From Boat to Bus to Train, Vancouver loves Transit
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Welcome to the first of three episodes from Paul’s tour of Western Canada. Up first-Vancouver, BC!
In this episode follow Paul as he rides the SeaBus, SkyTrain, and trolley buses around one of Canada’s most beautiful cities. Paul got the guided tour of the city from TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn as they went from the North Shore across Vancouver Harbor straight down to Marine Drive on the Fraser River.
At the Coast Mountain Bus Company he got behind the wheel of the bus simulator and got a feel for what it’s like driving a trolley bus in the city. Then he chatted with Shirley Samujh-Dayal, Director of Operators at Coast Mountain Bus Company, about her initiative to support women in pursuing a career in transit.
The Transit Unplugged team has a lot of special connections to Vancouver. Paul worked with TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn in Baltimore. Our director Jaime Cuadra studied in Vancouver-and it’s where he first fell in love with transit. Tris Hussey who produces and edits the podcast, lives in the area. And our executive producer Julie Gates attended Expo 86!
Coming up next month on the show Paul takes a special tour by train on the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Lake Louise and Banff National Park. Experience the views and a inside look at what it takes to run a five-star hotel on wheels rolling through the Canadian Rockies.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:51 SeaBus to North Vancouver
1:46 Vancouver Loves Transit with Kevin Quinn
2:43 TransLink Wide Scope
3:37 Kevin Quinn's Vision for Vancouver's Transit Future
4:46 Dine the Line Campaign
5:02 The Shipyards District Renovation
5:30 Vancouver's Impressive Multi-modal Transit System
6:56 Expo86 Legacy on Vancouver's Transportation
7:31 Innovative Fare Payment Methods
9:01 SkyTrain to Marine Drive
10:06 Bus Driver Training Instructions
12:25 Behind the Wheel of the Bus Simulator
12:50 Resource Guide for Women Transit Operators with Shirley Samujh-Dayal
14:10 Bike Ride at Stanley Park
14:25 Closing Comments
Transit Unplugged TV
Host/Producer
- Paul Comfort
Video Director, Camera and Sound - Jaime Cuadra
Video Editing
- Jaime Cuadra
Video Editing and Second Camera - Gerardo Colantuono
Music
- Jaime Cuadra
Graphic Design
- Tina Olagundoye
Graphic Animation
- Gerardo Colantuono
Executive Producers -
Gerardo Colantuono
, Julie Gates
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I like to see differents places, Thanks 👍
Vancouverite here. I know a lot of locals like to complain about Translink, but I can agree that Greater Vancouverites do use transit. A few initiatives building lines while planning TOD, the lack of highways into the downtown area, and having an automated and more importantly FREQUENT train network is super important. Torontites like to make fun of Skytrain for it comically short length, but I'd much rather have short 80m trains that run every 90 seconds than a subway that you have to wait for.
The Canada line was (unfortunately) underbuilt, but since that line went in, connecting the airport, there has been far less opposition to lines as the network reached many main areas of the city. After the Broadway extension is built connecting all three lines, transit usage will DRASTICALLY improve in both efficiency and value.
I rode the Skytrain on day one way back in the last century.
During the Expo section, you talked about SkyTrain but then showed clips of the Monorail (which unfortunately was packed up and sold to Alton Towers in the UK after Expo). It would have made a great people mover along the waterfront.Yaletown connecting Stadium SkyTrain station with Yaletown roundhouse, but unfortunately, it was sold.
Too bad, IMO!
Lol @14:17 The bike paths around Stanley park are single direction for bikes... it needs better signage. Looks like you were going the wrong way. However, Stanley park isn't the BEST example of bike paths you could have used. The actual bikeways are a much better example of USEful transportation by bike. The downtown bike lanes, the lanes over the bridge, the Central Valley Greenway, the Ontario Bikeway, the 10th ave bike road or the Arbutus greenway are really great examples.
Come back to Vancouver when the Broadway subway opens and I'll show you around!
Yikes! I came here to comment about cycling in the wrong direction on the seawall. That was dangerous and possibly frightened the other cyclists going the right way.
@@EdwinYee While I agree, I also think that signage really needs to improve if it's going to be enforced. I've made that mistake as well. A little paint with arrows on the ground would do wonders.
All that being said, travel on the Sea wall itself is pretty slow and it isn't exactly a commuter route, so people really should be doing speed runs around the park.
I thought when Mr. CEO said Canada Line to Marine Drive I thought he ment the North Vancouver one, and I thought it was being expanded to like Lonsdale Quay... 😂
All transit goes downtown. If you want to go anywhere else, pack a lunch.
It's fascinating to live in YVR and see videos from outsiders and locals proclaiming that we love our excellent transit system.
Vancouver does NOT love transit. And, most of the metro area is comprise of suburbs whose residents often bitterly complain about transit and transportation systems here. Step outside of Vancouver City to an area away from our tiny Skytrain system, and ask around.
No we dont. Transit sux in the part of YVR that I reside. A 12 minute car journey takes a full hour by bus.
There is no such thing as a “transit enthusiast “ lol good lord
im a transit enthusiast
Are you sure? That's exactly how I would describe myself. Maybe you should expand your horizons and seek new ideas, people and concepts.
@@ransom182 I’m very sorry to hear that. I have a shoulder if you need it
There is, although we prefer the designation "transit nerd".
Yes because traffic is the worst. Not to mention constantly terrified of idiot driving.