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Commuter Woes: Transit’s effects on your health and wellbeing

Peak Web January 25, 2019

By: Alannah Wallace, Peak Associate Most 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 as if each bus ride has taken 10 years off of our lives. We get too soaked in the rain and too hot in the summer. Our bodies often get jam-packed into the transportation vessel, up close and personal with all types of interesting smells. To top it off, people are constantly sick and coughing in these condensed…

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Seth Rogen’s deleted transit announcements

Peak Web October 8, 2018

Written by: Trevor Roberts Unless you’re one of those people that drives to school every day (yes, I said those people) you’ve probably heard one of Seth Rogen’s marginally humourous transit-etiquette announcements. Love them or hate them, you may be…

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TransLink’s publicity move with Seth Rogen feels hollow and deceptive

Peak Web September 10, 2018

Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor This summer, Visa cancelled a deal they had with TransLink to temporarily swap prerecorded transit voices with audio clips from Morgan Freeman, who had news of sexual harassment allegations very close to the announcement.…

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A day in the life of an SFUer

Peak Web April 2, 2018

By: Alannah Wallace, SFUer Expert   The SFUer has a home and bed, but they do not sleep much. Most days, they wake up so tired that they feel weak and sickly. Throughout the semester, 90% of SFUers on average…

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TransLink prepares for winter weather at SFU Burnaby

Peak Web November 20, 2017

By: Nathaniel Tok TransLink has unveiled its plans to brave the snow-covered roads up to the main Simon Fraser University campus this year. The transit provider is taking additional steps this time around since major snowfall in Metro Vancouver last year…

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SFSS prepares for student vote on U-Pass renewal

Peak Web November 13, 2017

The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is holding a referendum later this month for undergraduate students to vote on the renewal of their Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) agreement, which is slated to expire in April 2018. The SFSS and other…

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TransLink bus services expansion leaves out SFU

Peak Web September 18, 2017

By: 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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Transit horror stories

Peak Web May 23, 2017

By: Jessica Pickering, Grace Rose, Rebecca Zorg, Dan Hoy, Rebecca Chen, and Micaela Evans Grace and The Old Lady Who Touched Her Hair For some context, my hair is usually in braids or some sort of unique hairstyle. As a black…

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Students weigh in on whether TransLink’s changes are improving their commute

Peak Web January 16, 2017

By: Alex Smiciklas With the new semester in full swing, students are slowly getting back into the pace of teachers, textbooks, and, of course, transit. At the end of the fall semester, TransLink implemented changes across the lower mainland, many of…

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Quality and quantity: New B-Line to replace 135

EIC November 28, 2016

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, we stated that the 95 B-Line will have three-door boarding at all stops. Translink has informed The Peak that three-door boarding will only be available at SFU stops. We regret the error.…

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