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TransLink shouldn’t add signage for invisible illnesses
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]’ll admit that I mindlessly sat in one of the fold-up disability seats on the SkyTrain the other day. I don’t have a disability, I just saw the empty seat on what looked to be a fairly full cart, so I went in for the taking — mindful that I would give up the seat to any transit-goer whom I knew would need it more than myself. In other words, any transit customer who is either elderly or uses some form of apparatus to help with their mobility. However, after clicking through CBC’s website last night, I was given a…
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The One Who Stops: an interview with SFU’s nicest bus driver
January 4, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU students who take the 135 bus up to campus every morning see a lot of different bus drivers — some nice, some not so nice. Most of them tend not to make much of an impact. But Bill Laird…
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HUMOUR: The seven least popular funding alternatives to consider, now that Metro Vancouver voted “No” to the transit plebiscite
July 13, 20157. Have a gluten-free, vegan bake sale. 6. Rob a bank. 5. Raise fares to $1 million per zone travelled. 4. Put tolls — on schools. 3. Spend money on ads saying TransLink needs more money 2. Hire another CEO…
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“No” victory will hit students the hardest
July 13, 2015Like a lot transit riders who have kept up with the news these past few weeks, I’m disappointed, but I’m not surprised. Metro Vancouver has voted “no” on a 0.5 per cent tax hike for increased transit services, including more…
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TransLink promises voters “things will be different this time, baby”
May 22, 2015[caption id="attachment_2649" align="alignnone" width="671"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] With a May 29 deadline fast approaching for the regional transit referendum, TransLink has again reached out to people who use their services, vowing to change for the better and treat…
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Voters must realize that TransLink is not on the transit plebiscite
February 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_590" align="alignnone" width="887"] Image Credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] As you are probably already aware, the transportation funding plebiscite is fast approaching and both sides of the debate are actively trying to win your vote. The ‘no’ side, championed by the…
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Move over, manspreading: there’s a new agent of patriarchy in town
February 16, 2015There are few places as prone to displays of bullshit male entitlement as public transit. Whether it’s an overcrowded bus, a SkyTrain car, or even the SeaBus, they’re all incubators for patriarchy — and that’s never been more evident than…
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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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Translink announces bus driver barrier pilot project
September 8, 2014Translink has announced that it will implement a pilot project to install bus driver barriers on a number of Coast Mountain buses to protect its employees from violent assaults by unruly passengers. The move follows Translink’s “Don’t Touch The Operator”…
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Heathy, able-bodied woman refused to give up bus seat to man in wheelchair
May 21, 2012By Brad McLeod SEATTLE— A Seattle woman has been arrested today for disregarding national and state law when she refused to give up her priority front-row bus seat to a man in a wheelchair. Jane Cartwright, a 40-year-old activist from…
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