nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 In Hong Kong, the Octopus Card works everywhere... The price is calculated using the distance between the station you checked in at and the one you checked out in. There are plans to do the same here, it's called distance-traveled fare pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I'm quite sure they didn't spend $60-million just to build a station to show-off, and even at that it's not much to show-off for. The Olympic Village won't be done until the fall, so no it won't be occupied until next January when athletes and officials arrive.....and then it won't be occupied by residents until late next year. The station itself is west of the Cambie Street Bridge, about half a km away from the Village. The whole area southeast False Creek area, not just the Olympic Village, will be redeveloped into condos soon after for 15,000 people to live. What you see at the Richmond terminus is it. Then why do they need to rush the construction. Does anyone have a picture of the station? Does all SkyTrain line's end with that ugly thing like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 There are plans to do the same here, it's called distance-traveled fare pricing. Maybe they should have implemented the system in the CanadaLine as a trial for the future region-wide use? There are risks, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Then why do they need to rush the construction. Does anyone have a picture of the station? Does all SkyTrain line's end with that ugly thing like that? Look in the previous page for pictures. Because it's cheaper to build it now. The hole is already dug for the tunnel boring machine portal, might as well fill it in with the station now instead of later rather than filling it with dirt. And it'll be used by the many residents who live on the south side of False Creek and for those getting to Granville Island. It'll be a popular station once the station is used up, and it's built on city-owned land in which the city has plans to redevelop the vacant lot right next to the station into an entertainment complex....I'm going to assume it includes a theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Maybe they should have implemented the system in the CanadaLine as a trial for the future region-wide use? There are risks, though. It doesn't make sense to implement the system with the Canada Line. For one thing, they are still designing the system. Secondly, any implementation would have to be done for the entire region at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Look in the previous page for pictures. Because it's cheaper to build it now. The hole is already dug for the tunnel boring machine portal, might as well fill it in with the station now instead of later rather than filling it with dirt. And it'll be used by the many residents who live on the south side of False Creek and for those getting to Granville Island. It'll be a popular station once the station is used up, and it's built on city-owned land in which the city has plans to redevelop the vacant lot right next to the station into an entertainment complex....I'm going to assume it includes a theatre. So are they planning to renovate it when the initial flow of passengers stop or something? It doesn't make sense to implement the system with the Canada Line. For one thing, they are still designing the system. Secondly, any implementation would have to be done for the entire region at the same time. Oh right. Sorry, I wasn't really thinking. I hope they get this system up and running before they raise the bus ticket price or whatever, though. Will the same system be used across SeaBus, SkyTrain, and Buses, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 So are they planning to renovate it when the initial flow of passengers stop or something? No. There's sufficient accessibility capacity for thousands of people to use it daily. Oh right. Sorry, I wasn't really thinking. I hope they get this system up and running before they raise the bus ticket price or whatever, though. Will the same system be used across SeaBus, SkyTrain, and Buses, too? When smart cards and fare gates are introduced, the existing 3-zone system will be scrapped and replaced with distance-traveled fare pricing like Hong Kong. They are also considering making our smart card compatible with vendors, perhaps like Tim Hortons and Jugo Juice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 No. There's sufficient accessibility capacity for thousands of people to use it daily. When smart cards and fare gates are introduced, the existing 3-zone system will be scrapped and replaced with distance-traveled fare pricing like Hong Kong. They are also considering making our smart card compatible with vendors, perhaps like Tim Hortons and Jugo Juice. Ohh, that's great! So we're trying to implement a Hong Kong type system here. Sounds very interesting, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 ^ i've only mentioned it to you 3 times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) Oh, sorry. I've never read it, somehow. Sorry. EDIT: Either that, or I forgot. Sorry. Edited August 8, 2009 by Vapourstreak™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 figures they'd let Jugo juice set up shop in the stations, who doesn't want a $6 smoothie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapourstreak Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 figures they'd let Jugo juice set up shop in the stations, who doesn't want a $6 smoothie? Those lawyers and people who live downtown or something might want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) I love how it's a 'Hong Kong' type system. It's a world wide system, we're just so slow to catch up to big city mentality. Edited August 8, 2009 by inane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) What should we call our smart card? I've always preferred "Otter". It's cute and cuddly. "Orca" for "One Regional Card For All" was suggested by Translink when it first did studies on smart cards for Vancouver, but Seattle took note of it and used it for their own system. Some other names worldwide: Hong Kong - Octopus London - Oyster Toronto - Presto Montreal - Opus St. John's - M-Card Minneapolis - Go-To Card Philadelphia - Freedom San Diego - Compass Atlanta - Breeze Los Angeles - TAP San Francisco - TransLink Card and EZ-Rider Boston - CharlieCard Washington DC - SmarTrip Oslo - Flexus Melbourne - myki Perth - SmartRider Wellington - Snappercard Edited August 8, 2009 by nitronuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temujin Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 What should we call our smart card? The Monopoly Card As in, they've got the monopoly on public mass transit :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyHermit Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 The anti-"stupid Asian female" card. (Okay, that sounded a lot worse than I thought it would.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 The Monopoly Card As in, they've got the monopoly on public mass transit :D Alice in the Wonderland? Is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 wait, I'm confused. Is the Olympic Village station always going to look like that or do they plan to "finish" it later on in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMayFan Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I could live with the Otter card, we already have a ship named the otter though. My suggestion would be the Grizzly card or the Salmon card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyco-rc Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 The Beaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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