transit
Grad students grapple with lack of U-Pass as labs reopen
July 1, 2020With labs reopening and the suspension of the U-Pass program, many grad students are facing additional costs on account of transportation, according to Matt McDonald, Director of External Relations at SFU’s Graduate Student Society (GSS). TransLink first announced they were suspending the U-Pass in early April, a decision purportedly made in concert with its participating colleges, universities, and student unions. SFU’s GSS was the last student union in Metro Vancouver to vote on the matter. “Due to the collective participation nature of the U-Pass, we did not effectively have a real choice,” said McDonald, in an email interview with The…
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The U-pass got renewed; let’s not take it for granted
February 24, 2020In a recent vote by students at participating universities, the U-pass has been extended until 2025 with a 2% increase yearly starting May 1. Our current U-pass program agreement, which started in 2010, is coming to an end and its…
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What Grinds Our Gears: UBC students are spoiled for bus choice while SFU only gets four routes
January 18, 2020It seems from most places in Vancouver it’s possible to catch a direct bus to UBC. The same cannot be said about SFU, and that must be because all of TransLink’s executives graduated from UBC. How else do you explain…
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Carpool group emerges on Facebook in response to transit strike anxieties
November 18, 2019On October 28, Translink workers under Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice against Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC). With SFU being largely a commuter campus, students rely heavily on transit to get to and from campus. Shortly after the notice…
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What grinds our gears: high sodium mega compilation
June 7, 2019Byline: Kitty Cheung, Kelly Chia, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Nicole Magas, Onosholema Ogoigbe, Winona Young The NASTY future of the SUB’s napping room People are gonna jerk off in the new napping room. There! I said it! That reality is…
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SFU launches free shuttle service around Burnaby campus
May 4, 2019This summer semester, SFU is running a community shuttle going from Fraser International College (FIC) to Residences. With construction ongoing at SFU Burnaby, this shuttle is meant to make up for the resulting disruptions to the campus’s usual transit routes,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Respect the people around you when you light up, even on 4/20
May 3, 2019On 4/20, a group of teenagers lit up their weed on a SkyTrain car. It was late at night, so the car was full but not crowded. I had to flee to the next car to escape the smoke, and…
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Commuter Woes: Transit’s effects on your health and wellbeing
January 25, 2019Most SFU students make quite the journey to and from school every day. It comes as no surprise that we often hear our fellow peers complaining of the wear and tear this daily commute has on us. Sometimes, it feels…
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SFU’s newest accredited sport: professional transiting
November 20, 2018Since its inception, SFU has been the undisputed best university to ever be located on top of Burnaby Mountain. One of the main reasons for this popularity is the university’s association with sports; the school is popularly known as “Canada’s…
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What grinds our gears: Bus bunching
October 8, 2018As university students, most of us spend a lot of time taking buses, and a lot of time waiting for them to arrive. Much of the wait time can be attributed to bus bunching, which is when buses on the…
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