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12-31-2010, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Death2Theft  Whats the point of "free transit"? So people can afford to spend money on one extra drink? People that normally can't afford transit fares can now afford to go drink? How is this really helping aside from staying open later? | to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way.
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12-31-2010, 06:41 PM
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#27 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Originally Posted by Alby to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way. | When people go out drinking, they don't decide against taking transit because of the cost. They will take it because its a fairly convenient way to get home (when driving is not an option ie. when drunk). Saving $7 round trip won't give THAT much incentive for people to take transit. Extending the hours for a bit after clubbing hours WILL make more people consider taking it though.
BTW, Im not saying drinking and driving is right.
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12-31-2010, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowpower I love skytrain, skytrain be my bestfriend. | Don't forget to pay for your ticket, yellowpower: http://www.revscene.net/forums/showp...63&postcount=1  | |
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12-31-2010, 10:04 PM
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#29 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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So people would rather drive if they had to pay for transit?  They deserve to crash and die. Quote:
Originally Posted by Alby to prevent people from drinking and driving? they provide a way of transit. perhaps they don't extend the service long enough for some people, but it's there if someone needs to drink that night so they don't have to drive home and hurt others along the way. | | |
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01-01-2011, 01:18 PM
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#30 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by TRDood If I read it correctly, the free fare starts Dec 31, 2010 1700 all the way until Jan 1, 2011 2359. | I'm going to fail u when I get home! Posted via RS Mobile | |
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01-01-2011, 04:02 PM
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#31 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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lol, lots of police on barnet highway last night.
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01-01-2011, 04:28 PM
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#32 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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Originally Posted by BinsentoW When people go out drinking, they don't decide against taking transit because of the cost. They will take it because its a fairly convenient way to get home (when driving is not an option ie. when drunk). Saving $7 round trip won't give THAT much incentive for people to take transit. Extending the hours for a bit after clubbing hours WILL make more people consider taking it though.
BTW, Im not saying drinking and driving is right. | lol they extand the skytrain service to what? 2am that's hardly enough lol. They should let it run all night.
Transit here is shitty. On weekends and Holidays Skytrain servcie ends around O_o yea like that's really helpful not to mention buses stop working after 12lish.
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01-01-2011, 06:56 PM
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the skytrains were reeked with puke last night lol
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01-01-2011, 07:01 PM
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#34 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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I wanted to say thanks to Operation Red Nose for driving my car home from Richmond to South Surrey. Just a fantastic program they have.
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01-01-2011, 07:52 PM
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just make it overnight
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01-01-2011, 10:57 PM
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So I was at the Renaissance last night... and we stayed till past 2am, so too late to catch the Skytrain... but fortunately I had done my homework in advance, and knew that there was an N19 bus that runs all night. We had to walk to Howe and Dunsmuir, about five blocks away. Luckily pretty much all of my group of ten lived right along Kingsway, between Fraser Street all the way to Royal Oak. We caught the bus at 3am, and by the time we left downtown, the bus was PACKED... like rush hour packed... full all the way up to the driver. Never been on such a rowdy bus before either... whole bus would be singing bus songs and cracking jokes. Unfortunately for a few of my friends, someone sitting right behind the driver puked just before Boundary, and the bus driver kicked everyone off the bus... LoL... so they ended up having to grab a cab afterwards. | |
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