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Mary Polak
TransLink says cutbacks mean it will only be able to move a third of its capacity
Dave White Nov 16, 2012 12:18:48 PM

LANGLEY (NEWS1130) - Commuters who haven't been able to take transit over the new Port Mann Bridge for over 20 years will have the opportunity to do so December 1st. Rapid-Bus is being launched, and a new 700-stall Park and Ride is opening in Langley.

The $70 million Carvolth transit exchange opens just east of 200th Street and Highway One December 1st, the same official date for the new bridge. There will be a $2 daily parking fee. Access is from 86th Avenue to the south and 88th Avenue to the north, linked by a new tunnel under the freeway at 202nd Street.

"Well you pay another 20 or 25 dollars to park downtown," says Transportation Minister Mary Polak. "So I for one, will be quite happy to pay here to park at the park and ride. It's certainly, still, a far better deal than taking your car downtown."

RapidBus could see three to four thousand riders opening day -- that's a lot of cars off the road. TransLink has had to slash the number of originally planned trips, however, due to belt tightening.

"They're not wasting resources and squandering them where they're not needed," Polak adds. "We also know that TransLink, on an ongoing basis, reviews the ridership on different routes and makes adjustments and that is how operations continue."

It means the first regular, reliable transit on Highway One since 1986. Commuters will get from Langley to Braid SkyTrain in about 20 minutes. When construction on new off-ramps at Government Street in Burnaby are finished in 2013, RapidBus will terminate at Lougheed Town Centre.

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兰里的华人看来没有人打算坐快速线?从200/208a街走portman桥20分钟到达新西敏Braid天车站。至少天车沿线应该很有吸引力呀。不知有没有在南温哥华或列治文上班的?

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来源:加拿大中文电台

　　Port Mann桥很快会正式通车,运联亦加设多条巴士线来往新Port Mann桥Langley和本拿比附近地区。

　　素里市长Dianne Watts就不满运联新设多条特快巴士线之中,於素里未有设立停车站,令到素里居民无法享用特快巴士线服务。

　　Watts指素里是本省第二大的城市,省政府耗资庞大兴建新桥,是希望不以改善区内的交通基建,但运联却忽略了素里市民需要。

　　Watts 表示,会不停向运联施压,促请省政府正视问题。

　　省运输厅计划於Langley 156街夹1号公路的Park and Ride 停车场和本拿比Lougheed Mall 设立特快来回巴士线,但该架的巴士不会於素里设立车站让该区市民上车。