translink

You better clarify/ in fact I will call translink myself tomorrow and get an answer, the answer will either be yes or no—Even though I already know the answer.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

A major reason fro the structural deficit face by translink is the implementation frequent bus service in SOF.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

My guess is that translink bypassed APCs for the E and M lines as they are going straight to faregates.

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

I think there is more support for buses in metro vancouver than we realize, but if there is still some stigma wrt the bus, that has to change. again translink has made a lot of work wrt renewing the bus fleet, having GPS-linked automated stop announcers and low-floor buses.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

I dislike hijacking this thread, but contrary to what you think, malcolm, a lot of translink workers go at great length to provide information on skytrain ridership.

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

From the above, you would think that if we built LRT, translink would have no funding problems.

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Remember that O+M costs are all dependent on translink. ie, there are no other higher levels of funding from Victoria or ottawa, compared to capital costs.

Mayors fear being railroaded on transit financing « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

I would think translink is broke because of governance issues and a lack of adequate funding from the local and provincial levels.

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

If translink has a structural deficit and there is ongoing talk of tax and fare increases, there is a section of the population that will question art funding by translink.

Public Art on Sound Transit « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

If the bus portion is the weak link, there certainly is a lot that translink can do to make the bridgeport – ladner exchange connection stronger, as voony pointed out on his blog.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010