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  TransLink (Vancouver) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TransLink, officially known as the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, is a transportation organization that services transportation needs of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) in British Columbia, Canada.
TransLink was created in 1998 by the Government of British Columbia to replace BC Transit in the GVRD, and take over many of the transportation responsibilities that previously were responsibilities of the provincial government.
West Coast Express is a commuter railway connecting Vancouver to communities of the GVRD and FVRD north of the Fraser River to Mission.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TransLink_(British_Columbia)   (1768 words)

  
 Translink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TransLink (Vancouver), the regional transportation authority serving the area of in British Columbia, Canada
TransLink (San Francisco), a smart card-based fare system for mass transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.
TransLink Laboratory (TAMU), a transportation research laboratory at the Texas AandM University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Translink   (176 words)

  
 Vancouver Board of Trade - Governance of TransLink
If TransLink does not step up to and act on that broader mandate, then it should be recognized as a transit authority only and another mechanism should be found to address the other serious regional transportation challenges that are already having strong negative effects on the regional economy.
The Vancouver Board of Trade believes that the future governance of TransLink should be based upon the model used by the Vancouver International Airport Authority or that used by the Vancouver Port Corporation, or a hybrid.
The purpose of the Special Committee on Vancouver International Airport is to suggest community-based improvements to the governance structure and processes of the Authority in advance of the legislation to be introduced by the Minister of Transport.
www.boardoftrade.com /vbot_page.asp?pageid=526   (3359 words)

  
 Travel Channel :: Vancouver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Exact change is needed to ride TransLink buses: C$2 for regular adult fares within Vancouver or C$3-C$4 for weekday trips to the suburbs, including the SeaBus to the North Shore.
Vancouver's rush-hour traffic, about 7-9 weekday mornings and starting at 3 PM weekday afternoons, can be horrendous.
The worst bottlenecks outside the city center are the North Shore bridges (especially the Lions Gate Bridge), the George Massey Tunnel on Highway 99 south of Vancouver, and Highway 1 through Coquitlam and Surrey.
travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/vancouver/tips_20028_1.html   (1201 words)

  
 Translink (public transit) - Vancouver Transportation - VirtualTourist.com
Vancouver has an excellent public transit system by which all the major visitor attractions are accessible.
Translink, the transit system for greater Vancouver, is rated as one of the best in Canada.
Translink (public transit): From Mexico, by plane is the...
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_British_Columbia/Vancouver-903183/Transportation-Vancouver-Translink_public_transit-BR-1.html   (950 words)

  
 Vancouver-UBC Area Transit Plan
TransLink will lead the development of the ATP and the work will be conducted by a dedicated staff team from TransLink, the City of Vancouver, and UBC.
TransLink has adopted the development of Area Transit Plans for seven sub-regions of the GVRD and a renewal process for updating these plans every three to four years as a means of addressing community and municipal council priorities.
Vancouver Council, UBC and the UEL are invited to appoint members of the public to form a Public Advisory Committee to the ATP project.
www.city.vancouver.bc.ca /ctyclerk/cclerk/20040406/tt4.htm   (5189 words)

  
 Discover Vancouver Forum - Translink Fury!
Translink's service is a disgrace, and apologists for this kind of service - like yourselves - are the primary reason this customer service continues to be an absolute disgrace.
Focus on the real problems by attending the Translink meetings and let them be aware of their shortcomings.
Translink is the organization that oversees the entire region with regards to highways, Albion ferry, Skytrain, Seabus and of course, the buses.
www.discovervancouver.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26517   (1545 words)

  
 Vancouver travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Vancouver is one of those rare places where you can ski in the mountains, windsurf in the ocean, and play a round of golf all in the same day.
Vancouver Maritime Museum is one of the major maritime museums on the West Coast of North America.
Vancouver is also quite close to Seattle and a bit further off are the excellent destinations of Jasper and Banff in the famed Jasper National Park and Banff National Park on the BC-Alberta border.
wikitravel.org /en/Vancouver   (8286 words)

  
 UTU: News
OTTAWA -- TransLink is looking to expand its popular West Coast Express commuter train system from Mission to Vancouver after winning a $26-million cut in the price it pays CP Rail to operate the trains, according to a report by Peter O'Neil and Lori Culbert that appeared in the Vancouver Sun.
TransLink has also forged a new partnership with CP Rail to expand other rail service in the Lower Mainland, which could include a rapid transit line from the airport to Vancouver.
TransLink and CP Rail have also begun to study whether CPR's Sapperton right-of-way in New Westminster can accommodate a rapid transit connection from Coquitlam to the new Millennium SkyTrain line, without affecting the corridor's freight capacity.
www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=3500   (671 words)

  
 Straight.com Vancouver | News and Views | TransLink review defended
TransLink’s board of directors currently consists of 12 members elected to municipal councils and appointed to one-year terms.
Burnaby Mayor and TransLink director Derek Corrigan told the Straight that if the Canada Line was a “circus”, then Falcon is the “ringmaster”.
David Cadman and Corrigan—both were on the TransLink board in 2004 and against RAV—for extra criticism.
www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=17204   (678 words)

  
 Province appoints panel to review TransLink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Among other things, the panel is to make recommendations on the division of roles and responsibilities between TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the province over issues such as revenue raising and whether TransLink is effective in meeting the transportation needs of the Vancouver area.
TransLink has come under heavy fire over the past few years, especially over construction of the rapid transit line from Vancouver's airport to its downtown.
Falcon has said the municipal politicians that make up the TransLink board are too occupied with local concerns and are unable to think regionally.
www.canada.com /theprovince/news/story.html?id=73503182-4c24-43b6-bf3e-cf79f7576413&k=83918   (366 words)

  
 Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside: Travel guide and area information in Vancouver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Vehicle reservations on Vancouver to Victoria and Nanaimo routes are optional and cost C$15 in addition to the fare.
The (604/953-3333, www.translink.bc.ca) is a 400-passenger commuter ferry that crosses Burrard Inlet from Waterfront Station downtown to the foot of Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver.
The cities -- Vancouver and Victoria -- are perhaps most enjoyable in the shoulder seasons: May and June, September and October, when the weather is still mild and the crowds thin.
marriott.com /property/areainfo/fodors.mi?marshaCode=yvrrd&cityName=Vancouver§ion=Traveltips   (2746 words)

  
 Vancouver Board of Trade - Feb 26, 2004 Letter to GVRD re: Translink's 10-Year Outlook
On Friday, February 27, 2004, you will be considering approval of the TransLink 10-year transportation outlook and 3-year financial plan (as modified by the February 25, 2004, TransLink board meeting).
The Greater Vancouver region has fallen behind in improving its transportation network over the last 15 years and strongly needs this plan to prevent us from sinking further into congestion.
The Vancouver Board of Trade has indicated previously that it supports the proposed plan and wants to see it implemented.
www.boardoftrade.com /vbot_page.asp?pageid=1183   (299 words)

  
 CESG 2005
Vancouver is a dynamic, multicultural city set in a spectacular natural environment.
Vancouver was voted the "Best City in the Americas" for 2004 by Conde Nast Traveler magazine, based on the categories of ambience, friendliness, culture and sites, restaurants, lodging, and shopping.
The Vancouver transit system, TransLink, is made up of a network of buses and unique services such as the SeaBus and SkyTrain.
www.sfu.ca /cesg/tourist.htm   (412 words)

  
 Vancouver public-transit system
However you decide to travel the fares are all exactly the same and let you transfer easily between all buses (both translink and blue bus), skytrain and seabus.
On the Vancouver side you get on from the seabus station at the edge of Gastown and 12 minutes later you’ll be at the North Vancouver station at the Lonsdale Quay (from there you can catch a bus if you need to).
If you have a local Vancouver tourist related business or service and would like us to review it and tell the world about it, please fill in the “Local Business” form.
www.whyvancouver.com /public-transit.html   (508 words)

  
 Vancouver/North Shore - Wikitravel
The North Shore is a suburb of Vancouver, North of the Burrard Inlet.
This is operated by Translink and a bus or skytrain ticket or transfer is also accepted on the seabus.
For Vancouver Island travel, visitors are able to take a BC Ferry from Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver) to Nanaimo (Departure Bay).
wikitravel.org /en/Vancouver/North_Shore   (1893 words)

  
 Amber Alerts on Translink Buses | Urban Vancouver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Walking briskly home to turn on the radio to CKWX, I hear my first ever British Columbia Amber Alert, and it sounds like a 3-month-old girl was abducted by her father (and possibly non-custodial mother) and they are in the Lower Mainland area.
Whoever thought of having Amber Alert flash on TransLink buses, though, give that person a promotion (if they didn't already get one), as this strikes me as an innovative use of digital traffic signs, which aren't prevalent in the Greater Vancouver area.
Time passes and apparently some (all?) TransLink drivers announced it to their riders.
www.urbanvancouver.com /node/3644   (370 words)

  
 Transit History of Vancouver, British Columbia
Establishment of a "Greater Vancouver transit authority" to assume operation of the VRTS 01 April 1999 from BC Transit was announced in 1998.
A jitney service in South Vancouver, from Hollyburn (14th Street ferry) to Dundarave was in place by December 1915.
While the PGE (now BC Rail) was certainly never intended as urban transit, the railway's North Vancouver to West Vancouver line was essentially just a passenger interurban gascar railway from its construction to the closure of the line in 1928.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/vancouver-bc.html   (1221 words)

  
 UTU: News
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian Pacific Railway's (CPR) annual profit from the West Coast Express commuter rail service exceeds a "shocking" 1,000 per cent, TransLink chair Doug McCallum announced Friday (April 26) after winning a prolonged court battle in which the railway sought to keep the information from being made public, the Vancouver Sun reported.
The Greater Vancouver regional transit authority said Friday that CPR pockets $4 -- about 90 per cent of the money collected on the sale of each ticket sold on the line -- and McCallum is asking federal Transport Minister David Collenette to allow TransLink to make a new, cheaper deal with the railway.
TransLink calculates that CPR would cover all of its costs, and still earn at least a 100 per cent annual return on investment, if the annual track-use payment was $800,000.
www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=1376   (627 words)

  
 Vancouver Installs Carmanah's Solar-Powered Illuminated Bus Stops: 04 May 2004 [Carmanah.com]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX Venture: CMH) is pleased to announce that Vancouver, British Columbia, has become the first major Canadian city to install Carmanah's i-STOP(tm) solar-powered, illuminated bus stops.
TransLink, Vancouver's public transit authority now joins more than 65 other agencies throughout North America and abroad that have installed Carmanah lighting technologies.
Vancouver transit commuters at the I-STOP(tm) locations will now have the security of solar-powered down lighting in the bus waiting area.
www.carmanah.com /content/investors/ShowNewsRelease.aspx?id=040504   (573 words)

  
 Richmond Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As part of an overall transportation network the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, known as TransLink, oversees a variety of companies and services that provide public transit across the over 1800 square kilometres of the region.
Greater Vancouver is divided into three fare zones, which with the exception of West Coast Express, are the same for all transit.
Vancouver International Airport is serviced by the Vancouver Airporter Shuttle, various charter bus companies, TransLink, taxi and limousine services.
www.richmondchamber.ca /dyn.Getting_Around.php?CallingPage=visitor_information.php   (713 words)

  
 Metroblogging Vancouver: Translink accident downtown last night
Translink's Drew Snider says they immediately sent a counsellor to the scene to help the driver, and other horrified witnesses.
Vancouver Police interviewed many witnesses, will only say the investigation is still on-going.
Written from the perspective of people who live, work, and play here every day, Vancouver is one of over forty five (and growing) blogs in the globe-spanning Metroblogging network.
vancouver.metblogs.com /archives/2006/06/translink_accident_downtown_la.phtml   (421 words)

  
 CBC British Columbia - Woman sues TransLink over alleged assault   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A Vancouver ESL teacher is suing TransLink and the Attorney General, saying she was the victim of wrongful arrest and assault in a late-night incident back on November 2002.
Christie Logeman testified in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday that she was attacked by two TransLink special constables near the Stadium SkyTrain station in downtown Vancouver.
She said one of them then grabbed her by the throat and hit her in the face with a metal flashlight – breaking the orbital bone on the left side of her face that required plastic surgery to repair.
www.cbc.ca /vancouver/story/bc_translink-assault20060314.html?ref=rss   (291 words)

  
 Vancouver Webloggers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Authenticated users at Urban Vancouver get their own weblog (other benefits), posts which can be submitted for inclusion on the front page.
I had four different homestay families in Vancouver: one with two young children, another with older children, one was a vegetarian couple with a dog, and the family I stayed with for almost two years was from Portugal.
We felt that, while nobody was doing anything like Urban Vancouver, we want as many people to benefit as possible from the site, and that benefit can take the form of increased exposure for those who have excellent writing or photography skills or who have interesting information to share about Vancouver.
www.vancouverwebloggers.com   (2584 words)

  
 T-Net: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Vancouver, BC, May 4, 2004--Carmanah Technologies has installed its i-Stop bus stops in Vancouver, which becomes the first major Canadian city to install the solar-powered, illuminated bus stops.
TransLink has installed i-Stop systems at bus stops in 17 areas of need throughout the city.
Vancouver transit commuters at the i-Stop locations will now have the security of solar-powered-down lighting in the bus waiting area.
www.bctechnology.com /scripts/display_news.cfm?id=18169   (321 words)

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