Monthly Archive for September, 2008

Current Transit Situation

The morning rush hour deposits more than 14,000 students at the University of B.C. alone with a bus arriving about every 42 seconds. Add in Simon Fraser University, the B.C. Institute of Technology and Vancouver Community College, all with multiple campuses, and you have a flood of youngsters with bulky backpacks joining the morning commute.

Source: The Vancouver Sun

Coast Mountain was only able to make minor adjustments yesterday, putting on some extra buses from Production Way to Simon Fraser University and from Metrotown to Capilano University.

Source: The Vancouver Sun

But there were still passups, particularly on the No. 143 from Coquitlam to SFU, on the No. 25 from Brentwood to UBC and on the No. 44 from downtown to UBC.

Source: The Vancouver Sun