Transit
Detailed Discussion
There are many ways Vancouver could take action immediately to improve transit service, some quite cheap to overcome the over crowding and inconvenience of taking a bus. We are all busy people and we need to get places fast. Bus service has suffered under the NPA and there are ways it can be improved. I look to build a transit system where traveling is not a hassle and can get you almost anywhere without a car within the city limits. This is the way it is in most of the major European and Asian cities.
Create dedicated bus lanes along more routes along high traffic routes like the ones that help move the 98 B-line along Granville of the 99 B-line to UBC on Broadway -- especially during peak periods.
No fare increases and expand the “U Pass” beyond university students to all workers to get people out of their cars. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had one? I think so!
Keep transit money public.“Smart Cards” and turnstiles are coming for Skytrain, but they are in the hands of the private sector. Let’s keep the smartcards and fare collection in public control so that all of the money collected can be put right back into transit services without any percentage being skimmed off by a private company as profit taking.
Buy the buses if Translink won’t.
No fare increases and expand the “U Pass” beyond university students to all workers to get people out of their cars. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had one? I think so!
Keep transit money public.“Smart Cards” and turnstiles are coming for Skytrain, but they are in the hands of the private sector. Let’s keep the smartcards and fare collection in public control so that all of the money collected can be put right back into transit services without any percentage being skimmed off by a private company as profit taking.
Buy the buses if Translink won’t.
Revisit the hour’s transit operates. One of the most common requests I have heard on transit is to change the hours Skytrain and bus service runs to help those that work and early morning shifts. Many new immigrants, many who rely exclusively on public transit, say that they have to turn down good paying jobs simply because they have no way to get to the job early in the morning or late at night. 