July 2009
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Jul 1st
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June 2009
15 posts
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Jun 20th
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The best U.S. transit systems you never knew... →
As cities big and small rethink how their residents get around, new systems are taking shape—and as gas prices and paychecks fluctuate, riders are responding in droves. While the current economic crunch is forcing many cities to hike fares and cut back on service, innovations continue, and the tracks are laid for a bright future. Here are a few surprising places where public transit is gaining...
Jun 20th
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Jun 18th
Albion Ferry For Sale...on Craigslist →
$1,100,000.00 CDN$ each. Is there a “OBO” implied?
Jun 18th
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Golden Ears Bridge - A View from the Other Side
Here’s a comment on the video of the Golden Ears opening from a friend of mine (made inside a walled garden): Wow, it’s like you and I were at a completely different event. I came from the Maple Ridge side where there was no bike valet, no information and no crowd control. People got jammed together at an impasse and Ken Hardie had the nerve to yell at us all to move while there was...
Jun 17th
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Coast Mountain Bus Company is hiring
Excellent wages, benefits and training, combined with great career opportunities make employment at Coast Mountain Bus Company a must! That’s why undefiinedd says Future career, yeyuh!: cindy: if all else fails cindy: you can work with translink when you’re older cindy: HAHAHAH fiona: FUCK YOU fiona: HAHAHAHAHAAH cindy: one of those phone operators fiona: just search up transit...
Jun 17th
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Jun 16th
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"Speed" for the Transit Crowd: The TTC comments on... →
Quote from article in the Toronto Sun: The scene: A subway train is hijacked by gun-wielding kidnappers who hold a carload of passengers hostage, showing how an entire city is held captive when a subway line shuts down. But could a Toronto subway be hijacked? The reality: “You never say never about anything.” said Ross, who notes you could ask the same question about virtually every...
Jun 16th
Jun 16th
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“We know Translink’s track record: over a decade of service with the...”
– Daniel Quinn, “Be Part of the Plan”
Jun 13th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 4th
City Hall scraps free parking; wonderful hell... →
It’s one thing for the City of Vancouver to do this; what I wonder is, how many other municipal governments in this region are actually in a position to walk their talk this way?
Jun 2nd