Ken Hardie is Arthur Dent?

I was browsing the comments made to the CBC news site on the article about Cracks found in SkyTrain bridge when I noticed several comments made by one Arthur Dent.
This Arthur Dent further identifies himself as Ken Hardie, TransLink spokesperson.
It’s a little disconcerting to see the hapless protagonist from the series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the [...]

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Malcolm Brodie on TransLink finances and Canada Line

Over at the Georgia Straight Politics blog, Charlie Smith takes Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie to task on his recent concern that property-tax payers could face higher costs because TransLink will run out of money in a few years. As Smith points out, Brodie was a strong supporter of the Canada Line project despite studies showing higher than projected costs [...]

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Metro Vancouver mayors critical of TransLink

Some Metro Vancouver mayors are calling on TransLink to get its finances in order after figures released this week show the public transportation provider will be short $300 million per year by 2012.
“This is a plan for absolute disaster in my mind,” Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said Friday. “Metro Vancouver continues to have a very [...]

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Stephen Rees on Canada Line construction under False Creek

Over at Stephen Rees’s blog, he writes about his visit underground to see the ongoing Canada Line construction site under False Creek.  Stephen writes:
Work is still continuing. Track is laid in only one of the tunnels, and there is no electrification yet. Work is currently busiest in the station boxes, but in general the project is [...]

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Cracks found in SkyTrain bridge

Engineers have found cracks in braces in the SkyTrain Bridge that spans the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey, B.C.
But, despite the cracks, the bridge is safe, according to TransLink, the regional transportation authority serving the Lower Mainland.
However, the transit authority is running only two-car trains across the structure to keep the load lighter, [...]

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TransLink eyes car levy and tolls

From bclocalnews.com:
A vehicle levy or road tolls are options TransLink will consider imposing on motorists in order to pay for transit upgrades in the years ahead.
Officials say those so-called transportation demand measures – which deter driving, encourage transit use and pull in more money – may be needed to bridge a major funding gap facing [...]

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TransLink predicts future funding deficit

From today’s Province:
TransLink has the will, but will it have the money? 
TransLink’s future is going to be astronomically expensive.
Beginning in 2012, just maintaining TransLink will result in a $150-million annual deficit, according to Sheri Plewes, vice-president of planning and capital management for the South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority.
Plewes was speaking at a forum yesterday about [...]

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Transport 2040 Public Meeting Schedule

Translink is inviting residents to a series of public information sessions on medium and long-range strategies for Metro Vancouver’s transportation system. Make your voice heard at one of four sessions:

Tuesday, June 24
Jewish Community Centre
of Greater Vancouver
Wosk Auditorium
950 West 41st Avenue
Vancouver
 
Thursday, June 26
SFU – Surrey Campus
Theatre and Mezzanine
250 – 13450 102 Avenue
Surrey

 

Tuesday, July 8
Port Moody City Hall
Theatre [...]

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Support the #33 bus route down 16th Ave

Representatives from Translink and the City of Vancouver will be at a meeting this evening to address concerns about the proposed new route down 16th Ave from Cambie to UBC. We’ll be attending to show our support for the new #33 line, and to let TransLink know that folks who actually use public transit [...]

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2008 TransLink Annual General Meeting

Lower Mainland residents interested in hearing how TransLink did in 2007 can attend the TransLink AGM today from 9 to 11 am at the Firefighters Hall, 6515 Bonsor Ave., Burnaby. There will be an open microphone for public comments.
Here’s the agenda:

Welcome and Introduction (Fred Cummings, Acting CEO)
Governance Changes and 2007 Highlights (Dale Parker, Board Chair)
2007 Financial Results (Ian Jarvis, Vice [...]

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