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How I escaped an R5 on its way to the recycling depot
November 9, 2025By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer and Mason Mattu, Humour Editor PLEASE listen to me. NEVER TAKE THE R5!!! I have had the most miserable experience on it recently, and I can only hope nobody faces the same horrors as I did. It was a normal Monday morning, until it wasn’t. More about that in a second. I made it up to the bus stop, saw the R5 coming, and couldn’t believe my eyes. In comes a run-down, rusting, barely functioning excuse of a vehicle (even more run-down, rusting, and barely functioning than usual!). I peered into the bus — the…
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TransLink’s new service expansion boosts bus connectivity to SFU
November 8, 2025By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer On August 18, TransLink announced its latest round of service adjustments for fall 2025. As of September 1, bus service was increased for 53 routes throughout Metro Vancouver. These adjustments were made possible by TransLink’s…
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Never have I ever: Public transit edition
March 11, 2025By: Osna Hadef, SFU Student Is it just me, or has Metro Vancouver’s public transit system gone to the dogs lately? All while the fares are expected to keep rising? The sheer audacity, man! Before diving into more complaining, I…
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TransLink’s fare enforcement blitz is a terrible idea
January 9, 2025By: Yagya Parihar, SFU Student In my lifetime of using public transit, I only remember having been fare checked three times. All three times were in BC while exiting SkyTrain stations in late 2024. I tapped my pass on the…
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BC Green Party proposes free public transit system as provincial election approaches
October 15, 2024By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student On September 5, the BC Green Party proposed a new transit policy to make BC operate on a fare-free public transit system. “Fast, frequent, and free public transit will shift how people move, reduce household…
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Saanich Council expands free transit for youth
June 17, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 13, Saanich City Councillors voted in favour of a resolution to allow free transit for “young people up to, and including, the age of 18.” The resolution was brought forward by the Union…
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Everyone hates the stairwell detour at Commercial-Broadway
May 22, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer If you’re a regular SkyTrain-goer in Vancouver, chances are you’re no stranger to being outrageously inconvenienced. Now, TransLink wants us to use an out-of-the-way stairwell that’s narrower than the footing of a tightrope. It couldn’t…
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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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The Skytrain’s oldest track being revitalized with $35-million
May 26, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer The Expo Line is receiving a $35-million upgrade. It is the oldest track in Vancouver’s Skytrain system, initially constructed for the 1986 Vancouver Expo. The update is funded half by the federal government, and half…
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