Tom
Transparency and Accountability
Before Translink sticks us with a 12.5% increase they need to pare down their own salaries and become more transparent and accountable. Arrogance!

SD
Privatize!
Get rid of these pieces of garbage

BD
A bit of research: Translink- 2002 – 2007 CEO 2002 204,182 salary 2006 297,468 2007 360,595 Expenses 2002 33,601 2007 32,045 Up 77% Director of Engineering/projects 2002 Salary 94,775 2007 Salary 172, 302 Expenses 2002 2,501. 2008 27,910 Up 84% 2008 – # employees earning 75,000 or more up 250% over past 6 years, some managers up 90% 2002 – Had 70 employees in ’02 topped 75,000 Collectively = 6.5 mill 2008 – 174 employees more than 75,000 – group cost 18 million – 300% Employees below 75,000 same 6 years wages up 12.5% to 9 mill in ‘’07 from 8 mill in ’02 Over the 6 years some managers received 30%

Skeptic
Translink with your crappy service Transit is great if your a day worker but after 6 pm it turns into crap! With buses leaving just when the skytrains are pulling into the stations and passengers having to wait for half an hour for the next bus and when you get on the bus it’s standing room only with people being stranded for another half hour. I see why more people are driving now but wait we get to pay another two cents a litre for another transit project. What about the last gas tax to pay for the Canada line the one that was already paid for be we still see the price at the pumps. Instead of raising fares maybe the overpaid CEO’s that sit in there crystal palace that get lovely vehicles paid for by translink so they can drive to work instead of taking transit should get a pay cut!!!!

CB
No Accountability
Worst thing that ever happened to transportation systems in the GVRD…….Translink. When they became responsible (and I use the word lightly) for everything, roads, buses, Skytrain etc the accountability went out the window and in came obscene salaries and overspending and mismanagement. The board should be elected and if they don’t do their job they can go. No payouts, no fat pensions or severance. Just like the working people who have to put up with the joke called public transit in this region.

Nick
Take your hike and shove it..
Fares should be going DOWN! Not UP! Transit is supposed to be affordable, it’s becoming a rip off! It’s already too expensive compared to other cities in the world. Time to FIRE all of the Translink board. WE WANT YOU GONE! Bottom feeders.

Evil Eye
Ha, ha, ha
When has anyone in TransLink or associated with TransLink ever listen to its customers. TransLink is an extremely user unfriendly business and doesn’t give a damn about its customers.

Donald
Only cash fares has not increased since Jan 2008
In January 2008, cash fares went up by a quarter to two quarters while monthly fares and faresaver tickets went up by 5%. In April 2010, monthly fares and faresaver tickets went up again by 11%. By the way, I was unaware that commish as short for commissioner, but I guess if refudiate can be a word..

Nick
shouldn’t they have done this instead of adding more and more gas taxes? I use transit everyday atleast once and don’t mind paying extra to use it, still cheaper than driving. time for transit users to pay the cost of using transit!

PD
heres an opinion
My opinion is it costs too damn much for what we get

Stupidity
Phht. Do they REALLY want to hear what we have to say about this?
We do this ridiculous song and dance every year. Obviously we, the public, STILL find it ridiculous that we pay for this board of governers whose only contribution of ideas is to increase fares, create new taxes, etc . They have proven themselves incapable of handling this job, of turning a profit on their own merits, and quite frankly the whole lot of them would be fired from any other privately-owned business.

Like 0

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY WE GIVE THEM, …

… THEY WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE.

Translink needs to understand they cannot continue to squeeze us forever, and plan acordingly.

Like 1

Like 0

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

Like 0

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?

Like 0

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…)

Like 0

Like 0

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

Like 0

Like 0

Like 0