'We're prepared to strike': Metro Vancouver transit operators may walk off job during FIFA World Cup

'There should be no underestimating our ability or our members' willingness to take action if needed,' union rep says.

North Shore News

TransLink doing a great job carefully avoiding a cease-and-desist, as a "Proud supporter of the fan" in their football-themed bus stop safety reminder.

#Transit #Vancouver #Bus #TransLink #WorldCup #Football

#VancouverBC - #Translink - Proposed TransLink bus stop removals raise accessibility concerns in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/translink-bus-stop-changes-on-hastings-street-9.7202620?cmp=rss
Proposed TransLink bus stop removals raise accessibility concerns in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside | CBC News

A proposal to remove more than a dozen bus stops along Hastings Street in Vancouver is drawing concern from some residents and outreach organizations in the Downtown Eastside, who say the changes could make it harder for vulnerable people to access essential services.

CBC
Proposed TransLink bus stop removals raise accessibility concerns in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
A proposal to remove more than a dozen bus stops along Hastings Street in Vancouver is drawing concern from some residents and outreach organizations in the Downtown Eastside, who say the changes could make it harder for vulnerable people to access essential services.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/translink-bus-stop-changes-on-hastings-street-9.7202620?cmp=rss
90 minutes instead of planned 55. Very nice, #Translink. Why do I even bother 🙄

"[...] TransLink implemented a new methodology for measuring fare evasion in fall 2023, according to a report the following June, Integrated Action Plan to Target Fare Evasion Reduction.

The aim of the action plan is to reduce fare evasion by one percentage point, which the agency estimates could save $5 million a year.

Though it includes educational, public awareness, and other measures, the bulk of the initiative is enforcement, with TransLink launching a dedicated fare-evasion enforcement team with eight security officers.

Those eight transit security staff were expected to cost $648,000. It’s not immediately clear what additional expenses, if any, Transit Police expected from increased enforcement."

I sincerely doubt there's $5 million in fare evasion happening. #translink #vancouver #bc

https://www.defactomedia.ca/transit-police-immigration-checks/

Transit Police are calling border enforcement more — but you wouldn't know that from their own records

In 2024, Metro Vancouver transit cops’ immigration calls reached their highest in a decade. But not even a tenth of them went into daily duty reports as required

De Facto Journalism Co-op
Upgrading Columbia SkyTrain station is ‘most technically challenging’ retrofit project yet: TransLink
Transit advocates and municipal leaders are calling for major changes to the 37-year-old station, which they say is riddled with accessibility issues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/columbia-skytrain-station-upgrades-9.7190173?cmp=rss

Another great day reminding me that I do have a voice in my city, there's now some much needed adjustments to public transit that I advocated for in my neighbourhood!

https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/bus-projects/bus-priority-projects/hastings-street-bus-priority

#vancouver #translink #strathconaYVR #YVR

Hastings Street Bus Priority

We’re working with the City of Vancouver to help make bus service along Hastings Street faster and more reliable.

Translink NI should open up their mothballed Lisburn-Antrim line for tourism using pedal-powered draisines. It'd be a legendary win.

#trains #railways #draisine #tourism #translink

Reduced train timetables [from Tuesday 5 May, indefinitely. Government blames the unions]

https://quokk.au/c/brisbane/p/867576/reduced-train-timetables-from-tuesday-5-may-indefinitely-government-blames-the-unions

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