What's Next for Canada’s Best Transit System?

[@petitkruger2175]

‘Not Just Bikes’ just mentioned your Chanel in his latest video! he said that you where a ‘must watch’ Chanel if you want to know/ indulge in transit!

[@RMTransit]

Exciting stuff! I love his insistence on covering what some would consider minutiae but which are truly transformative innovations for every day life like waste disposal and grocery shopping!

[@RipCityBassWorks]

Can we take a minute to appreciate that Vancouver has had the longest rapid transit system in Canada since 2009, despite being the smaller city? Skytrain: 79.6 km TTC Subway: 76.9 km Montreal Subway: 69.2 km

[@RMTransit]

Vancouver is deeply under appreciated out east :(

[@vincentng2392]

@@RMTransit There is some potential for infill stations like Lakewood between Commercial-Broadway and Nanaimo.

[@YoungThos]

I'm out east and I appreciate you, Vancouver. You're no Seattle, but you're not bad. Not bad at all…

[@ryandomo5018]

At least for now... (rem)

[@jesush.christ6184]

Yeah, but Vancouver has pretty much no suburban intercity rail. It's much more reliant on making that 79km work and at this point there doesn't seem to be the political will to massively expand like the 100km of REM Montreal is building

[@mastersingleton]

The mountain gondola will be a unique experience for both tourists and daily commuters of Vancouver alike if it comes to fruition.

[@RealisticMgmt]

I think SeaBus has the same potential! It can serve commuters while acting as a tourist attraction, if they turn it into something like the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. Maybe add historical models and introduce special event services (like during a fireworks/light show). That was one of my best memories of HK.

[@mastersingleton]

@@RealisticMgmt yep the SeaBus does have the same potential.

[@TheNewGreenIsBlue]

Gah! Yes... it's SUCH a no-brainer... and yet has some REALLY vocal NIMBYs and the Burnaby City council is ambivalent.

[@flare2000x]

I still think not building longer stations on the Canada Line originally is going to come back and bite Vancouver in the butt. They really should have just made the platforms 4 cars long from the start, and run a mixture of 2 and 4 car trains (during peak hours).

[@timnewman1172]

I remember the electric buses when I visited Vancouver as a teen 40 years ago this summer... I thought they were pretty cool then! I also remember Vancouver drivers, you people are crazy!!!

[@danielnascimento6300]

After living in London for 9 years i can honestly say that Vancouver holds its own when I come home to visit. Very proud 👌

[@vita_travel888]

Totally agree about Compass card expansion. Further, I’d enable compass module on a BC ID (including the digital version). Cycling infrastructure: absolutely!!!! Multimodality is the key.

[@mastersingleton]

You can take a look at how Transport for NSW has done with the Opal Card along with its roll out and its recent improvements made.

[@guldukat2453]

Having grown up in Vancouver, I always felt that it’s missing another East-West Skytrain line that would connect southeast Van/Burnaby directly with West Van and Richmond. Right now, in order to get to Richmond, everyone has to travel North to downtown and then south again on Canada Line. In other words, since Van doesn’t have a good regional rail system, it needs more redundancy and parallel coverage in its rapid transit network, both in the city and out to the burbs like South Surrey. Also, Skytrain is great but ideally we could use true GO RER/Trillium Line/Exo kind of regional rail network. Also, other low hanging fruits: why isn’t there a secondary VIA Rail station in places like South Surrey/White Rock that would make travelling to Seattle/Oregon so much easier by rail?

[@aberas7628]

The folks with the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Project have the BC Terminus for their UHSR in Surrey or the Langley's, so if a new SoF station for VIA/AMTRAK were designed ahead of time, as you suggest, it could facilitate expansion of the future HSR, two birds one stone. That makes the site (Surrey/Langleys) a rail nexus of sorts, with the Eastern Expo Line Terminus, shovel ready today. The western terminus for whatever rail service the valley communities decide to go with, to link the Valley and Metro Vancouver. Intercity traffic to Seattle and Portland (to serve tourist demand... like the Rocky Mountaineer, maybe? I see trains replacing cruise ships in some regions, and the Pacific Coast Highway route would be perfect for that !) I know some of these projects might or might not happen, and costs/priorities/technologies can change. But the kind of project like you suggest, a Rail Depot closer to the US border, can pay off handsomely in the future and spur further development, without breaking the bank doing so.

[@Fiedman]

I like your idea for another east-west skytrain line or even a tram line. I would put it from the 22nd street station along Marine Drive S. At first to the Marine Drive Station and maybe beyond if demand allows it. I know when I would travel on route 100 it was usually always busy even during off peak hours.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

@@Fiedman we had the Marpole Inter Urban and Steveston Line in case you do not know

[@pr0wnageify]

@@nathandavidowicz3721 would really like to see a rapidbus partially follow this line, steveston to brighouse exchange via railway and granville st.

[@AmurTiger]

I think the challenge with getting commuter rail going is you have to get the class 1s to actually want to play ball with you and in proximity to Canada's largest port and geographically constrained the railways are going to be difficult about getting good access to the lines. Might be able to get there if we promised to rebuild the whole corridor and financially compensate them for the outage time but that likely pushes the price up to the point of absurdity. WCE is in an awkward middle ground where it's close tot he capacity limit in how it currently operates but that's just not enough to really take on the cost/complications of next steps.

[@RealisticMgmt]

Agree with you 100%, we need to dramatically expand transit in Metro Vancouver. It's not the time to be complacent. I would love to see something like a Circle Loop connecting East Van, where ridership would be high from the get-go. I also think a new Fraser Valley commuter line and WCE expansion needs to be prioritized. Highway 1 is a disaster now, and it's only going to get worse as the region continues to grow. But even simple things like the improved Compass card, will go a long way to helping the overall quality and convenience of the service!

[@jackgibbons6013]

3:17 the current goal here in NZ is to have a national fare card system that all transit carriers use. Then you can take a flight or long distance bus and jump straight onto the local system. I will also mention it’s been a total fiasco. I think it’s a good idea, just poorly executed. Plus you could get most of the benefits by just having everyone allow contactless payments.

[@Aphrx]

Awesome video! Didn't realize how many projects Vancouver had going on for transit. It'd be cool if they could create Live Maps like what they have in New York as well! I actually tried to make one for Toronto (WIP) on my channel, but an official one would be much better!

[@RMTransit]

It would be cool indeed!

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Very few projects and unlikly to get anything else done until 2019/30 ( the present construction of M-Line to Arbutus might not be done till 2026/7

[@Magnezium7]

These are ideas not actual projects

[@AlphineWolf]

We also have a joint project with Seattle and Portland going.

[@Fiedman]

I love your ideas, A few things I would like to see for one, the ability to use your debit card to tap in and tap off for transit, that way you could use your phone to pay for transit. Second if possible to have Translink takeover the transit services in the entire Frasier Valley from Hope to Vancouver so it is all one integrated transit network, if not then yes be able to use your compass card on all transit systems in the Frasier Valley. I would also like to see either a Canada Line extension or a new LRT line all together from Richmond-Brighouse Station all the way out to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, cause the bus line that goes from Bridgeport to Tsawwassen is always full. I know this is not really related to what you are talking about but to alleviate the amount of traffic using Tsawwassen Ferry terminal to go over to Victoria reintroduce service from Horseshoe Bay to Victoria. Another thing would be introduce all day service along the West Coast Express in both directions from as many as two trains an hour during peak times to one train an hour during off peak times.

[@RMTransit]

You can already use your phone to pay! Thanks for the comment :)!

[@AG7-MTM]

Actually, the Canada Line is set up so stations can be expanded to 50 metre platforms (some platforms are already this length) and insert a smaller center car - I have heard they will have the same capacity as a 6-car MK1 train

[@jasonreed7522]

On the elevator redundancy point, accessibility is very beneficial beyond just including the handicapped. Its often called the "Curb cut effect", and the simple act of putting in a curb cut for a wheelchair means that now your delivery guy can easily get his dolly up onto the sidewalk, parents with a stroller can easily get onto the sidewalk, and basically anything with wheels now has access up the 3in cliff that is the curb. Elevators to the same thing indoors, they let you easily move frieght, food carts, mop buckets, ect between floors and benefit everything that can can't use the stairs, not just the mobility impaired. Besides, accessibility usually means quality of life to anyone who doesn't actually need it.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Here we go again!! I went there back in 2012!! It's sick!!

[@chrsf589]

Would the circle line be underground ? It’s a brilliant proposal

[@walterkenedi5741]

I always thought there are savings to be had to extending the train - but not the platform. I don't know Vancouver that well, but lets say we add a 3rd car to Canada Line. Extend the busiest station platforms to 3 car length, and leave the others alone. Then people know that say for City Hall and South, it's the front 2 cars that line up with the platform (and the doors don't open on the 3rd). Then north of City Hall, it's the back to cars that line up with the platform.

[@sagmilling]

What Vancouver needs: bridge tolls.

[@prismarinepanda6960]

I think some sort of high speed rail would be nice from Vancouver to chilliwack with stops in north Langley, Surrey, Abbotsford and a few skytrain stations

[@ryantomm7803]

Great ideas! We should make it happen!

[@AppleCheese12345678]

My personal wish list would be: LRT from downtown, through Olympic Village, to Granville Island, South on Arbutus, using the rail corridor along the Fraser to New West! You hit the busy south False Creek area, connect the Canada Line and Expo at least two points each, get the West side, and the developing River District / Marine Industrial areas. Some kind of East/West Skytrain maybe along 41st. A North Shore train from Metrotown along Willingdon, through Brentwood, over the second narrows and along the shore. Finally some LRT or similar at grade loop for Surrey.

[@urbanpreppie05]

I know Metro Vancouver is considered a smaller city...but it doesn't feel like one, lol. (This is not a dig..i LOVE Vancouver)

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

Honestly it really isn't a small city haha

[@TheTroyc1982]

@@randomcontentgenerator2331 it's a smaller city compared to Toronto which is 3x times bigger or Montreal which is 2x as big.

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

@@TheTroyc1982 smaller than those cities, yes. But I personally wouldn’t consider it small.

[@randomcontentgenerator2331]

It depends on what you mean by small i suppose

[@jameson5581]

@@randomcontentgenerator2331 I'd call it medium. 2.5 million metro area makes it 31st in NA. Same size as Portland, Baltimore, or San Antonio

[@voidzmind]

It’d be nice if compass was expanded to BC transit instead of UMO, so we could use it outside of metro Vancouver.

[@stere0xide]

I think A south Fraser route of the Westcoast Express to Abbotsford or even Chilliwack should be considered as well.

[@AR-gj1qt]

Yes I live in chilliwack and it'd be great to have a train from here to vancouver

[@darianyee5714]

Translink needs to see this video!

[@cheesesandwich1236]

How about re instating the Olympic Line Streetcar ?

[@petitkruger2175]

i have never been to vancover. bit i can imagine what i looks like- the london dlr. if it is, that means its amazing! the dlr is almost never late since its driverless and it come in frequency’s of under 5 mins

[@azan-183]

I believe both the DLR and Vancouver's system are considered "light metro" systems.

[@agntdrake]

I agree with all of the points made here. In terms of Skytrain though, I think a new North Shore line from Waterfront or even Burrard or Granville which had stops on Denman and Stanley Park before crossing to Park Royal and cutting back to North Vancouver would be a better routing. The west side of the West End really needs a metro station. I love the idea of a DMU (or maybe battery electric trains if such a thing ever exists?) to Chilliwack / Hope would be fantastic, but it would also be great to do the same for North Vancouver to Squamish and possibly even Whistler. That could integrate into the Skytrain network or SeaBus service.

[@leohalpern]

I'd love to see one of these videos for Toronto! Keep up the great work!

[@RMTransit]

I feel like I’ve talked about Toronto way too much lately haha!

[@leohalpern]

@@RMTransit It really hasn't been that much to be honest

[@RMTransit]

Haha, 4 of the last 8 videos have been about Toronto! Point taken though.

[@leohalpern]

@@RMTransit well there has been a lot of news in the past week after all

[@RMTransit]

To be clear the reason I made this video was the sort of lack of plans, Toronto has no lack!

[@andrewpaddock7560]

The music you use is so cool, for all of your videos. I gotta say that I really dug that laidback sax on this one. Oh yeah! It's annoying when planning agencies bring up things like flying cars and autonomous vehicles. It's so irresponsible as none of these technologies exist. Yes, automated cars are in testing, but that's not the same as widespread deployment. The truth is, no one really knows how that will play out as we have no data. It's all speculation, mostly from technophiles and companies looking to sell a product. Not the most reliable lot for impartial information. It'd be one thing to start taking the technology into consideration after mass deployment, but not before. Using off-the-shelf technologies and tried solutions is best. Yeah, they're not as flashy, but they work, are widely available, have a proven track record, and actually exist! It really feels like driverless cars and flying vehicles are being used as monorails or PRT were in past times: flashy ideas that ended up being used as an excuse to do nothing except expand auto usage. I've actually heard about the project connecting North Vancouver and that six alignments are currently under study. Sounds exciting! I hope it happens, along with the extension under Broadway all the way to the university. I'm kind of surprised it's not all being done at one time, but that's North American transit planning for you. Will you do a video in the future going into detail about BRT in Vancouver?

[@mikek9408]

Thanks for this fab production - got my transit 'fix' for the day! Anyway, it got me thinking more about the idea for a circular line, very much in line with what Reece covered here. I have always looked at Vancouver's densely populated West End and thought that it seems disconnected from decent connections to the close-by business CBD as well as destinations further afield. I get it that high density does not mean automatic ridership, but surely there would be sufficient demand within the sea of highrises of the West End, when micro-connectivity is built into stations or corridors leading to stations, to maybe extend a circular line west beyond the CBD into the West End? This line could then, over the longer term, curve south under False Creek and down, say the Arbutus corridor and hook up to the southern end of the circular line. Is there any merit in building higher-order transit in/under the West End, particularly if this line would be part of a bigger circular line?

[@lesmcclaughry2732]

Thoughts to ponder. The most congested traffic in the area and perhaps in the country is the Massey Tunnel. The eventual new tunnel will only be a short term solution. Expanding the Canada Line through Richmond, across the Fraser into Ladner then down to Twassawsen with a spur that goes to the ferry terminal. The spur could be timed to match ferry arrivals and departures. Currently we have huge numbers of people riding the ferries as walkon passengers many of these people would use skytrain to get to and from the terminal. As well, people from the island would be able to attend events in Vancouver without traffic and parking hassels. Hockey, Football, concerts and others and the spur could be built mostly at ground level.

[@josepho3366]

Very underrated!

[@vincentng2392]

Maybe a light rail/tram system connecting Vancouver's Arbutus Street and Richmond's Garden City Road.

[@slam5]

you thinking about using the Arbutus Greenway? I don't think that will fly.

[@vincentng2392]

Fill the missing public bus link between Lions Bay and Squamish

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

send a letter to Squamish Council

[@hello_mahedi]

I like your idea of a circle line. One thing I would add though if possible would extend it to UBC so there’s another line that can provide relief to the Millennium Line once the Millennium Line gets extended to UBC.

[@EmyrDerfel]

4:28 "Elevator uptime" I see what you did there.

[@jimbobogie8204]

As a subscriber living on the island I wonder why the Canada Line doesn't run to Tsawwassin. It would dramatically increase capacity on ferries to the island. Speaking of Vancouver Island the disappearance of trains to Nanaimo and the use of the esting rail line to Langford relegates the capital of the third biggest province to somewhat of a "bush town" status.

[@longbranchmike488]

Is there not another mainline railway line, such as the one the Amtrak train to Seattle takes through eastern Richmond, that could have a commuter rail line service?

[@RMTransit]

It could but its VERY congested and not direct!

[@bluecafe509]

Skytrain to North and West Vancouver. Needed.

[@leehaber]

It’s more feasible to expand the Expo Line to North Van than the Canada Line. You could have 1/3 of the trains terminate at Waterfront

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

It will not happen, better to expand SeaBus; NorthShore population density is too low only around 200000 people

[@j134679]

@@nathandavidowicz3721 you're supposed to develop transit to incite development, improve density, and grow the economy.

[@hobog]

This would be slight symmetry to San Diego's trolley to BC Mexico: I hope one day to ride Seattle to Vancouver entirely using transit cards.. or an Amtrak service that more clearly beats bus.. or a fast ferry like the Clipper between Seattle and Victoria. Anything that doesn't depend on I-5 traffic X(

[@JimEatsPlants]

BC Transit should fully adopt Compass rather than creating their own digital fare system, and Compass should also be used for BC Ferries. Another item would be installing "bike rails" on stairways in stations so people can roll their bike rather than carry it. The 555 meets the 66FVX and runs to Chilliwack. It's a good route, but Abbotsford doesn't want to pay enough for frequent service so it runs a fraction of the service hours of the 555.

[@melchardcaranto4675]

For me... I'd love to see the old Steveston tram route used again

[@msmsmsms8515]

How about extending the Canada line down Davie street out to English bay?

[@tychobotter]

So what will your final map look like?

[@gabrielstravels]

In my opinion, they should extend the Canada Line from Waterfront to North Vancouver and from Richmond-Brighouse to Tsawwassen. They should electrify the West Coast Express and it should become a frequent, every 30 minutes all day service with services on, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays as well. I was also thinking a branch of the Expo line from Surrey to White Rock might be a good idea as well, as well as maybe another Canada line extension from YVR-Airport to Steveston? And also an electrified regional rail service from Vancouver to Whistler? Finally, as you rightly said at 9:53, Canada Line should be expanded to 3 or 4 coaches. Looking photos and videos on the internet (I am yet to visit the whole of Canada let alone Vancouver lol), the Canada Line appears to be very underbuilt, as one constructive criticism of the line.

[@RMTransit]

You unfortunately can’t extend the line from Waterfront North as mentioned in the video. I also am not a fan of extending it South at the moment. Electrified regional rail would also be quite nice but it’s a difficult proposition. Thanks for the comment!

[@gabrielstravels]

@@RMTransit No problem! Yeah that's the only issue about extending the Canada Line to North Vancouver. An alternative project could be an electrified regional rail service from Waterfront to Whistler which uses pretty much existing railway infrastructure, which could stop at North and West Vancouver. I think the Whistler line would be a good idea especially during the winter as it would make it ideal for skiers who go skiing in the Whistler mountains. Not to mention people who live in Whistler but commute to Vancouver no longer have to do so by car!

[@gabrielstravels]

@@RMTransit Another thing I forgot to mention is that I think the West Coast Express should be extended with two branches from Mission, one to Abbotsford and another one to Chilliwack. Finally, and I know this will be the most ambitious and expensive project, they should build a road and rail bridge or tunnel connecting Vancouver in Mainland BC / Canada with Nanaimo in Vancouver Island!

[@nickhiscock8948]

I have never understood commuter rail services in north America that dont have frequent all day services including weekends. In Australia such rail services offer 7 day services between 6am and midnight every day on quite high frequency

[@gabrielstravels]

@@nickhiscock8948 Yeah me neither lol. It just makes no sense only having peak hour only services.

[@mrrobot5963]

Better watch out Vancouver. Toronto and Montreal are coming for your title. Get moving!

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Vancouver is way behind Toronto and Montreal in transit mode split and rides per capita 100 vs 200 You need to look at the whole transit network

[@RMTransit]

Vancouver isn’t behind, not at all

[@lightplane]

Great video. The 555 likely won't get extended as Fraser Valley Transit already runs the 66 Fraser Valley Express from Chilliwack, Abbotsford to Calvoth Exchange where it connects to the 555. The 66 is planned to be extended to Lougheed Skytrain 2020 but delayed a year due to Covid. BC Transit runs all transit outside Metro Vancouver and they're exploring a payment App. I would love to see compass card used all over BC. One card for all 72 transit systems and on the ferries. We already have a single library card that can be used anywhere in BC. Skytrain is planned to operate 5 car platform length walkthrough trains. The guideway and power supply is in place to accommodate them. They're on order and a new OMC is planned to accommodate them. Canada Line can accommodate three car trains, but any longer is impossible because of the shallow tunnels and tracking raising and falling to follow the contours. The max.capacoty of canada line is 15000 people per hour per direction. Totally agree we need a plan for more Skytrain and electric buses and rapid buses. Great Video.

[@RMTransit]

I don’t really think the 66 existing is a good reason not to extend the 555 east! My mention of investigating longer trains stands though, the Canada Line could be upgraded for 4 car trains and Expo and Millennium to 6!

[@lightplane]

Though extending the 555 east would duplicate the 66, especially once the 66 is extended to Lougheed. The 555 extended east would go outside Translink Service zone and therefore BC Transit would need to operate it.

[@lightplane]

Train lengths. Expo and Millennium can handle 5 car 80 metre trains with existing platforms. Going to 6 car would require platform extensions. This would be fairly expensive in the tunnels and some elevated due to rack geometry. Skytrain can run at 75 second intervals., And 45 seconds ina crush. So there's a lot of capcity room by running more frequent trains. As there are no drivers this is cost effective and the plan of Translink to met demand. Canada Line can accommodate 60 metre trains on 50 metre platforms, which would be a three car trains. The platforms can't be extended any longer due to track geometry. There are steep grades on the line so the platform would have to slope too and switches and tunnel segments would need to be rebuilt. Again cheaper to run the automated trains much more frequently.

[@RMTransit]

I’m well aware of the platform length constraints! But it’s not the case that we couldn’t extend the current platforms, I’ve done a lot of studying myself and a large number could be extended with little issue! This is important because operating consistently beyond 90s headway’s is very difficult! That’s why I mention SDO, at the few stations where we could not extend platforms some doors would simply not open! With regard to the 555 extending to aldergrove would still be in the TL service area!

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Need the return of the old 330 from Guildford over the Port Mann

[@nwebster84]

Another Compass expansion I'd like to see is the ability for US residents to create an account. Pre-COVID, I usually visited Vancouver about annually, and pretty much always used SkyTrain. However, I can only access the card at TVMs, which is annoying.

[@rosskgilmour]

What is a DMU service?

[@ellekayeightfour]

@RMTransit - you really have to encourage Translink (and the City of Vancouver), to plan for rail on 41st Ave starting more easterly, than their current plan which is to be on 49th until you get to Cambie. This is nearly unfeasible - 49th is so narrow - 41st has far more space for a rail line (which is unlikely to be underground) and allow for the surrounding area to build up more easily.

[@ababababaababbba]

Could you do one of these for the bay area

[@AndriyBaranskyy]

Surprised you have not mentioned Coquitlam c to Port Coquitlam extension

[@vincentng2392]

Making the current R lines true BRT by adding train-station like shelters, all-day dedicated bus lanes, and pre-boarding Compass readers.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

It will not happen, no room, and none of the politicians are interested, Ottawa had the best BRT

[@harveyschwartz6789]

Have the Skytrain cars gotten bigger or better?

[@RMTransit]

Both!

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Metro Vancouver was Canada"s best system till 1950. On a per-capita basis, it is now No. 4 behind Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. Calgary and Edmonton are not far behind and I would not be surprised if Metro Vancouver will fall to No. 5 or ^ by 2022/3. I support many of your immediate improvements. You forgot the CoV which accounts for 50% of riders in Metro Vancouver with only 25% of the population. CoV needs about 50 km of new bus service to complete the GRID ( Like Toronto ) CoV also need a network of EXPRESS buses ( Again like Toronto ) Buses carry 70% of riders in 2020/1 and we need at least an extra 300 new e.buses and 60 HandyDART to be ordered ASAP. I and many supporters will be demonstrating from June 1 to July 1 outside George Heyman Office ( MLA, Minister responsible for TransLink )I hope you will support us, Victoria is also planning a demonstration they want an extra 100 e. Buses and 20 HandyDART.

[@AI_BigY]

I'm curiuous, how did you arrive at these conclusions (I'm neither disagreeing or agreeing)? Did any more rigorous analysis go into this (like looking at density maps, or maps showing common routes including sources and sinks)? Asking since I'm trying to learn more and see what good resources are out there. Thanks!

[@RMTransit]

I mean a lot of it comes from living in Metro Van for 20 years and hence having a good understanding of the travel patterns! I don’t think there’s really a single east resource but if there is you’d probably find it from Translink or one of the Universities

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

There are many reports from about 1970, GVRD?MVRD Kibrary has some of the earlier reports from the 1970/80s. density is definitely one of the factors.

[@iamalittler]

But I would love to see a train to Langley, as that is where my parents decided to move to

[@axisboss1654]

The WCE already uses Compass but that’s it.

[@leopoldleoleo]

Circle line! Circle line! Circle line!

[@slam5]

I think one thing that Translink can do improve transit in Richmond outside of the #3 Road corridor. The bus in Richmond is just bad. I grew up in Richmond and took 407 bus back 40 years ago. It ran every 30 minutes and it still only run every 30 minutes when I visit a family friend a few summers ago. There is one major high school on the way with no other bus near it. Sigh..

[@RMTransit]

A lot of the suburbs do suffer from weak bus service, not just Richmond

[@slam5]

@@RMTransit but compare to other municipality, it is bad. I guess geography/population has something to do with It.

[@shadowmamba95]

Hope that the corridor can be better suited for transit, because an extension to Delta City for the Canada Line would be a blessing.

[@Dylanolli]

More park and rides

[@josephlim8941]

The should move Westcoast Express from Abbotsford Airport right down the median on Hwy 1 across Port Mann and then hook onto existing railway through Burnaby Park north and then along bottom Millennium line until Broadway Commercial Hub. Run 120 kms on it's own dedicated track Hwy 1 and bridge with one stop at Langley 555 stop. Build huge parking lot around these two stations. And a new platform Broadway Station with Ikea size elevators straight from Millennium level to 3rd level Expo Line level.

[@maxenceauger2317]

Sorry, I thought this video would be about Montreal.

[@wavestoronto6]

He said best "Small city" network. Population of Vancouver city is only 675,000 compared to Montreal at 1.8 million people.

[@longbranchmike488]

And as much as I love the Metro station architecture, very few of them are accessible. And it will be a long time before they all are. So Vancouver wins in this regard.

[@robertm.9515]

Why is compass better than OMNY? Phone is necessary imho. Not familiar with the system so I don't really know its benefits.

[@RMTransit]

Compass has a card, and multiple form factors!

[@longbranchmike488]

A cable car between Waterfront Station and North Van Lonsdale Quay would be much more cost effective than a Canada Line tunnel. At 3.25km, it's within reach of a gondola, and the pylons would have to be very high to allow shipping underneath. If an intermediate pylon is required, it could be built in Stanley Park, albeit on a dog leg.

[@RMTransit]

That’s true but I do wonder how that would perform in harsh weather given how tall it would need to be

[@longbranchmike488]

(at the eastern point of Stanley Park)

[@longbranchmike488]

@@RMTransit The Emirates Air Line in London is a mono-cable, and it shuts down at winds greater than 30 mph (45 kph), which occurs about 30 days a year. Bi- or tri-cable systems provide greatly enhanced stability and safety, allowing for operation during major winds (up to 100 km/h). Furthermore, the Emirates Air Line is minimum 60m above the river to allow shipping and tall sailing ships to pass under. I suspect a similar height would be necessary for Vancouver Harbour.

[@agntdrake]

There is an activate airport in the middle of Coal Harbour with the float planes, so unlikely that this would ever get approved.

[@j134679]

Gondolas are too slow for commuting. It's a tourist attraction at best.

[@sli6422]

hi I was watching this on my iPad, but now have to take out my keyboard to type since some points I don't quite agree. since you are still relative small channel I thought you might read it. anyways, I love Suica, and I hate compass card doesn't load into apple wallet. it should be so easy for the app developer. I don't know why they don't do it. Apple Pay on skytrain is okay, I mean who doesn't want the discount offered by compass card? Suica system is probably 10 times faster than compass card. if you count the time for the gate to open and etc. I have seen a staff opening the gate machine in Tokyo. it's mind blowing how complicated that thing is inside. seems like miles of conveyor belt compassed in that little space. and the door itself is so fast there is literally no delay of passing. I don't think every county need that type of gate since the passenger traffic volume is simply not there yet. I don't have a concrete stat but I assume one day worth of traffic in Shinjuku equals to one months worth in a station like gateway station or maybe six month worth I don't know. the other thing I would like to point out is that I don't think there is need for 555 extend to abby or alder grove. there is Route 66 doing that right now. and the constant traffic between 200 and 264 would make it in possible for bus to run onetime. I think that's why they are not extending 555 all the way there.

[@RMTransit]

The channel is North American oriented so of course I'm going to say compass is good! LOL the 555 definitely should be extended they are building new bus lanes / HOV lanes so it shouldn't be a big issue

[@RoboJules]

How about a desperately needed North Shore SkyTrain? I think that's top of the list beyond even a SkyTrain to UBC or to Langley. The North Vancouver and West Vancouver have the worst traffic, bar none, in all of North America. Every day there is rush hour gridlock, because the car is still the only viable way of traveling to the North Shore from most areas, and this is one of single densest areas in all of Canada. There's a really decent bus network and the Seabus, but that just is not enough for the North Shore.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

again NorthShore has only 200000 people out of 3 M for the lower Mainland

[@RoboJules]

@@nathandavidowicz3721 The North Shore is also tiny, densely packed, has absolutely no more room for roads, and is a major throughway for traffic. Every time a ferry docks in Horseshoe Bay, as many as 400 cars are added to the road network at once. On top of that, Squamish and Whistler are growing like crazy, adding to that immense traffic volume. Making matters worse is the fact that thousands of people commute to North Vancouver every day, the majority of them by car, because there is no other option. North Vancouver needs as much transit as possible to free up a car congestion problem that is only going to get worse until we have solid passenger rail to Whistler with good transit networks on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

[@agntdrake]

@@nathandavidowicz3721 The population of Richmond was less than 200k people in 2010. The population of Burnaby in 1986 was 145k, and even now is only about 245k.

[@PrometheanKitchen96]

I am from Toronto I wish that we had SkyTrain here

[@Cartonies]

It's the Skytrain

[@Cartonies]

The extension tho

[@sarthsingh3271]

5:55 missed the link

[@RMTransit]

It's been added!

[@iamalittler]

Oh Jesus Murphy. I use a walker and on the way to my brothers place in New West the elevator broke down. There was no way to get to the street, and to his place. If my dad wasn’t coming there too to carry the thing down I would have to take the train down to a different station.

[@RobertFalconer1967]

And yet still no solid plans for the North Shore.

[@ForrestGraves-z7k]

More # 240 log bus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnlinn]

Regular early line closures, maintenance issues, weather related delays, lack of anyone checking for payments of fares. That's the Vancouver transit I knew every day until I gave up and started driving again. Very tired of having to move around sleeping homeless people and watching people fair jump while I pay. Thank you Translink. You are responsible for putting my car back on the road on a daily basis. I'm a little tired of your idealist love in with this system. 24 hr bus equals more people.e sleeping on them. Not sure the last time you were on a night bus.

[@Cartonies]

Idk

[@eggballo4490]

We should have a light rail from the Waterfront Station to Richmond via the old Arbutus and Richmond Interurban right of ways.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

That right of way does not exist all the way so it not possible

[@colehendrigan1368]

@@nathandavidowicz3721 Then, from Granville Island to Marpole.

[@agntdrake]

@@colehendrigan1368 You can already take the Canada line which would be faster anyway. From Granville Island (and Arbutus and Broadway) you can just take the Broadway line to the Canada line too. There just isn't enough population in Kerrisdale to really justify the line, plus a lot of RS-1 zoned housing which just isn't dense enough.

[@cheesesandwich1236]

I like the bike path on arbutus but they could have kept the railway and operated a simple basic streetcar service chugging back and forth. And the bike path could be right beside it.

[@eggballo4490]

@@cheesesandwich1236 You're in luck, I always have replacement trails in mind.

[@uncouver]

The only thing Metro Vancouver has the best of in Canada is it's undeserved reputation.

[@ameenwalli-attaei6343]

Call them “segregated cycle tracks,” NOT bike lanes!!!!!

[@24wrestling69]

i don’t agree. Vancouver is a legitimate big city. A better city than Toronto and Montreal, but i don’t think it has the best system. It’s not a good system for the city of its size. Once the broadway subway is completed, the surrey line. Then there also needs to be street cars. and a light rail where the heavier skytrain can’t be built.

[@BlondieSuperdog]

Vancouver has a great Transit System huh? I have been there many times; I didn't even notice it - I guess that is a good system; keep it hidden and out of the way - maybe something like the Seattle system - very nice but no one uses it.

[@jmstransit]

Speaking of circle lines, there will soon be a "circle" when the broadway extension is completed, albeit requiring 2 transfers.

[@RMTransit]

Yeah, though it’s not circumferential