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Originally Posted by nickinacan
I do understand that, however it just irks me that there is so much money pumped into transit North of the Fraser, and the South of the Fraser region doesn't even have an adequate bus system, which is the most basic of public transport.
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I think most people would think that the cost of running bus service is the same between Vancouver and South of Fraser, but actually, it cost a lot more for SOF as the ridership is lower, trips are longer, bus are more empty, etc. Transit service is slowly improving, but you can't expect them to improve the service all at once and have all those empty buses running around for the first year or two before ridership picks up.
And this data from 2007 is taken from the RTM phase B document:
Vancouver:
4830 service hours and 363,000 originating revenue riders = 75.2 revenue riders/hr
South of Fraser:
1652 service hours and 60,000 originating revenue riders = 36.3 revenue riders/hr
The average fare for 1 zone travel is $1.22 in 2007.
The average cost per hour for bus is $104 in 2007.
Below are just estimation based on the figure above to give you the basic idea, it may be way off...
Assume all passengers are paying one zone fare and bus service all cost the same in each region and regardless of vehicle type and size, then:
Vancouver:
$12.26 subsidy per hour -> $59,200 subsidy per day
South of Fraser:
$59.72 subsidy per hour -> $98,650 subsidy per day
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Originally Posted by Whalleyboy
also i think skytrain is the way to go towards newton too
to from newton on words i think a bus would surfice for a good little while
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I would hope for a SkyTrain to Newton and another line to Langley (via Cloverdale), then a LRT connect both terminals with Scott Road station using the old interurban route. And then a commuter rail that follow the same route as Amtrak from White Rock to Downtown.