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  Good for there, Bad else

  Having lived in Vancouver for 2 years, I can say that the transit works. But it's certainly nowhere near "best-in-the-world" as far as transit systems go. Maybe North America.

  Almost a year ago now I came over to Europe, since then I've been in 3 cities (Hamburg, Berlin and London). I live in Berlin. In comparison, Vancouver's transit system is horribly ineffective and slow. While I lived there, I always preferred to take a car because it was so much faster. I suppose that if you live in Burnaby or New Westminster, that it might be quicker, but Richmond(until the new line is done) and the more further out regions, hah, good luck. The buses run every 30 minutes and they are often late/stuck in traffic on the highway like everyone in their cars, except the bus takes a longer route in the end.

  I'm not saying Vancouver is wrong, and I give kudos for them being better than their southern neighbours. But don't kid yourselves into thinking that it can hold a candle to Europe, its not even a match.On Making public transit work posted 2 years, 6 months ago 9 Responses