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betenoire · 03-26-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

When's the vote? I should get Elections Canada to send me an out-of-country ballot!

I'll tell you as long as you promise not to vote for the Conservatives.

(It's May 2nd)

Linus · 03-26-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

I'll tell you as long as you promise not to vote for the Conservatives.

(It's May 2nd)

Fuck no! I'm going to vote in my Aunt's riding in Halifax and she usually votes NDP/Liberal.

AtLast · 04-02-2011, 01:44 PM

Is public transporation supported in Canada in any congruent manner? Are the existing systems in major cities "user friendly?" The US never seems to grasp how essential public (and rapid) transit is to our well being. Wondering if Canadians treat is in the same hit and miss manner as the US does.

Linus · 04-02-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Is public transporation supported in Canada in any congruent manner? Are the existing systems in major cities "user friendly?" The US never seems to grasp how essential public (and rapid) transit is to our well being. Wondering if Canadians treat is in the same hit and miss manner as the US does.

Well, I know Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal are pretty good. Not sure about others. Halifax wasn't too bad when I visited but living there might be a different thing.

betenoire · 04-02-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

Well, I know Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal are pretty good. Not sure about others. Halifax wasn't too bad when I visited but living there might be a different thing.

Durham Region (where my sister lives) (East of Toronto) actually has a pretty good set-up right now. They've essentially amalgamated their public transit systems so you can travel from Pickering to Oshawa on one fare and formed a partnership with the Go Bus system so you can take parts of your trip with them along Hwy 2 included in your DRT fare. It's not bad at all.

I'm TOLD that Vancouver has good transit, but I never cared for it when I lived there - but I guess because I was so used to Toronto.

Even where I live now (dumb little town of about 70,000 people) the transit is pretty good, my only complaint being that it doesn't run late enough at night.

DapperButch · 04-03-2011, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

Durham Region (where my sister lives) (East of Toronto) actually has a pretty good set-up right now. They've essentially amalgamated their public transit systems so you can travel from Pickering to Oshawa on one fare and formed a partnership with the Go Bus system so you can take parts of your trip with them along Hwy 2 included in your DRT fare. It's not bad at all.

I'm TOLD that Vancouver has good transit, but I never cared for it when I lived there - but I guess because I was so used to Toronto.

Even where I live now (dumb little town of about 70,000 people) the transit is pretty good, my only complaint being that it doesn't run late enough at night.

What is the cost of say, a monthly pass?

betenoire · 04-03-2011, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Dooooo eeeeeeetttt...and vote for Ignatieff!

Btw, has anyone else seen those stupid Conservative campaign commercials? "A vote for the Liberals is a vote for Michael Ignatieff!" No shit sherlock, here I was thinking a vote for the Liberals was a vote for Gilles Duceppe lol

Michael Ignatieff - he didn't come back for you. OH NO! I'm terrified of the Liberals now! I mean, seriously. If the biggest issue with the guy is that he lived in the US for a while - he's looking pretty sweet.

I'm probably going to vote for the NDP, though. I love me some Jack Layton.

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Originally Posted by DapperButch

What is the cost of say, a monthly pass?

Where? Where I am now it's $60 a month for a pass, although I don't personally buy them. (My work and grocery store are both within walking distance so it's not been worth it to me - although at tax time I always wish I had bought monthly passes because you can claim those when you file.)

Toronto is $121.

AtLast · 04-02-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

Well, I know Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal are pretty good. Not sure about others. Halifax wasn't too bad when I visited but living there might be a different thing.

Thanks- it has been years since I was in Toronto. I was in western CA in 2003- but on the Alcan up to Alaska mostly. Didn't explore larger cities that trip really.

EnderD_503 · 04-03-2011, 03:28 PM

The TTC in Toronto is pretty good. The only complaint I'd have of it is that they need to do something about hooking up with Viva (Richmond Hill, Newmarket etc.) and the Mississauga buses, because it sucks having to pay two different fares just to go to a house party or something. I know a dude who commutes to UofT St. George from Richmond Hill every day and ends up paying like 12 bucks in transit fare a day. Its craziness. GO has a new smartcard for seniors and kids (why do they always forget the poor uni students?

) that I think they should extend to be used throughout the GTA's transit systems including the TTC...and make it available for everyone.

I'm always surprised how efficient the TTC is at getting frequent shuttle buses going whenever the have to cut off subway service on a line. It's a pretty efficient system overall. Or at least they try to be with our stupid municipal gov't.

Montreal has a pretty decent system from what I remember, but figuring it out is kind of crazy, lol.

Only ever taken the buses in Ottawa and they're pretty cheap and easy if I remember right. Take you just about everywhere, but Ottawa's pretty small so if you're downtown you can just walk everywhere.

St. John's has an ok bus system that takes you mostly where you need to go, but it's not as frequent as big city buses and doesn't run past midnight or 1am if I remember right. Pretty inexpensive if I remember. At least last time I was there it was $2,75. That doesn't really matter though because the city is small enough that you can walk just about everywhere that isn't out by Torbay or something.

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