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Operation grit: the hidden experiment behind your commute
July 14, 2025By: The Peak’s lead undercover journalist and Big Pedometer’s least loyal employee Our story starts on a Tuesday that felt like a Thursday — existentially, spiritually, atmospherically. A brave student (name classified, as she’s currently in hiding from TransLink and her midterm results) embarked on what should have been a simple journey from class. She boarded the 145, already daydreaming about Pedro Pascal TikTok edits. But as the bus jerked to a halt at Production Way, the driver turned, eyes haunted, and gestured towards the SkyTrain station. Just like that, our commuter had become a subject. For those blessed never…
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Transit supervisors declare job action in Metro Vancouver
January 23, 2024By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The transit supervisors in Metro Vancouver have begun an overtime ban after the vote to strike gained 100% support on December 22, 2023. Transit supervisors have been without a contract since late 2022. The Canadian…
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Commuting outside of Metro Vancouver sucks
June 5, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Having lived in Maple Ridge for three years, I know firsthand how inconsistent buses outside the Metro Vancouver area are. To this day, transiting to where I lived is still an awful affair of waiting for…
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Playing 4D chess with bus seats
March 6, 2023By: Emily Huang, SFU Student and Professional Transit User Waking up early is overrated. Self-care is important! Unfortunately, the limited amount of bus seats, and genetics have cursed my height so I will get thrown around more easily. The bus…
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What Grinds Our Gears: SFU students aren’t eligible for a U-Pass during a semester off
June 28, 2022By Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor You know what’s cool? The U-Pass system. Through SFU, we’ve got unlimited access to the Lower Mainland’s sprawling bus, SkyTrain, Seabus, and gondola (c’mon folks) network. You know what’s less cool? Revoking that access when students…
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What Grinds Our Gears: These jerky bus rides are making me lose my mind — and my lunch
February 29, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer My ongoing experience of being on buses has featured drivers braking every two goddamn seconds for my twice-a-day hour-and-a-half commutes. I don’t know anymore if this is my life or if I’ve died and I’m in…
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Three cute cafes to check out the next time you ride the R5
February 4, 2020by Sara Wong, Peak Associate This semester, all of my classes are in the morning, so it became apparent within the first week that the only way I could survive the multiple 8:30 a.m. starts was with caffeine. Lots of it.…
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TransLink bus services expansion leaves out SFU
September 18, 2017By: Aaron Richardson The largest expansion of bus service in Metro Vancouver did not result in more service to Simon Fraser University. TransLink introduced an additional 105,000 hours of bus service across the region earlier this month. In addition to the…
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The official Peak Transit survival guide
October 3, 2016By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Where will you be when the world ends? Will you be in the library, cramming for that test? Will you be using your last Poké Ball to catch that Dratini in the AQ reflecting…
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Metro Vancouverites to vote on transit tax
February 2, 2015In the upcoming transit referendum, Metro Vancouver residents will have the opportunity to vote on a transit tax that would increase the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) by 0.5 per cent. The referendum, if passed, would allow for improvements in transportation…
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