go time baby Posted December 3, 2009 Report Posted December 3, 2009 Most of you know, there will be additional transportation during the olympics in the form of the "street car". Like many major european cities (Amsterdam, Prague, etc) we will be able to travel from Granville Island and the Olympic Village. You can read more on this link: http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/pdf/factsheet-streetcar-march25.pdf ://http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca...ar-march25.pdf check out pics here: Visit My Website
jawnbc Posted December 4, 2009 Report Posted December 4, 2009 C'est mon train, c'est un Bombardier!!!!! Most of you know, there will be additional transportation during the olympics in the form of the "street car". Like many major european cities (Amsterdam, Prague, etc) we will be able to travel from Granville Island and the Olympic Village. You can read more on this link: http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/pdf/factsheet-streetcar-march25.pdf ://http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca...ar-march25.pdf ://http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca...ar-march25.pdf check out pics here: Visit My Website
nobase2010 Posted January 2, 2010 Report Posted January 2, 2010 Video of the streetcar being tested. I can't wait to ride it.
cormiermax Posted January 2, 2010 Report Posted January 2, 2010 Those trains look amazing, any talk of the system becoming permanent?
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 3, 2010 Report Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) ... I am a little bit surprised that Canada hasn't such "low floor street cars" - they are quite common in Europe... e.g. Edited January 3, 2010 by Citius Altius Fortius
4gamesandcounting Posted January 3, 2010 Report Posted January 3, 2010 I look forward to riding one - looks fun. Won't the wait to get on one be immensely long though!
jawnbc Posted January 3, 2010 Report Posted January 3, 2010 C'est un Bombardier! C'est mon train! The emphasis here has been getting transit off the surface level. That makes for a faster, easier to operate on-time system. Putting in streetcars in most instances will increase traffic. I do support this line and a proposed line along the downtown core to Stanley Park. I don't know many Vancouverites who would be adversely affected commute-wise by such a line. But the next priority is--and should be--the Evergreen Skytrain extension out in Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/Port Moody. ... I am a little bit surprised that Canada hasn't such "low floor street cars" - they are quite common in Europe...e.g.
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 3, 2010 Report Posted January 3, 2010 @ jawn, I do not know Vancouver - do you think that such street cars would be a good addition to the public transportation system in Vancouver?
jawnbc Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Hello! Back in the 1960s the Vancouver city planners decided to route the Trans-Canada Highway around the city rather than through it to downtown. It was thought that a 6-8 lane highway would ruin the ambiance of the place--and, in the long run, lead to no improvement in traffic circulation. Everyone time I visit Seattle I'm thankful for this decision: Seattle is bifurcated by I-5 and there's still traffic problems during peak. We already have two express bus services within cities (rather than between exurbs/suburbs to the downtown core) in Vancouver (99B) and Coquitlam (97B), both of which are existing major roads. There is also a small, vocal group agitating for light rail at the surface (street) level. But the informed consensus is that any innovative, effective public transit solutions have to be ones that aren't impacted by traffic congestion. The proposed line to Stanley Park would be popular with some folks working in the city centre/downtown/core and with tourists. But it won't provide a major means for folks from outside the city to commute. It's more of a "nice to have" than a "need to have." Vancouverites, in general, suffer terrible road rage, are often crazy drivers, and go a bit crazy when the topic of traffic comes up. @ jawn,I do not know Vancouver - do you think that such street cars would be a good addition to the public transportation system in Vancouver?
memorabilia Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 C'est mon train, c'est un Bombardier!!!!! Oui mais construit en Europe ? Provenance directe de Belgique, une fois !
Rafa Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Where does one find out about the Olympic Route Network and images of how this will be enforced?
GeeCee Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Not sure what you mean by enforcement? For the Olympic Line, there's a little bit of information here: http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/gettin...t/olympic-line/ Typically transit related information can be found at TransLink's website, but the City of Vancouver is in charge of this project, so there's nothing of note on TransLink's website aside from a link to the City of Vancouver website. If you're interested, however, here's TransLink's games-time page: http://www.translink.ca/en/Utilities/2010-Games.aspx
Rafa Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Probably the wrong thread. I was referring to the road network of lanes reserved for the IOC/athletes travelling between the OV and venues
GeeCee Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Ah okay! That's here: http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/gettin...e-network.htm#1
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Not sure what you mean by enforcement?For the Olympic Line, there's a little bit of information here: http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/gettin...t/olympic-line/ Typically transit related information can be found at TransLink's website, but the City of Vancouver is in charge of this project, so there's nothing of note on TransLink's website aside from a link to the City of Vancouver website. If you're interested, however, here's TransLink's games-time page: http://www.translink.ca/en/Utilities/2010-Games.aspx when I look onto the pdf-file in the first link I believe that the Olympic Line will be extended after the Games and it should become permanent?
mr.x Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 ^ that's the intention, but it'll require $150-million to complete the project in Downtown and that's money the city currently doesn't have. It had to make some cutbacks recently because of the recession, plus it just spent $800-million on building the Olympic Village. The two Bombardier streetcar trains are on loan from Brussels.
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 ... I do not know the situation in Canada, but is anybody able to afford an own car? I mean shouldn't the communities think about an efficient public transportation system, which can handle 2.2 Million like the inhabitants of the metropole area of Vancouver? (and what is with the pollution which is caused by individual car traffic?)
mr.x Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 ^ most people are able to afford a car here, it costs much less than Europe without gas taxes, congestion charges, etc. Being in North America, which is the car-topia of the world, Vancouver fares quite well when it comes to public transit and has built 60-kms of driverless grade-separated rapid transit rail. Ridership is quite high by North American standards. For instance, the recently opened SkyTrain Canada Line is attracting 100,000 riders a day whereas a similar line in Seattle (same length but with drivers as it's LRT) is only attaining a pitiful 12,000 riders a day. Both lines opened days apart from each other. The Expo Line has a ridership of 210,000; Millennium Line is at 80,000; Canada Line at 100,000. During the Olympics, it's expected that total rail ridership will shoot up to 500,000 per day. Several more major SkyTrain extensions are being planned for after the Olympics. Vancouver's SkyTrain Lines: Expo Line time lapse HD (built in 1986, with two further phases in the 90s) Millennium Line time lapse HD (built in 2002) Canada Line time lapse HD (opened this past summer)
Citius Altius Fortius Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 ohh - I do love these videos (and I know KRATK will love these videos too)!!! I am a huge fan of metros!!!
mr.x Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 How many seats in each street car? Technical Characteristics: Length of vehicle 32 m Height 3.4 m Width 2.3 m Percentage of low-floor area 100% Electric double-sliding doors 5 per side • door clearance width 1,300 mm Electric single-sliding doors 1 per side • door clearance width 650 mm Aisle width 630 mm Maximum speed 70 km/h Seated passengers 50 Standing passengers (4 pass./m2) 128 Bicycle, pram and wheelchair locations 2
nobase2010 Posted January 21, 2010 Report Posted January 21, 2010 My first ride on the Vancouver's Olympic street car.
mr.x Posted January 22, 2010 Report Posted January 22, 2010 ^ boring, way too slow for practical use, and the vehicle was too narrow.
SkiFreak Posted January 22, 2010 Report Posted January 22, 2010 ^ boring, way too slow for practical use, and the vehicle was too narrow. What do you expect? It's a streetcar, not the skytrain, Canada Line or an LRT like in Calgary. I have to say that at 3:15 in the video, it's moving at a decent speed.
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