Metro Vancouver Transit Discussion - Page 204

jlousa · #**4061** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 1:39 AM**

In what has to be one of the oddest REOI I've ever seen, skytrain has issued a request for expressions of interest for umbrella vending machines. The machines must be located on each platfrom of the E and M lines (not the canada Line). They are asking that the vending machines also be battery operated as AC power is not available. I have no idea why they would issue such a request. The concept of umbrella vending machines on all the platforms is mind boggling to me.

DKaz · #**4062** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 1:52 AM**

Umbrella vending machines wouldve saved my arse from getting soaked in the rain a few times!

Metro-One · #**4063** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 1:56 AM**

Sounds like a great idea to me! I have also had a few times when I could have used an umbrella leaving a skytrain station! I would also like to see some coke or pepsi vending machines on the platforms (with recycling bins on all platforms as well).

usog · #**4064** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 1:57 AM**

How about they put normal drink vending machines on the platforms and make it so they will eventually accept the new smart card like certain other ones *coughsuicacough*

Spork · #**4065** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 3:02 AM**

The platforms are skinny enough as it is. No need for more crap on there.

metroXpress · #**4066** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 3:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Sounds like a great idea to me! I have also had a few times when I could have used an umbrella leaving a skytrain station! I would also like to see some coke or pepsi vending machines on the platforms (with recycling bins on all platforms as well).

Aren't you techinically not allowed to eat or drink inside the train?

Metro-One · #**4067** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 3:06 AM**

You are not suppose to eat or drink on Japanese trains as well, but somehow they can handle vending machines on every platform. Usually one buys the drink on their way out of the station or buys the drink for later. But again, I guess you are right, i am expecting to much from Westerners.

just like you can buy cigarettes in a store you cant smoke in there! or even better, just like how you can buy cigarettes at the airport but you cant smoke on the plane!

metroXpress · #**4068** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 3:59 AM**

^ exactly

To that guy that I saw on Canada Line:

First, you can't eat your noodles from the food court.
Second of all, you can't talk on the cell phone! we don't understand a thing you are saying! It is common courtesy to not talk on the phone while you are on the public transit.

Thank you.

deasine · #**4069** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 4:02 AM**

I'm not going to stop him from talking on the cell phone, but I would be pissed if I can understand his conversation. Talking is fine, talking loudly isn't. And talking on the phone isn't violating any of the transit rules. If they wanted people not to talk on the Canada Line, they wouldn't install cellphone towers then.

DKaz · #**4070** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 5:27 AM**

Lol I was with friends in japan who were drinking on the trains.

nova9 · #**4071** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 6:29 AM**

I remember watching an episode of Top Gear where the hosts were doing a race in Japan. Jeremy Clarkson in a Japanese car using the freeways in Japan versus Richard Hammond and James May in the japanese subway, commuter trains, and bullettrain. But in one scene, they were calling each other on the cell to see where each other were and Japanese citizens politely came by to remind them that using the cell on public transit is a no no.

BCPhil · #**4072** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 8:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

You are not suppose to eat or drink on Japanese trains as well, but somehow they can handle vending machines on every platform. Usually one buys the drink on their way out of the station or buys the drink for later. But again, I guess you are right, i am expecting to much from Westerners.

just like you can buy cigarettes in a store you cant smoke in there! or even better, just like how you can buy cigarettes at the airport but you cant smoke on the plane!

The one that always boggles my mind is that they don't serve beer on the ferry because people might drink and drive, yet most bars and restaurants have parking lots.

GeeCee · #**4073** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 9:01 AM**

Washington State Ferries serve beer onboard. And from what I saw, they sell a LOT of it!

CLC · #**4074** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 9:12 AM**

Granville Island expected to be the life of the 2010 party

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By Bruce Constantineau, Vancouver SunOctober 2, 2009

It's not an official Olympic live site, but with 35,000 people or more expected to jam Granville Island every day during the 2010 Games it will look and feel like one.

Swiss House, Atlantic Canada House and Place de la Francophonie 2010 all will be there.

Coca-Cola will take over the Granville Island Hotel, while Cultural Olympiad and Winterruption Festival performances will take place throughout the popular tourist attraction on the south shore of False Creek.

Add a temporary rapid transit service linking Granville Island with the Canada Line during the Games and it's easy to see why February traffic to the area should double next year.

"Granville Island's reputation as such a unique arts and culture hub will make it a popular place to be," said Granville Island public affairs and programming manager Lisa Ono. "It's also a matter of geography, being so close to the downtown live site [at David Lam Park], the athletes' village and generally in the heart of the city."

Swiss television will take full advantage of the unique waterfront views on Granville Island, she said, when it broadcasts from the House of Switzerland to be located at Bridges Restaurant.

The official Swiss guest centre will operate from Feb. 5 through Feb. 28 and will be one of the few national guest centres open to the public, with free admission.

Bridges restaurant will operate as usual, with selected Swiss specialties added to the standard menu. The interior design will be adjusted to create an authentic Swiss atmosphere.

The Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island will become Atlantic Canada House, representing the four Maritime provinces with a public pavilion scheduled to operate from Feb. 13 through Feb. 27. It will feature multi-media presentations, performances by Atlantic Canadian artists and a traditional Maritime kitchen party.

An official announcement about Atlantic Canada House is expected soon, but details were contained in a request for proposals issued this summer.

Place de la Francophonie 2010 will celebrate francophone culture when it operates Feb. 10-28 under four tents near the False Creek Community Centre -- with a main entertainment stage, a food showcase, a tourism exhibition and a sports bar where patrons can watch live Olympic events.

It's not official yet, but a Portrait Gallery of Canada exhibit is expected to include portraits of Canadian athletes at various Granville Island locations, with portrait information in both English and French.

Coca-Cola will take over the entire Granville Island Hotel property from Feb. 11 through Feb. 28 for accommodation and hospitality purposes. The soft drink giant has commissioned Haida artist Clarence Mills to create a totem pole on the island during the Games and the artwork will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to the Aboriginal Youth Legacy Fund.

The company, which is trying to reduce its carbon footprint during the Olympics, will also provide 20 bicycles for their guests to use while staying at the hotel.

Granville Island will have a public information centre staffed during the Games, along with a 1,300-square-foot media centre with bilingual staff and Wi-Fi facilities for accredited and non-accredited media.

Winterruption, normally a two-day arts and culture festival on the island, will expand to a nine-day event during the Games next year and Cultural Olympiad events will include concerts at Performance Works.

Finding a parking spot is often a problem at Granville Island and Ono recommends people take transit whenever possible.

The City of Vancouver and Bombardier Transportation will operate a free streetcar service from Granville Island to the Canada Line's Olympic Village station from Jan. 21 to March 21.

Aquabus operations manager Jody Collins said the ferry service will operate its full fleet of 13 vessels during the Games.

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hollywoodnorth · #**4075** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 12:53 PM**

it would be cool if lightrail or someone made a Skytrain map like this one >>

WarrenC12 · #**4076** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 1:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

In what has to be one of the oddest REOI I've ever seen, skytrain has issued a request for expressions of interest for umbrella vending machines. The machines must be located on each platfrom of the E and M lines (not the canada Line). They are asking that the vending machines also be battery operated as AC power is not available. I have no idea why they would issue such a request. The concept of umbrella vending machines on all the platforms is mind boggling to me.

That is a little weird. I know there's a machine in the airport (international arrivals), but this is for each station?

Battery operated just puts it over the top in weirdness.

deasine · #**4077** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 4:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

it would be cool if lightrail or someone made a Skytrain map like this one >>

We do have one... I just can't find it right now. Paradigm4 would be able to show one to you.

officedweller · #**4078** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 6:08 PM**

Maybe solar-powered vending machines!

BCPhil · #**4079** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Maybe solar-powered vending machines!

LOL!

Solar powered umbrella vending machines. So absurd, but I can see it happening.

The only way that could be funnier is if they were solar powered flashlight vending machines.

mr.x · #**4080** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 8:35 PM**

Probably solar powered, considering they aren't going to want to change the batteries every few days or weeks.

OR there might be a hand crank to pump the generator.