Sep 07, 2009 15:31
dear translink
if the 99 b-line is STUFFED, eastbound at
broadway and willow, so people cannot get
on it at mid-day on a holiday, how do you
expect to move even more people during the
school year...or, say, during the olympics?
also, if vancouver is projected to increase
in population, why is the new skytrain line
a mini skytrain? it's the metro line that
cities like london and moscow will kick sand
on because they're so puny. trains that are
2 cars long? with platforms that defy
extending train length?
what are you doing at broadway station?
slapping plastic signage with the new font
over the garish original blue ones just
looks tacky (though I applaud reusing existing
objects, so i'm torn on this one). and the
numbering of platforms is, well, pointless.
what was wrong with emulating metros worldwide
and just giving each line a different COLOUR
as well as a different name?
but to build a whole set of new lines with
only up escalators? here's a newsflash - if
you've read the signs hanging at the skytrain
stations, vancouver's population of seniors
is set to TRIPLE in the next 30 years. how
should they all get down the up to three flights
of stairs at the stations? line up for the one
small mini elevator and fight for space with
the wheelchairs and mega-sized strollers? by
this time in the 21st century we should be going
for full-on mobility. oh yeah, there's still a
platform at 22nd street station that has NO
up escalator.
it's almost like those making the decisions
don't actually ride transit daily. and i mean,
DAILY. as in use it to get to work, to leisure
activities, to do the shopping. as in, using
it because they don't own a car. (sarcasm)
transit