Why can huge metropolises such as New York City, Montreal and Toronto manage very effective and efficient public transportation systems, but the much smaller Metro Vancouver can't? I do find it ironic that Translink executives are aware and publically acknowledge that the transit system in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley is not efficient. My advice to their senior management: fix it or lose your jobs. And if they want subsidized transportation, why not provide them with a free Translink pass - that's more than the rest of us get. Why should we support the executives who bypass the exact problem that thousands of riders struggle with daily in this city? Clearly, the Translink system is not good enough for them but is good enough for everyone else.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Proletariat chariot
Why can huge metropolises such as New York City, Montreal and Toronto manage very effective and efficient public transportation systems, but the much smaller Metro Vancouver can't? I do find it ironic that Translink executives are aware and publically acknowledge that the transit system in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley is not efficient. My advice to their senior management: fix it or lose your jobs. And if they want subsidized transportation, why not provide them with a free Translink pass - that's more than the rest of us get. Why should we support the executives who bypass the exact problem that thousands of riders struggle with daily in this city? Clearly, the Translink system is not good enough for them but is good enough for everyone else.
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This city is all bark, no bite. That or it's Sam Sullivan's fault. The bus sucks; they know it, we know it.
Vancouver has too many hippies at the helm, they are good at protesting, not good with policy and implementation.
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