Comments on: Olympic travel tips: transit etiquette and behaviour

By: The Buzzer blog » Olympic travel tips: web and mobile resources for transit info during the Games

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:21:11 +0000

[...] info, Park and Rides, a guide to transit staff, where to find real-time transit info online, and transit etiquette. Let me know if I should add anymore! This lady is checking for transit alerts at TransLink’s [...]

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By: ;-)

;-) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:11:44 +0000

Is it possible to have the recorded “move to the rear of the bus” message translated into the most common languages?

I saw a really dangerous situation today where ethnic seniors all crowded the entranceway wheelwell and refused driver’s request to clear the entranceway until he drove to the Skytrain station. The driver repeatly requested people to move, but there was a language barrier and every request was ignored.

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By: The Buzzer blog » Links and tidbits about the Olympics and transit so far

The Buzzer blog » Links and tidbits about the Olympics and transit so far — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:01:12 +0000

[...] at the Lululemon blog posts about how to become a super transit rider. Nice! (Here’s the etiquette list I posted earlier [...]

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By: Dave 2

Dave 2 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:37:15 +0000

The buses still post a “No Drink, No Ice Cream Cone” sign (Ice cream cone? Who has ever taken an ice cream cone on board?)

Perhaps this sign from the ’80s is apropos, though it’s missing “Phone No Evil” :)

http://members.shaw.ca/dave_too2/bus/P1000640%20(2).JPG

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By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:10:31 +0000

Rvie:

Oooh, that’s another one!

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By: Rvie

Rvie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:41:52 +0000

Another tip I should contribute is don’t place your bag on an empty seat next to you. It would mean that you don’t want to offer the seat next to you to others when they need a place to sit and relax (especially on long bus/SkyTrain rides), even if you don’t want people sitting beside you.

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By: Reva

Reva — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:10:02 +0000

With the exception of what Cliff described, and of course wheelchair passengers/elderly/disabled/etc., PLEASE EXIT THE BUS BY THE REAR DOORS. I find this is especially a problem on the new Novas. Often I will see 2 or 3 people get off at the back doors, while 8 or 10 people wait patiently to file out through the front doors, when the aisles of the bus are obviously clear/no crowds to work through. I often even see people who were sitting in the back of the bus walk past the rear doors all the way up to the front to exit! It is awkward and takes much longer to load the bus when all the unloading is unnecessarily taking place through the front door. Whatever happened to the large “Please exit by rear door” stickers on all the windows?

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By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:36:55 +0000

“Please move to the back of the bus” should be the number one rule. (Are new buses still getting those “Please move to the back of the bus” stickers)?

More than a few times, I have gotten on at the front, been crushed between more people getting on and no one behind me moving back, and so (politely) worked my way through all the people squeezed into the front half of the bus, and found a wide open space (and often a seat!) at the back of the bus.

It seems as if the low-floor buses exacerbate the problem, as people tend to congregate around the wide-open exit area (and/or the steps present some kind of visual barrier to the back of the bus), and then more and more riders accrete in the front of the bus.

Oh: And the number 2 rule: when at a station, please do not stand directly in front of SkyTrain doors when people are exiting!

In South Korea, subway cars and trains are always the same length, so doors are always located at the same point on the platform, and there are even platform markings indicating where the doors are, and more markings that encourage people to line up to the left and right of the doors, leaving a clear area for passengers exiting the train.

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By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:35:57 +0000

A great tip if your taking a bus and are asked to move to the back the back is not at the foot of the back steps but actually the seats at the back so if your asked to move back please do so that others can get out of the rain and get to where they want to. I am sure if you were out side at the stop and saw that there was room you would want the people in the bus to move to allow you to get on as well which is much appreciated. I feel like often people in north america are so worried about personal space that even being a little close to others makes them concerned!

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By: Jhenifer Pabillano

Jhenifer Pabillano — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:03:07 +0000

Tristan, Dave 2:
I’ve asked ProTrans BC, the private operator of the Canada Line, and their policy is no food or drink inside a fare paid zone.

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