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Originally Posted by Graeme S
Where do you live? I get the odd skipped bus here, but the busses here run every 5-10 minutes (135).
Skytrains are packed during rush hour. People having to wait a few trains is very weird, man. I used to take the skytrain to work sometimes, and I would get on at commercial heading downtown. This is the worst place to get on a skytrain. There's always enough room, though. Maybe not at the front (near broadway), but at the back I'll sometimes even find a seat. It's all about knowing your commute.
Gods, don't even get me started about snow though. I'm of two minds about that one. ninety percent of Vancouver drivers don't know what they're doing in the snow. When I used to work as a parts guy, as soon as I saw even the lightest feather dusting of snow, I knew I was going to make my parts quota for that month and then some.
Our transit system really wasn't designed for the cold either. We had that really cold winter a couple years ago where the trolley busses couldn't even run because the lines had frosted up. Now, when it gets that cold, they actually have "ice cutter" trolley busses that run overnight to make sure the lines don't freeze up in the same way. It's a step in the right direction.
The most contentious thing for me and the one I feel most strongly about (both ways) is the fact that Translink doesn't have winter tires. All busses only use all seasons. On one hand, I get it. It snows (typically) less than two weeks a year, why have tires. On the other hand, what the fuck. Trolley busses are USELESS on any kind of hill or incline AND THIS IS VANCOUVER. Good luck avoiding inclines. Bendy busses are just as bad. Hell, the SFU busses just turn around at the base of the mountain when there's a speck of white that lands up top. It's nuts.
In the end, though, I think not having winter tires is a lot like not having a/c on the busses: it's all about not spending money they don't really have to. 'Cause I'd imagine adding a/c and/or winter tires would be pretty fuggin 'spensive.
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I live by BCIT so I take the 123 every morning. The translink schedule and the online schedule both saids there should be a 123 going by at 8:17. It comes maybe like 1 to 2 out of 5 days. I always waited there at 8:10 so I know it never show up. Is not like it is full and didn't stop it just never came.
I go to the back at Boardway station and usually I only have to wait 2 skytrains at most but sometimes it takes longer. Partly I blame on the people who carry backpacks and doesn't take them off thus wasting space. I carry a backpack myself and always takes it off when entering a skytrain.
I am not really looking forward to this year winter since I know translink isn't prepare for it and there are going to be huge delays. Is understandable for bus to be late due to road condition but is not acceptable when skytrain is having issue as well. Is not acceptable when people are stranded for 2 or more hours in the skytrain station because skytrain is having issue and it is packed. So why not prevent it from happening? This happens every winter and translink should have learn something by now.