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Posted by neo geo on Jun-09-2003 23:45:

moving to vancouver

i am wanting to move to vancouver from the states but i dont know if i should sell my car or not.How is the public transportation there? Do most of the citizens there drive or use public transportation.

Posted by mikefasssy on Jun-10-2003 01:25:

I dont drive but my only complaint is that transist isn't 24/7 which sometimes leaves you stranded...but other than that I would say it is very efficient.

Caleb

Posted by Sean Walsh on Jun-10-2003 01:45:

We have one of the highest number of cars per person ratio in North America. Transit is good though too.

Posted by exergo on Jun-10-2003 02:20:

biking is wicked...lots of bike routes

i can bike everywhere in less than 20 minutes

Posted by apri_peel on Jun-10-2003 06:09:

actually, transit here kinda sux ass
i lived in montreal for a while, and transit there is AWESOME, you can get to any part of the island at pretty much any time with no problems
in vancouver, transit can be rather expensive, it takes forever to get places, and buses and skytrain dont go to many parts of the vancouver area.
thats just my personal take on this. i drive everywhere. if the transit system was better, i'd bus :\

Posted by PhloTron on Jun-10-2003 06:57:

and that's when they're not on strike

Posted by Special_K on Jun-10-2003 09:31:

I spend 4 hours a day on the bus to get to and from school. Transit here sucks. Its useless if your going clubbing or anything.

Posted by Widget on Jun-10-2003 17:48:

transit is semi-decent here - you can get to most places easily enough, but it might take you a bit of time.

Lots of people bike all over the place.

Caleb, they're supposed to be going back to some late-night(early morning) bus services in a couple of months. It was part of the UBC u-pass program.

Posted by apri_peel on Jun-10-2003 18:33:

ugh, the stinkin u-pass
sorry to all those who bus to school, but i dont see why those who dont should be paying for those who do. if we are to pay an extra $120 or whatever the sum is for those who take the bus, then why not make those who take the bus to partially pay for our gas or parking. i just dont see it as fair. just because we drive doesnt mean we are spoiled rich brats driving bmws to school and have extra cash to throw around. lots of ppl carpool, they should be exempt. but thats just my 2 cents

Posted by kate on Jun-10-2003 18:46:

I think it may have something to do with the environment

Is it really $120 for a bus pass? I'm moving to Vancouver too and might have to be busing out to Burnaby every day. That's really expensive compared to our $25 bus pass in Montreal

Posted by j_spot on Jun-10-2003 20:40:

$25 in MTL? holy fuck..
even calgary(no bus service really past 1), but C train service till 2:30
costs $65 a month for a pass.
its rediculous.
it makes it CHEAPER to drive places.(unless you are going downtown to pay $13 a day in parking)

Posted by Widget on Jun-10-2003 20:59:

Vancouver is slightly different depending on the unversity. At UBC, it will be:

$20/month for off-campus residents
$15/month for on-campus residents (I think I have my numbers correct). Happening from August or September.

It's also against those who bike to and from places, but part of the agreement is later bus services, which would be really great. Having to pay $20 for a taxi everytime I leave Commodore or downtown in the early hours is a pain and a half.

Posted by kate on Jun-10-2003 23:49:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
$25 in MTL? holy fuck..

Well that's if you're a fulltime student, otherwise it's $51. Still a great price for an adult bus/metro pass.

Off-campus student rate is $20? Is that what you're saying, Widget?

Posted by zummy on Jun-11-2003 04:30:

I was the one of them who was suffered from the 4-month bus strike. Now, I do drive because I just don't trust the transportation. nah~~!

Posted by D:fuse on Jun-11-2003 06:00:

neo geo,
here is our transit system's website. It might help you out:
http://www.translink.bc.ca

Posted by apri_peel on Jun-11-2003 07:11:

in vancouver, there are what we call zones, there are 3 of them. to bus within 1 zone costs $63, 2 zones: $84 i think and 3 zones: $120ish a month. as an SFU student, you pay something like $40 per month so $120 for semester mandatory fee and you can bus to any zone with your student card. i've been to a few parts of the world, and montreal transit system is the best and cheapest i've ever seen.

Posted by Widget on Jun-11-2003 18:28:

quote:
Originally posted by kate
Well that's if you're a fulltime student, otherwise it's $51. Still a great price for an adult bus/metro pass.

Off-campus student rate is $20? Is that what you're saying, Widget?

Yep, off-campus UBC student rate is $20/month mandatory.

Posted by zummy on Jun-13-2003 02:34:

I don't bus anymore, but in Cap college, I bought a small $2 sticker provided by TransLink and put it on my student ID. With this sticker, my student ID, and my 1-Zone bus pass, I could go anywhere. All I did was I had to buy the $2 sticker every year because it just expired annually. $2 was not so bad to travell around this city.

Posted by D:fuse on Jun-13-2003 05:50:

yea I have that sticker too, it is called FastTrax. It is an awesome deal.