Comments on: A bird’s-eye view of the crowds from the Vancouver Lookout

By: The Buzzer blog » Downtown Vancouver in 1981 and today

The Buzzer blog » Downtown Vancouver in 1981 and today — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:57 +0000

[...] the Games, I posted photos of downtown Vancouver from the Vancouver Lookout observation [...]

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By: Dave 2

Dave 2 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:42:01 +0000

Jhenifer, ain’t that the truth! Even by 1985 that view had totally changed, with all of the rail yards and the associated buildings cleared out, the opening of the Expo Preview Centre (now Science World) and the construction of Skytrain … And now, you can’t even _see_ Science World with all the highrises

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:12:27 +0000

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Those are spares. We have those 160+ extra buses tucked away in places all over the region to supplement routes where needed. For example, 51 buses are hanging out near Pacific Coliseum to pick up crowds exiting that venue!

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:00:28 +0000

Dave 2! That’s awesome! How our city has changed!

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By: Gregory of BritishStudent.ca

Gregory of BritishStudent.ca — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:29:41 +0000

Seeing the photo of the Waterfront queue from above, it looks like it should be so tempting to snake it to be in line with the coloured paving. I suppose as a transit host on the ground you wouldn’t see that opportunity, or they are too busy continuing to give a friendly smile to everyone.

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By: Dave 2

Dave 2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:20:41 +0000

Re the photo 04-buses-viaduct.jpg Here’s a photo I have taken from the “Sears Tower” (as we used to call Harbour Centre back in the day) taken in 1981. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4372347298_0d8e24fb43_o.jpg

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... — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:32:52 +0000

There’s also about 12 buses parked near VCC-Clark… D40s… Spare?

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By: ;-)

;-) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:28:57 +0000

I was at the VCS station last night at 11pm and noticed a line of 40 people. I looked around and found it was for the TVM. I walked passed it and flashed my monthly pass.

Yes, I too noticed the transit armada on the viaducts. Jhen should request the drivers take some pictures from this historic moment. The viaducts may be removed in the near future.

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:21:47 +0000

Those people are headed for both the Canada Line to use the machines and get on the train — they did not seem to be differentiating between them. But since they let people in only a few at a time to use the trains, there is ample time for people to purchase tickets without creating a huge lineup, and those who have passes can just go past them and get on the trains. Almost all people seemed to be carrying a event ticket or prepaid fares though.

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By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:28:44 +0000

Jhenifer!

Got a question about the queue system. Are most of those lineups to get onto the train or to use the TVMs. Reason I ask is I have a monthly pass. I’m heading downtown on sunday with my parents. I don’t want to get into a lineup of people who are waiting to use a TVM.

I guess my basic question is have they separated people who have passes from those that don’t?

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