Comments on: Regional Transportation Commissioner wants your input on fare increases

By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:49:55 +0000

Yes, it seems that the YVR AddFare isn’t happening on January 1, 2010, as I’m sure you’ve noticed! I hadn’t heard an exact date for its implementation though. I’ll ask and see if there are any rumblings that I’ve missed.

By: ;-)

;-) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:06:23 +0000

Ok…. Ran into another Canada Line attendant this evening. She confirm Cash’s statement that the AddFare will be post Olympics. The attendant also confirms this will be on top of the two zone fare.

If ridership is an issue, what about sending two trains to Lulu island for every one train to Sea Island?

By: ;-)

;-) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:02:28 +0000

This must be new information. Everything that I have specifies the YVR addfare begins January 1st. The YVR AddFare will be charged coming and going to Sea Island.

With just 4 days to go, I wonder how it is to be collected and enforced. I asked one of the attendants yesterday and he didn’t know. Ideally anyone entering and leaving YVR station should be paying and collected.

Here’s another thought. If I get on at the Marine Drive station to the airport… I will be expected to pay the YVR AddFare. However do I pay for a one zone fare, or a two zone fare? That is Vancouver is Zone 1, Bridgeport station is Zone 2.

I think I need to pay for a 2 zone, plus YVR AddFare. Or am I wrong?

By: Cash-Limited Transit Rider

Cash-Limited Transit Rider — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:14:04 +0000

I heard that there may be an extra fare that must be paid to ride the skytrain to YVR, has this been finalized?

If so, will this take effect starting on January 1, 2010?
(I just called Transit Information and they told me that any YVR skytrain fare increase will NOT take place until after the Olympics…)

By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:59:16 +0000

;-):
Only articulated buses on specific routes (like the B-Lines) have three-door boarding.

By: ;-)

;-) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:56:46 +0000

Jhenifer do you mean all articulated buses, or just the BLines?

While statistics in the past have justified enforcement levels. FreeLine media promotions may change this.

By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:50 +0000

Sungsu:
The 99 B-Line actually has three door boarding, not all door boarding. The planner explaining this to me made it very clear that we don’t have all door boarding on the system, and said it is an important distinction because it shows that we only board through back doors on articulated buses. Which is why you don’t see people board regular-sized buses through the back doors.

By: Sungsu

Sungsu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:15:23 +0000

Jhenifer, doesn’t the 99 B-Line have all-door boarding at all its stops?

By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:25:22 +0000

;-):

Just for a bit of info on three-door boarding on our system: it’s not done on all routes, and we only board through the back doors on articulated buses and only at designated stops where we know a majority of customers have high prepaid fares – like at Broadway Station, UBC, Production Station and SFU (U-Passes).

The other feature of these stops is that they are located at a start terminus or end terminus meaning there is little to no boardings and alightings happening through the back doors, it’s one or the other i.e. either everyone is getting off the bus or everyone is getting on the bus.

And in the end, three-door boarding in these contexts does provide us with significant improvements to service and it can even save us some money (ie: we don’t have to add another vehicle to the route if the time saved from boarding also shortens the time between buses).

By: Invisible Summer

Invisible Summer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:49:42 +0000

A Proposal For Modest Fare Increases…

The Regional Transportation Commissioner, part of Translink’s labyrinthine governance structure, is seeking feedback on the proposed AddFare to the Airport and FareSaver price increases. I submitted comments as follows, and I hope everybody write…