Comments on: Canada Line bus connections and September bus changes are now online

By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:52:00 +0000

Nicky: I sent your comment over to CMBC, and they’ve let me know that they are aware of this issue and are currently exploring possible solutions. I’ll update you with more as I hear from them!

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By: Nicky

Nicky — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:53:31 +0000

There are too many buses going to harrison loop when there is a loop at 54th. There are three old people homes at the loop and the residents living across from the loop are disables and elderly they already have problems when theyre parking spots are taken by these buses. Harrison loop was never a big loop and shouldn’t become one some buses should rest at the 54th loop

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:32:03 +0000

David:
Just wanted to add that I passed your comments about the #20 on to our planners at CMBC, and here is the response.

I think “Wupop” captured it quite well:

“The improvement is that there will be no more turnaround at 54th, with all buses going to the end at Harrison Loop, and that the new partner,
#3 is supposed to have better on-time performance than the previous partner, #8.”

He is right though, the frequency has slightly decreased during the PM peak. But now the #20 should be able to better stay on schedule, as opposed to the “bunching-buses” that takes place currently. Sending all of the buses to Harrison Loop also evens the loads out which will reduce
pass-ups. In our opinion, this is an improvement. However, he certainly has the right to disagree.

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:03:43 +0000

David:
Well, as far as I know, my silence is just silence :) I’m totally neutral on this one: I have no idea how this will affect either line besides what the planners have told me.

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By: ;-)

;-) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:49:05 +0000

I hope the #20 isn’t being reduced coming out the summer. The #20 is heavily used between Broadway and 54th. It’s not uncommen to see huge lineups Southbound from the 2 Skytrain and #99 Bline dumps.

If they want reduced frequencies North of Broadway or South of 54thn we should short turn the #20 buses at 54 and Broadway.

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By: David

David — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:14:32 +0000

I rode the #41 again this morning and there are two locations on the WB route where there are two stops at essentially the same intersection. The Chester stop is really close to the Fraser stop and the Ash stop is almost as close to Cambie as the Cambie stop is. I’m guessing both places are extremely high traffic, but it’s still weird to see stops on both sides of an intersection.

The NB #22 has a similar situation where there are two stops in the short block between King Edward and Kingsway.

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By: David

David — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:04:03 +0000

@Wupop re: #20

The #20 doesn’t interline with the #8 now. They use completely different equipment. The #20 uses articulated buses whereas the #8 uses standard 40-foot trolleys.

I’m sure the small fraction of customers living south of 54th will be delighted that every bus will be going to Harrison Drive, but even they are going to be upset at the increased crowding caused by having less frequent service on the rest of the route. I still contend that service on the #20 is being reduced next week.

By her silence on the issue I assume Jhenifer agrees with me.

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By: Dave 2

Dave 2 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:15 +0000

Speaking of google maps, the data for the location of bus stop 58767 at VCC clark station shows it quite a ways north on Glen Drive. The station isn’t quite right either, but it’s closer to reality than the bus stop!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.267392,-123.080456&spn=0.004166,0.008905&z=17&iwloc=lyrftr:w2.106,0x5486714484e74987:0x86b1849ebdaf0050,49.267258,-123.080885

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:46:45 +0000

Sungsu: I sent CMBC your question about the 43 stops, and here’s the answer.

This has been done. The WB #41 and #43 bus stops are on the west side of Cambie Street. Therefore customers transferring only have to cross one intersection to access them.

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