nitronuts Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Let's vote for NDP for the next provincial election! (May 2013) - $10 min. wage. - U-Pass for all colleges - min. 15 min for all the buses in Metro Vancouver. . . . You're insanely delusional. 1) A major hike in the minimum wage stands to hurt the economy rather than benefit it. 2) The U-Pass for all colleges idea is unfeasible, especially in the Vancouver region where transit demand is already huge and the service cannot keep up with demand. 3) You're going to have to buy a hundreds and hundreds and hundreds...and hundreds of buses to accomplish that. While a utopian idea, we'd have to heavily subsidize far too many routes. But there's no doubt though that bus service needs to be improved. Edited October 29, 2009 by nitronuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahzdeen Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Let's vote for NDP for the next provincial election! (May 2013) - $10 min. wage. - U-Pass for all colleges :D - min. 15 min for all the buses in Metro Vancouver. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YVR Canucks Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 just start driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 just start driving start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Let's vote for NDP for the next provincial election! (May 2013) - $10 min. wage. - U-Pass for all colleges - min. 15 min for all the buses in Metro Vancouver. . . . Laughable at best, until we roll out the facepalms. There are some routes that don't have the demand for 30 mins/bus. Yes, while there are areas of Metro Van that are underserved, it doesn't warrant a massive purchase of buses by Translink, particularity since they're sh*t broke right now. A U-pass for all colleges will never come to fruition. Who's paying for it? UBC and SFU's student governments are subsidizing their current upasses, for god's sakes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtzfan Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Laughable at best, until we roll out the facepalms. There are some routes that don't have the demand for 30 mins/bus. Yes, while there are areas of Metro Van that are underserved, it doesn't warrant a massive purchase of buses by Translink, particularity since they're sh*t broke right now. A U-pass for all colleges will never come to fruition. Who's paying for it? UBC and SFU's student governments are subsidizing their current upasses, for god's sakes.... Open the market then! We can't just have one company in BC!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahzdeen Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Open the market then! We can't just have one company in BC!!! If public transit was going to be a truly private company, you would either be paying through the teeth to get service, or not get service at all except for main routes only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 ^ we have two companies. Translink in Metro Vancouver and BC Transit everywhere else. A single system in Metro Vancouver is preferable so that all services tie together and complement each other rather than compete each other as seen in other cities in North America. Cities like Seattle are a testament to that and they aren't doing any better....they're actually far worse off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) If public transit was going to be a truly private company, you would either be paying through the teeth to get service, or not get service at all except for main routes only. For example, the Canada Line. And did you know that 20% of the Canada Line train fleet has be spares? Meaning, at any time only up to 80% of the fleet can be used. Right now, we have 20 trains and the most that is used right now is 16 trains. That's part of the contract, and I really wish they would just rip up the contract right now as the demand warrants for an additional 2 more trains in service (10% spare is good enough, that's Translink's BC Rapid Transit Company's standard). And to reach the ultimate frequency of every 90 secs in Vancouver and 3-minutes in Richmond/YVR, 40 trains will be needed (32 in operation, 8 as spares). Edited October 29, 2009 by nitronuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Well look at who steers the whole ship. The President at the time was Martha "I tripled my salary but still don't spend money on a decent haircut" Piper who wanted to turn all of UBC into a private research facility and a Board of Governers that is mainly made up of real estate developers and bean counters. It is a joke and a half who they let rubber stamp ideas. BoG says they want this, the campus planning department better do it or someone is getting fired. No matter how stupid the idea. Here is another good reason to vote NDP. The Liberal government appoints BoG members. So look who is all there...their business buddies. Anyone here go to UBC-O? Are you happy being Point Grey's dumping grounds? This trend may have been squashed with the new President coming in...but the plan was that only money making faculties and departments would exist at the Point Grey campus. Things like Arts would be shipped off to Kelowna leaving all the money making scientific research at Point Grey as a beacon of greatness. So guess who is appointed to the board just before this is about to happen? Brad Bennett....gee, go figure. Kelowna area realestate big shot and out spoken Liberal supporter. He's not out to just make profit for himself is he? He has the good of the university at heart doesn't he? UBC is incompetant and doesn't do much right regardless of who is in goverment. And of course, being a union supporter, your not in any way looking out for yourself by welcoming in the oh so cuddly to labour NDP are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 For example, the Canada Line. And did you know that 20% of the Canada Line train fleet has be spares? Meaning, at any time only up to 80% of the fleet can be used. Right now, we have 20 trains and the most that is used right now is 16 trains. That's part of the contract, and I really wish they would just rip up the contract right now as the demand warrants for an additional 2 more trains in service (10% spare is good enough, that's Translink's BC Rapid Transit Company's standard). And to reach the ultimate frequency of every 90 secs in Vancouver and 3-minutes in Richmond/YVR, 40 trains will be needed (32 in operation, 8 as spares). Who wanted that in the contract? Again, I don't know if you need to rip it up but something should be negotiable. Oh, and order more trains already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Who wanted that in the contract? Again, I don't know if you need to rip it up but something should be negotiable. Oh, and order more trains already. The same people that denied Bombardier's original (and cheaper) SkyTrain bid, same people that approved the grossly underbuilt capacity and stations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 For example, the Canada Line. And did you know that 20% of the Canada Line train fleet has be spares? Meaning, at any time only up to 80% of the fleet can be used. Right now, we have 20 trains and the most that is used right now is 16 trains. That's part of the contract, and I really wish they would just rip up the contract right now as the demand warrants for an additional 2 more trains in service (10% spare is good enough, that's Translink's BC Rapid Transit Company's standard). And to reach the ultimate frequency of every 90 secs in Vancouver and 3-minutes in Richmond/YVR, 40 trains will be needed (32 in operation, 8 as spares). *drools* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 ^ we have two companies. Translink in Metro Vancouver and BC Transit everywhere else. Isn't BC Transit just a funding partner? I thought all transit systems within it had their own operating companies and governance boards (eg. Victoria RTS, ValleyMax, WAVE, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Isn't BC Transit just a funding partner? I thought all transit systems within it had their own operating companies and governance boards (eg. Victoria RTS, ValleyMax, WAVE, etc.). BC Transit is a crown company and unlike Translink, it does not have subsidiary companies. Translink, however, owns a bunch of subsidiary companies that carries out its services: - SkyTrain Expo and Millennium is operated by BC Rapid Transit Company - buses and SeaBus are operated by the Coast Mountain Bus Company - West Coast Express runs West Coast Express - an American company runs HandyDart - and of course, the SkyTrain Canada Line has been contracted to SNC-Lavalin to run for a 30-year term BTW, did anyone catch Bono mentioning "SkyTrain, Expo Line, Millennium Line, and Canada Line" at last night's concert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 BC Transit is a crown company and unlike Translink, it does not have subsidiary companies. http://www.bctransit.com/regions/cfv/ The transit systems are operated by Farwest Transit Services Inc. BTW, did anyone catch Bono mentioning "SkyTrain, Expo Line, Millennium Line, and Canada Line" at last night's concert? Huh? Care to elaborate on the full context? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I've said this before, but who's idea was it to put motion-sensor-activated doors on the new B-lines????!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 SNC-Lavalin has won a contract to build Calgary's West C-Train LRT 8-km extension in a design competition: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGillis58 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I just got back from Hong Kong a week ago. I like to share my experience in riding the MTR. The stations are clean and turnstiles prevent homeless people from riding the trains. I actually feel safer on a MTR than a skytrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 The same people that denied Bombardier's original (and cheaper) SkyTrain bid, same people that approved the grossly underbuilt capacity and stations.... Well, so long as it's the owner and not the operator, why doesn't the owner talk to them about it and relax it's own requirements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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