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Speaking of Skytrain maybe they should send a hose crew to Braid and give it a serious clean around the outside.

I was there yesterday in the daytime and the smell was so terrible from people pissing that it made me almost throw up.

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I was digging through some files on my old laptop and found the cool AutoCAD bus drawings I did back in 2005 or 2006. Unfortunately, I don't remember how to do them nowadays, but here they are:

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Yeah, I had no life back then. Nor do I have one now.

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^ Why did we have to have so many livery changes in such a short time frame?

I can think of some reasons...

1. The newly-formed TransLink wanted to distance/differentiate itself from the provincial BC Transit system...

2. For the yellow Orions, they wanted to promote the long-distance routes to gain ridership on the South of Fraser to Vancouver routes...

3. They wanted the B-Lines to be promoted through the livery, so people would want to take such a line.

The white buses were there before the official switchovers, when the new colors hadn't been decided on yet.

However, their new black-yellow-blue "Darth TransLink" livery baffles me. I thought that was a bit unnecessary.

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Because translink can't figure it out.

Next livery: blue and green, dominated by a silver background found currently on the Novas and some of the Orions. I'd bet my left nut on it.

Stay away from blue and green. That would be too close to BC Transit's new colours.

They should have kept their red and blue. I hope Victoria at least goes back to those colours, since it is reflective of that city's British character.

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Stay away from blue and green. That would be too close to BC Transit's new colours.

They should have kept their red and blue. I hope Victoria at least goes back to those colours, since it is reflective of that city's British character.

that's true. but then what about the new color scheme on the RAV line trains? Will we see them getting repainted sometime in the future (say, after the Olympics?) :P

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Stay away from blue and green. That would be too close to BC Transit's new colours.

They should have kept their red and blue. I hope Victoria at least goes back to those colours, since it is reflective of that city's British character.

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Try to peel your eyes away from the ad.

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I was on one of the new Mark II cars on my way home from work. A distinct lack of, and a different style of seats are the 2 things that I first noticed.

It was a lot smoother and seemingly quieter than the old POS brick-like trains, especially coming through the maintenance facility interchange between Edmonds and 22nd St. That new map is interesting, however, for a regular transit user like myself, somewhat unnecessary.

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I was on one of the new Mark II cars on my way home from work. A distinct lack of, and a different style of seats are the 2 things that I first noticed.

It was a lot smoother and seemingly quieter than the old POS brick-like trains, especially coming through the maintenance facility interchange between Edmonds and 22nd St. That new map is interesting, however, for a regular transit user like myself, somewhat unnecessary.

The reduced seating is a good thing, allows more people onto a train and improves flow/movement within the train so that space is used up as efficiently as possible. And with more standing capacity, it also meant they put in a lot more bars to hold onto. Frankly, Vancouverites are quite spoiled with thinking they deserve a seat on transit.

The trains are quieter and have a quicker acceleration. The new electronic maps we have are common on trains around the world, and helps tourists and new transit users to get around. Frankly, it's about time....Translink's wayfinding is abysmal.

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TransLink: Funding shortfall could scrap Evergreen Line

TransLink needs extra $450 million per year to afford new line

Jim Goddard BURNABY (NEWS1130) | Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 2:52 pm

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - A massive funding shortfall looming for TransLink may push the Evergreen Line to the back burner again, as TransLink warns that unless it can find an extra $450 million a year, the long promised Tri-Cities transit line will remain just a promise.

TransLink says it needs more money to build it, and run it after it's built. TransLink's Ken Hardie says even if the transit authority exhausts all of its current funding sources (property taxes, gas taxes, fares and even a vehicle levy), it will still be hundreds of millions short of what is needed.

Hardie says without a new source of $450 million a year to expand, TransLink will concentrate instead on keeping existing transit rolling and on current problem areas. "We have people standing by the road right now watching full buses go by and we really need to look after them before we go out and spend large amounts of money on new infrastructure."

Hardie says the TransLink board is currently crunching numbers so it can make recommendations to area mayors on how the funding shortfall might be addressed. The mayors will have until the end of October to decide whether to approve a plan with supplemental funding, or stick with a 10-year base plan that reflects current revenue with no new funding sources.

The no new money plan would eventually trim transit service by 40 per cent.

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Here's my idea for the Tri-Cities, i'm sure it's flawed in some way but here it goes.

When the WCE contract with C.P. comes up for re-negotiation (2011?) get the rights to run trains all day in both directions. During off-peak hours have trains running once an hour from Port Coquitlam to Waterfront and back. Re-organize the local busses to meet at the stations about 10 minutes before each train, as well re-schedule the 97 B-Line to connect with the busses that come in way before the trains. Then people going downtown could take the WCE or people going elsewere can take the 97 B-Line to the SkyTrain. My theory is that most people going downtown from Pitt Meadows and beyond are doing so during peak-hours. You could also run the train bus from Mission to PoCo during off peak hours.

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TransLink: Funding shortfall could scrap Evergreen Line

TransLink needs extra $450 million per year to afford new line

Jim Goddard BURNABY (NEWS1130) | Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 2:52 pm

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - A massive funding shortfall looming for TransLink may push the Evergreen Line to the back burner again, as TransLink warns that unless it can find an extra $450 million a year, the long promised Tri-Cities transit line will remain just a promise.

TransLink says it needs more money to build it, and run it after it's built. TransLink's Ken Hardie says even if the transit authority exhausts all of its current funding sources (property taxes, gas taxes, fares and even a vehicle levy), it will still be hundreds of millions short of what is needed.

Hardie says without a new source of $450 million a year to expand, TransLink will concentrate instead on keeping existing transit rolling and on current problem areas. "We have people standing by the road right now watching full buses go by and we really need to look after them before we go out and spend large amounts of money on new infrastructure."

Hardie says the TransLink board is currently crunching numbers so it can make recommendations to area mayors on how the funding shortfall might be addressed. The mayors will have until the end of October to decide whether to approve a plan with supplemental funding, or stick with a 10-year base plan that reflects current revenue with no new funding sources.

The no new money plan would eventually trim transit service by 40 per cent.

Wow, I'm sure glad we got these expensive *experts* to run Translink. They're doing a bang up job!

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