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SV and SF have BART and Caltrain bringing in people from the East and South Bay, and NY has train lines to the outer boroughs, but I don't think of Vancouver as

SV and SF have BART and Caltrain bringing in people from the East and South Bay, and NY has train lines to the outer boroughs, but I don't think of Vancouver as having really much of anything beyond traffic jams.

garyrichardson 11y ago
Vancouver has the West Coast Express, which is a passenger train that runs east from Downtown out to the valley. The furthest stop is about 75km away and the longest journey is about 70 minutes. We also have light rail called Skytrain that heads south and east from Downtown, but I suspect the furthest this reaches is about 30km away.
- djmips 11y ago
  The West Coast Express isn't really designed with my hours in mind (or many devs?). I lived out east for a while and tried to use that train but it doesn't run after 6 pm and it doesn't go on weekends!
Tiktaalik 11y ago
Unfortunately the referendum that would have given Translink (Vancouver's transit authority) the steady revenue to expand light rail service deep into the Fraser Valley failed as anti-tax crusaders framed Translink as an ineffective organization. The reality couldn't be more different, as Translink is one of the most effective transit systems in western North America and is a model for transit planners. https://www.biv.com/article/2015/3/who-takes-transit-work-metro-vancouver-info-graphi/ https://www.biv.com/article/2015/3/who-takes-transit-work-me... Once one leaves Vancouver proper the Metro Vancouver area has the same sprawling highways as any other region, but Translink's service area is massive (imagine every transit service and organization in every town in the Bay Area being one service (ok Bay Area is a bit bigger)) and you can seamlessly go from Vancouver all the way to White Rock at the border within the system on one ticket. The Evergreen line which will connect the system to Port Moody and Coquitlam should come on line in 2016.

garyrichardson 11y ago

Vancouver has the West Coast Express, which is a passenger train that runs east from Downtown out to the valley. The furthest stop is about 75km away and the longest journey is about 70 minutes. We also have light rail called Skytrain that heads south and east from Downtown, but I suspect the furthest this reaches is about 30km away.

djmips 11y ago
The West Coast Express isn't really designed with my hours in mind (or many devs?). I lived out east for a while and tried to use that train but it doesn't run after 6 pm and it doesn't go on weekends!

Tiktaalik 11y ago

Unfortunately the referendum that would have given Translink (Vancouver's transit authority) the steady revenue to expand light rail service deep into the Fraser Valley failed as anti-tax crusaders framed Translink as an ineffective organization. The reality couldn't be more different, as Translink is one of the most effective transit systems in western North America and is a model for transit planners. https://www.biv.com/article/2015/3/who-takes-transit-work-metro-vancouver-info-graphi/ https://www.biv.com/article/2015/3/who-takes-transit-work-me... Once one leaves Vancouver proper the Metro Vancouver area has the same sprawling highways as any other region, but Translink's service area is massive (imagine every transit service and organization in every town in the Bay Area being one service (ok Bay Area is a bit bigger)) and you can seamlessly go from Vancouver all the way to White Rock at the border within the system on one ticket. The Evergreen line which will connect the system to Port Moody and Coquitlam should come on line in 2016.