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Steve Ruelle (struelle@unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:
: Universities:  Transit to UBC and SFU is mediocre, but nowhere near 
: acceptable.

I find UBC's alright, actually.  I can't speak for SFU, but it seems to 
be the case that the only bus leaving Surrey nowadays is one that goes 
between Scott Road Station and SFU, and it might or might not be an 
express.  If you want to go to New Westminster, Burnaby, Vancouver, 
Richmond, or anywhere else north of the Fraser, you can always use the 
SkyTrain -- providing it doesn't break down.

Oops.

What I find quite unconscionable is the way they *reduced* service on the 
337 Fraser Heights (which happens to go right outside my house here in 
Surrey).  In the mornings and afternoons, it used to travel around this 
neighbourhood every half-hour and go all the way to Scott Road Station.  
*Then* they extended the SkyTrain to King George.  "Great!" I thought.  
"Now the 337 won't be stuck in that traffic jam that clogs King George 
down that hill from Fraser Highway to the Patullo Bridge!  It can just 
cut through that and drop us off at Surrey Central!"  But noooooo ... 
Instead they cut the 337's route off at Guildford, so I have to transfer 
onto *another* bus -- which might or might not take a while to show up -- 
to get to the SkyTrain, *or* walk ten minutes across the freeway (more 
often than not in the rain) and hope the person driving the 501 Express 
doesn't forget that they *are* supposed to pick people up at the Park & 
Ride.  A completely unnecessary complication.

And without a map, I bet that makes sense to none of you who haven't 
lived through the Surrey SkyTrain extension.  Ah well.

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