just be temporary... I'm hoping to get my own version of that one day. I like the little Korean on your sig. But wouldn't it be 벅키? Just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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