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Originally Posted by Sheba
If I may make a suggestion, list them as rail lines and leave out which technology is used. That puts the emphasis on the route and station locations (obvious exception would be the gondola as it's not a rail line, nor could it be). When I've drawn them out on Google maps, I put the station where the intersection is too (it doesn't really matter if it's shifted off to one side or the other).
I'd still put a Fraser Hwy station at 148th - it's 1.9km from 140th and 950m from 152nd (which is why I shifted it over to Fleetwood Way). Some of your other lines have stops closer together that are in similar SFH territory.
The plan for moving Newton Exchange has been on the books for ages (decades?). For the 321 and 96B turning left off of King George can take awhile and then they tend to get bogged down in traffic on 72nd, so it makes sense to have the exchange on King George.
Extending the Canada Line in Richmond really is a fantasy. Why did you extend it west? If anything it'd be more likely to follow the 403, continuing south to Steveston Hwy and then east to No 5 Road. I doubt that's going to happen in our lifetimes...
Oh we all have favourite areas. The further out from CoV, you really start to see the catch-22 with bus service. TransLink doesn't want in increase service because not many people are riding the bus, and people aren't riding the bus because there isn't frequent service. CoV residents are spoiled and should try riding the bus "out in the 'burbs".
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Could do with listing them all as rail lines and technology agnostic (except extensions since about half are in the works now to be implemented within a couple of decades (optimistic?)).
I'll have a look at 148th Street. It does seem like it could be practical to have a station there... just need to explore the surroundings first via Google Maps.
Yeah, the Canada Line extension is the most recent addition and it really shouldn't have been included in the version I posted. Too little thought went into it (as made obvious by your comment on extending it west).
As for being outside of the CoV, I agree that bus service is generally lacking. I'm actually outside of Metro Vancouver so it's even worse here (Chilliwack) – I never use local bus service here whereas I use transit in Metro Vancouver whenever possible. We do have an express commuter bus service to Langley now (the 66). Unfortunately, it competes with regular Highway 1 traffic during morning and evening commutes, so it ends up taking longer than driving (due to the stops of which Highstreet is a fair distance away if you include traffic).
Anyway, I've started on preliminary revisions to the map (v2.3) and will see to incorporating the feedback I've received from you and any others.
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