No more going in circles
Re: the changes to the C21 Beach/Yaletown and the C23 Davie/Terminal bus routes effective Dec 16. It would appear the Dept of Bad Ideas at Translink is at it again. The new routing will particularly affect the elderly and individuals with disabilities for whom the existing bus routes provide convenience of travel within the West End. It will now be necessary to transfer at either end of Davie rather than being able to simply make the circle which has been the case up to now.
Disgruntled
Anything but Bute-iful
How long are we going to have to suffer the eyesore of the Bute Street seating area outside Hamburger Marys? Even when it was first put in place in the summer it looked poorly thought through, cheap and nasty, despite the Pride inspired colours of the seats. As weve gone through fall and into winter, its been looking increasingly pathetic as the benches get dirtier and no-one in their right mind sits out there. It should revert to road use in the winter (as Green Gregors bike lanes should have been designed to do) as more people understandably use their cars to keep dry. Bring it back in the spring if you must but PLEASE get some urban designer involved so it enhances the West End rather than cheapens it.
Roger
Honk if you like nice guys
On Wednesday I was stuck in the Esso parking lot at Davie and Burrard. I pulled out too far on Davie and had to reverse in my truck; there was a Honda Civic behind and me and even though they honked I didnt hear and I hit them hard. The driver got out looked at the bumper realized there was just a scuff. It was a really old Honda but he easily could have been an asshole about it thrown his arms all around, but he didnt. It was a three-second conversation. No damage? See ya! I thanked him for his reaction. Throughout the year and the holiday season, pick when you need to be really pissed off and when you dont. If it doesnt matter dont bother.
Grateful
Idling no more
On December 7 (a chilly day by Vancouver standards) we were stuck with hundreds of other drivers idling our cars on the Burrard Street bridge for over 45 minutes, while we slowly inched Southward. The bridge had been reduced to one lane going South as City workers closed off Cornwall to all traffic and funnelled us along as they worked on the new bike lanes. My question is: how many years and how many bikes will it take to undo the environmental damage done by hundreds of idling cars? I am not against bike lanes. I am a person who usually only drives my car once a week. However, I am not in favour of the way our money is being spent. We have a new billion-dollar bridge that isnt being used due to the tolls and we have bike lanes that were implemented with little or no consultation. When there was consultation it was largely ignored by our mayor and council.
Anonymous
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