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Weren't these the people who cursed and spit at the Governor General when she visited the DTES?

Huh?

Give me a break, that place is a poverty-stricken area filled with homeless people who are either addicted to drugs or who have mental problems and rampant prostitution.

Its depressing, and I feel for the ones with mental issues and the prostitutes being held hostage by their pimps, but please do NOT talk down to me in a condescending manner.

I'm not ignorant, so please don't paint the area has some hip open and cultural community when its nothing like that.

   

You are ignorant and it wasnt the folks that live in the DTES that caused problems for the GG it was the idiots from the Anti-poverty. You have no clue as to what the community is like. Just because an area is poverty stricken, overrun with drugs and prostitution doesnt make it any less a community. I never said it was hip. You insinuated that by saying how cool it is to drive through the area and take in the sites.

   

In one instance you say it is depressing, then you say you go there to be entertained, to have a few laughs, crack a few jokes about the street people....you sonny boy are the f*cking joke! Come back sometime when you grow up.

   

Sorry 'bout that Quiet, I think we kinda got off topic there for a bit.....The Pubs of Vancouver

   

I see... well, I think my friends pretty much got the days all planned out (my idea of planning for the day is dropping myself somewhere in the city and spending time trying to find food)
Apparently this is going to be his 1st time on the skytrain.
Does anyone know if that $36 pass (for transit) is worth it? I want flexibility, in case we decide to just do whatever afterall.

   

You don't really need to pay for the skytrains...

But if your only their for a few more days, just get the day passes. Their only 2-3 bucks.

   

I see you still have your head stuck firmly up your ass westy

   

Vancouver Sky Train

The Sky Train is one of Vancouver's best transportation bargains. For $8.00, the price of a DayPass, you can ride Vancouver SkyTrain the length of its 28km route and return. With the same $8.00 ticket, you can take side trips on the SeaBus to the North Shore or ride as many of Vancouver's 1000 buses as you can squeeze into the day.

If you need specific Vancouver Sky Train schedule information, consult the Translink website or call Translink at 604-953-3333.
If you only want to go to the heart of downtown, take the Vancouver SkyTrain two stops and exit at the Granville Station. That will put you in the heart of downtown Vancouver. You can shop at Pacific Centre Mall or walk a couple of blocks south on Granville to Vancouver's most fashionable shopping area, Robson Street.
If you want to see some of the attractions outside Vancouver proper, the Sky Train is an easy way to do it.

For example, you can take the Vancouver Sky Train to Metrotown, B.C's largest shopping complex with over 500 shops and services, 22 cinemas and the Metropolis Entertainment Centre. Metrotown is only eight stops from the Waterfront Station.

Six stops beyond Metrotown is the centre of New West, Columbia Station. It puts you near the Canada Games Pool where you can swim in the Olympic size swimming pool or work out in the fitness centre and training circuit. The facility is open daily from 6:30am-10:30pm. From the SkyTrain, transfer to Bus #102.

From The Columbia Station you are just four stops from completing the entire 39 minute grand tour to the end of the line Surrey's King George Station.

If you want to get from one part of Vancouver to another, the Vancouver SkyTrain, like the bus and SeaBus, costs $2.25 for one zone, $3.25 for two and $4.50 for three. SkyTrains run from about 5:30AM until around 1:00AM, depending on the station.
DayPasses are available at the SeaBus station, Vancouver SkyTrain station, Safeway grocery stores, Mac convenience stores, 7/11 convenience stores, Save On Foods and at many London Drugs and Shoppers' Drug Marts.

The SkyTrain is not just a bargain, however. The Vancouver SkyTrain is one of the best ways to see Vancouver and the surrounding area. From the Vancouver SkyTrain, you get great views of downtown, neighborhoods and the splendor of the North Shore mountains.

You can catch the Vancouver Sky Train at any Sky Train stop, or at its terminus Waterfront Station, just east of Canada Place in downtown Vancouver.

   

I've rarely seen those police officers.

Anyways its not to expensive.

   

I just personally find it pathetic that the Translink can afford to spend millions to make a sky train station an artistic masterpiece and then doesn't put in the turn-style card readers.

Misguided lack of priorities imo.

   

My older brother me abused the honour system the first time I rode it.

But when I visit I insist we buy a pass now.

Question: When will the Canada line (and more especially, the line to UBC) be completed?

2010?

   

At a length of nearly 19 km, the Canada Line will be an automated rail-based rapid transit service connecting Vancouver with central Richmond and the Vancouver Airport -- linking growing residential, business, health care, educational and other centres in the region -- and adding transit capacity equivalent to 10 major road lanes. The Canada Line will connect with existing rapid transit lines at Waterfront Station and major east-west transit services, creating an enhanced transit network to serve the region.

There are no plans for connecting it to UBC

   

I think there were plans released a month or two ago though where a line to UBC was proposed though I think it will only be ready in 2012 or 2016. It was part of that $16 billion infrastructure plan Campbell proposed.

   

All I could find on that was :

TransLink and its partners: the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia welcome the Province’s recent announcement dedicating $2.8 billion for a rapid transit line linking the Millennium Line to UBC.

The Province has shown great foresight in committing to the UBC Line because it will help meet demand for transit service along the busy Broadway corridor. Since its inception in 1999, TransLink has increased transit service by 30 per cent, but struggles to meet ever-growing demand.

TransLink and its partners will begin meeting with community stakeholders and the public this spring to provide information, answer their questions, receive feedback and address their concerns about the UBC Line. This input and participation will help shape development of the new line.

   

Transit fares have gone up since January 1st...they are now $9 for a day pass, $2.50 for 1 zone, $3.75 for 2 zone, $5.00 for 3 Zone. Depending how long you are in the lower mainland, it might be worthwhile to buy a month pass.

But if you have a student card it is considerably cheaper. Dont listen to anyone about fare jumping it isnt worth it. I am a daily commuter and it has never failed that I see the attendents or the transit police...they are even riding the buses now.

Depending on when you are coming there are some great gigs coming to Vancouver and most are all ages (for your 18yr old friend).

   

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