r/Translink

Is it a complete lack of understanding?

People who are used to heavily subsidized roads will always ask how we're going to afford it, but the question right now is how can we afford not to? Building transit makes us way more resilient to changes in oil prices, it makes life more affordable, it makes our city better, it makes the environment better. Preaching to the choir, I know, but maybe worth repeating!

Beyond more buses and SkyTrain (and the SFU gondola already!), I think it's also a good time to start talking about about proper regional rail! All those people sitting on hwy 1 or 99, just burning gas in traffic, could be on a comfortable electric train going faster than no-traffic speeds. That's about to sound much more appealing to a lot of folks. Side note, but if it's an automated RER/S-Bahn type of rail we could advocate for "SkyTrain Express" or something, maybe an easier pitch than calling it an expansion of the WCE; I think most people's perception of the SkyTrain is way better than for the WCE. Whistler to Chilliwack! (No, obviously not all at once. What's a good IOS?)

Yes, it'll be expensive. The status quo is also hideously expensive, plus it has no redundancy and is actively harming the environment. Transit also provides a bunch of good jobs. There's always a bunch of comments saying "this'll never happen", but it certainly won't if nobody's even talking about it. Now's the time to start, a bunch of people are going to be asking how to make life more affordable and we have an answer.

In case you haven't seen them, Movement YVR is a transit advocacy group. MVX has a pitch for a regional rail system. Their cost estimate is bs but I think the idea is great.

Why is this map showing the 99 in Burnaby and the 101 is at Production Stn which is showing a delay of 5 hrs? Is it a glitch?

Its happening to some other routes too and it happens perfectly at every 2ndish departure. Is it a glitch or somethings going on?

is it just a massive gps glitch? or did something get massively screwed up?

because translink isnt fucked up enough i made something stupider than the patterson-lake city way hsr. anyway i whipped it together in google maps. heres the link

Hi all, I’m David and I like maps. For the past few months I’ve been automating transit maps for use at bus stops. My friends have been encouraging me to publish my progress to-date.

The initial concept came from a Stories About Here piece titled “How to make bus stops better”. One of the authors critiques of this style of signage is that it is time consuming to create, hence why I thought automation was a good first step.

I’m looking for feedback to make the maps more useful and more accessible for everyone.

Are we living in third world country?

I stayed up late last night and spent the morning creating a new SkyTrain Transformer based on the 1986 version. This time I based it on the latest Mark V SkyTrain design and I tried to make the face look like Vancouverite, Ryan Reynolds. This is NOT Ai.

Sorry the colouring is so bad. I had to buy markers at the dollar store. Feel free to colour the b+w yourself and post it!

You can see my post about the original 1986 SkyTrain transformer here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1sklq1u/today\_i\_found\_out\_there\_was\_an\_official\_skytrain/