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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp
I don't mind the fare increase but transit needs to reliable. Is not relibable when a bus is schedule to come at 7:20 instead never comes and have to wait for the next bus. Yet ppl are waiting there at 7:10. This happens 80% of the time around my house. So either the bus driver decided to skip work or something went wrong.
Skytrains and jam pack during rush hours. People are having to wait a few skytrains before they can get on. Now think what the ever green line will do. You are going to have people waiting for 30mins just to get on a skytrain.
When it snows huge delays up to 2hours or more. Thats unacceptable. Come on is Vancouver you know we have snow every year but you did nothing to prepare for it and make excuse every year.
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That's unfortunate to hear. In my experience, bus service is usually fairly reliable (but I limit my bus travel to main routes in the City of Vancouver.) If it's a persistent problem, you could always call customer relations or even Tweet Translink (I'm being absolutely serious.) Or you could always send a text to 33333 with your bus stop number and figure out when the next bus is coming (information is real time now.)
I don't think there is any transit system in the world that isn't busy during rush hours. If you think about it, being busy during rush hour is a good thing (it means that there is a demand and fares are being paid.) I get on at Commercial and Broadway every day during rush hour and 95% of the time, I get on the first train because I go to the back of the platform. People who wait at the front of the platform and can't get on trains are quite frankly, foolish. Like anything else in life, you sometimes need to be aggressive and that includes getting on a train.
People conveniently forget that driving is subject to the same delays as transit. Accidents happen all of the time which can cause massive delays. I suppose though that you can at least sit in a warm car with your tunes and avoid the hordes of ne'er do wells that take transit.
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