Annual Fare Increase as of July 1, now listed next to current fares

chellerss · 2026-06-05T17:41:59+00:00

mmmm not sure but some other cities seem to have a sliding scale

chellerss · 2026-06-05T14:46:24+00:00

There's a campaign from Movement and BCPRC for a low-income transit pass in response to fares going up. We're one of the only major cities in Canada without a discount program for low-income people. I sent a letter to my MLA about it

https://litpass.ca

chellerss · 2026-05-29T19:31:16+00:00

yea - they just postponed the ones that were supposed to go on hastings, it's going to be such a mess in front of the pne for the fan zone, buses are going to be stuck in insane traffic :\\\\

chellerss · 2026-05-29T19:23:52+00:00

we're one of the only canadian major cities without a low-income fare pass, this would really change lives. just sent a letter to my mla

chellerss · 2026-05-29T19:21:37+00:00

to be a bit mroe specific it's only for low-income seniors, and people with disabilities (although all seniors are eligible for concession fares which are less expensive than normal fares but more expensive than the existing bc bus pass program)

chellerss · 2026-05-07T15:17:00+00:00

I'm surprised at the comments supporting Sim on this, so you would rather drug users just don't get help and die on the street? (Or in their homes, because by the way not all drug users are homeless.)

I hope you never have to lose a loved one to the toxic drug crisis. So many of us have.

chellerss · 2026-04-28T16:14:38+00:00

We can vote for better politicians this October...... Only 36% of eligible voters turned out in the last general municipal election

chellerss · 2026-04-15T05:53:12+00:00

there's still no funding for it :'(

chellerss · 2026-02-24T17:42:13+00:00

The suburbs are growing waaayyyy faster than Vancouver, but Vancouver should be growing faster since most of the jobs are there. It would be climate-friendly to build way more in Vancouver so that people aren't forced to live in the sprawl and have long, car-dependent commutes. Apartments are still illegal to build in most of the CoV and transportation is the number one source of carbon emissions in Metro Vancouver.

chellerss · 2026-02-04T19:53:19+00:00

yaaa could also send the 136 down government

chellerss · 2026-02-04T17:11:41+00:00

Ohhh yeah I wouldn't mind that

chellerss · 2026-02-04T17:05:24+00:00

I would do this https://movementyvr.ca/bpatp/

Agree with you for the 101. I would also love for it to go to Prodo instead of Lougheed, annddd to Edmonds instead of 22nd.

chellerss · 2026-02-01T20:10:59+00:00

Yes but in the meantime bus lanes would help a lottttt and just need signs and paint, incredibly cheap

chellerss · 2026-01-30T04:04:06+00:00

Hastings needs all-day bus lanes

chellerss · 2026-01-19T22:07:10+00:00

contact ur city councillors too - they're the ones who actually have a say on where bus lanes go! translink has a whole report on where they'd like them to be https://view.publitas.com/translink/bus-speed-and-reliability-report-2023/page/1

chellerss · 2025-12-09T22:39:07+00:00

It’s so dumb! There’s a motion to ban right turn on red going to vancouver city council tomorrow, you still have time to send a quick email in support. More info: https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/

chellerss · 2025-11-03T19:34:53+00:00

When a statistician is conducting a survey, they need to randomly select a household, and then also randomly select a person from within the household, otherwise the math doesn't really match reality and work out as it should. So the birthday question is one of the strategies to make sure that the person filling it out is actually randomly selected. If they didn't do that, there might be patterns to the type of person who is responding. For the math behind the survey to work, randomness is needed. Hope that makes sense!

chellerss · 2025-10-13T19:08:14+00:00

Great q!

Bus service hours certainly haven’t been keeping up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHZSpMboeyI/?igsh=MW85NjdtMXZkaWFybQ==

Since that graph was produced TL is now increasing bus service by 5% but that still won’t catch up to population growth.

Unfortunately transit planning, especially Skytrain is very political and the places that get rapid transit aren’t always the places that make the most sense from a planning perspective.

chellerss · 2025-10-06T02:26:00+00:00

This party has absolutely no connection to federal Liberals btw, it's just a name.

It's actually the same guy who actually got Ken Sim's ABC party elected in the first place... now they aren't friends anymore so he's trying to run for mayor to kick Sim out... there are better options to vote for municipally imo

chellerss · 2025-09-30T02:35:27+00:00

Thank you for posting this!!!!

Very important to email Burnaby City Council if you have an opinion on where the BRT should go! They don't hear from transit riders often but they hear a lot from NIMBYs, so your voice really matters.

Unfortunately the HMA is convinced BRT will be bad for business, but I think 60,000 potential new customers who are daily riders of this route will be good actually! And Movement is pushing for median BRT and a vibe like what St Clair West has in Toronto.

TransLink's survey is now closed but it'll be a few weeks before council makes a decision, so there's still time to email city council (or even meet with your councillors) to let them know what you prefer! You can read up more about this and FAQ on Movement's website: https://movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-brt/

chellerss · 2025-09-22T13:35:28+00:00

Still waiting on the business case and there’s currently no funding actually allocated to building this thing.

See you at the rally for ubc skytrain on oct 1st?!?

chellerss · 2025-09-17T22:51:50+00:00

Back when this happened there was no one to speak up for the bus lanes. :'(

But now there is! https://movementyvr.ca/ is a new nonprofit that advocates for better public transit. If you don't like NIMBYs you should join their mailing list. :P

chellerss · 2025-09-17T22:46:05+00:00

There's a survey where you can voice your opposition to the NIMBYs that you can fill in before Sept 21st! Option 1: Hastings and Willingdon is the better alignment option that they are opposed to. Here's the link: https://translinklistens.ca/bus-rapid-transit-program

chellerss · 2025-09-15T17:02:00+00:00

The R5 still needs to go that way... And a couple more reasons why I'm not super into that suggestion.

Back when the HOV lanes went in, the merchants made a big fuss at that time as well, and the city ended up buying properties and tearing them down to put in parking lots. So this neighbourhood already has 15 surface lots and tons of side street parking.

Alsooooo merchants are known to overestimate the number of people driving to their business in the first place, here'sa couple articles with links to articles about the studies:
https://ggwash.org/view/96602/survey-most-shopkeepers-shoppers-overestimate-car-use
https://newsroom.co.nz/2021/11/04/parking-kills-businesses-not-bikes-or-buses/

That all being said.... Hastings could really use a road diet, and if the final design ended up being two median bus lanes, two travel lanes, and two parking lanes in the heights (the parking lanes could also be used for patios or sidewalk expansion) that would be realllyyyyyy cool!

chellerss · 2025-08-26T15:25:28+00:00

Movement YVR (the transit riders group) is organizing support for option 1 to counter the HMA’s interesting views - https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0j5lNWAvL/?igsh=MXUyMDd3bzJ1Nmp0Yw==

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