Comments on: Weekend transit service: extra SkyTrain service, Critical Mass, and B.C. Day info

By: Chris F.

Chris F. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:58:20 +0000

Can’t buses simply plow through any such debris in the road? That not being an option, I can think of some other things that can be done.

1. One of the best ways I can think for TransLink to be prepared is to simply run conventional diesel buses instead of trolleys on the days Critical Mass is supposed to run.

2. Have community shuttles on standby to shuttle people to areas along the bus route that will have to be omitted due to this event.

It’s a little ironic too, because I’m sure the people running the Critical Mass event would much rather have trolley buses and not diesel buses out and about while they terrorize downtown.

On another note, it would be unfortunate if all the bike racks that day were out of service.

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:52:06 +0000

That runaway after Edit: is still unfixed – it should be closed with a , not .

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By: Reva

Reva — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:19:32 +0000

Hey, I’ve been wanting to ask: On the alerts page, is it possible to start highlighting or bolding the dates each alert is effective? It is kind of a pain to have to scan the text of each alert to find out what day the disruption/reroute/etc. will actually occur, because they aren’t necessarily in chronological order. It’s easy to see the date each alert is posted because it’s in the top corner of every post, but that’s not really what I’m after when I look there. It would be a nice user-friendly thing to bold the date/time that each alert will be effective, to enable quicker finding of what’s happening on specific days, at a glance.

Just a suggestion. Thanks! :)

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:46:33 +0000

Fixed!

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By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:38:46 +0000

Just to let you know you have a runaway that wasn’t closed after your edit. It’s making everything else on the page italicized :)

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:37:23 +0000

Of course — the Pride Parade, Dyke March and more are on this weekend! Sorry for the oversight: I just posted about these 3 specific events because we sent out news releases on them today. Actually, looking at the alerts page, there seems to be a TON of stuff besides all of these events this weekend, too. I will amend the post to include a link & a nod to the Pride Parade :)

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By: Catherine Winters

Catherine Winters — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:32:41 +0000

Wait, aren’t there a few other events seriously disrupting bus service this weekend? :)

The 5, 6, C21, C23 and 20 buses specifically?

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