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All this talk about "crush capacity" makes me wonder if that Japanese train pusher video I keep posting will actually become a reality here.

Like how in my blog entry about the Canada Line, the description for that video was "Canada Line's projected ridership situaton."

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All this talk about "crush capacity" makes me wonder if that Japanese train pusher video I keep posting will actually become a reality here.

Like how in my blog entry about the Canada Line, the description for that video was "Canada Line's projected ridership situaton."

It won't happen here, people in Vancouver are different. They'll stand on the platform waiting for an emptier train, be late for work, and decide to go back to driving the next day.

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All this talk about "crush capacity" makes me wonder if that Japanese train pusher video I keep posting will actually become a reality here.

Like how in my blog entry about the Canada Line, the description for that video was "Canada Line's expected ridership situaton."

lol, never. Not here. People don't know how to pack here....and thankfully they don't as a lot smell quite awful. The Japanese, Koreans, and Hong Kongers/Chinese tend to have a much better hygiene. I recall a First Nations couple boarding the train even though it was packed to the door. They smelled gawd awful, and several people made grimaces and left the train to board the train behind it. That's just one of many "bad smell" occurrences I've had...most others involved homeless people on buses and trains.

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It won't happen here, people in Vancouver are different. They'll stand on the platform waiting for an emptier train, be late for work, and decide to go back to driving the next day.

And then TransLink would go like, "What the eff, foo'? Why are all the little looooooozers driving and not taking our faboooluz trainz? LOLZ, wut?"

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And then TransLink would go like, "What the eff, foo'? Why are all the little looooooozers driving and not taking our faboooluz trainz? LOLZ, wut?"

lol, i can't wait for those all 48 of the new generation Mark II's to go into service.

One thing that seems different with Vancouver is that unlike major cities with major transit infrastructure (Hong Kong, NYC, London), people here don't have common transit courtesy. Don't put your legs on the chair during rush hour, let people get off before boarding, don't talk loudly on your phone, turn down your music, etc.

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been on the new skytrian, it had a lot more space but less seats but looks great. i hope they paint up those canada line trains, they look awful. it might cost a bit more but its far too dull imo. kids could design the front of the canada line trains better than what it is now

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was reading about the Shanghai metro on wiki... it's currently 250km long; by 2010 (ie. NEXT YEAR) it will be 500km long. And 877km by 2020. They're adding 600km of metro lines in the next 11 years... now I realize that Shanghai is a much larger city than Vancouver, but still, it speaks volumes about the different ideologies between here and there. THEY know how to get things done - they recognized a need for more rapid transit and ACTED. In Vancouver, it takes a decade just to put out a report stating that it would probably be a good idea to build a line in an area that obviously needs one, doing nothing more than confirming the opinion that everyone already had (speaking of a line to UBC here). Too much red tape, too many NIMBYs here. We need to start getting things done.

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was reading about the Shanghai metro on wiki... it's currently 250km long; by 2010 (ie. NEXT YEAR) it will be 500km long. And 877km by 2020. They're adding 600km of metro lines in the next 11 years... now I realize that Shanghai is a much larger city than Vancouver, but still, it speaks volumes about the different ideologies between here and there. THEY know how to get things done - they recognized a need for more rapid transit and ACTED. In Vancouver, it takes a decade just to put out a report stating that it would probably be a good idea to build a line in an area that obviously needs one, doing nothing more than confirming the opinion that everyone already had (speaking of a line to UBC here). Too much red tape, too many NIMBYs here. We need to start getting things done.

It's "obvious" to people who take transit. Unfortunately, that often doesn't involve the people in charge of the projects.

It won't be "obvious" to them until they have to take transit to and from work every day.

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lol, never. Not here. People don't know how to pack here....and thankfully they don't as a lot smell quite awful. The Japanese, Koreans, and Hong Kongers/Chinese tend to have a much better hygiene. I recall a First Nations couple boarding the train even though it was packed to the door. They smelled gawd awful, and several people made grimaces and left the train to board the train behind it. That's just one of many "bad smell" occurrences I've had...most others involved homeless people on buses and trains.

Not even the ones you hang out with? :P

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All this talk about "crush capacity" makes me wonder if that Japanese train pusher video I keep posting will actually become a reality here.

Like how in my blog entry about the Canada Line, the description for that video was "Canada Line's projected ridership situaton."

No. For one thing, someone pushing you around is grounds to knock their teeth out in this neck of the woods.

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lol, never. Not here. People don't know how to pack here....and thankfully they don't as a lot smell quite awful. The Japanese, Koreans, and Hong Kongers/Chinese tend to have a much better hygiene. I recall a First Nations couple boarding the train even though it was packed to the door. They smelled gawd awful, and several people made grimaces and left the train to board the train behind it. That's just one of many "bad smell" occurrences I've had...most others involved homeless people on buses and trains.

Hmmm, coming from someone who's called others out for "stereotyping" and accused them of being racist, this post really discredits you.

Back on topic - I'll be glad when this bloody whole ordeal is over....the 3 Road area is an absolute nightmare (especially for pedestrians at the moment). It'll be a happy day when it is all complete.

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