Public Transit in the ‘Most Livable City’ /One of the many reasons why Metro Vancouver stays livable!/

BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, March 28, 2011 –/WORLD-WIRE/–
As the cherry and plum blossoms re-appear and daylight stretches
later, Metro Vancouver gets ready to welcome people from other parts
of the world. And TransLink’s integrated, modern,
good-to-the-environment public transportation system makes it easy to
get around.

With gasoline currently in the neighborhood of US$5.60 per gallon,
that makes Vancouver even more livable!

Whatever your tastes, public transit can get you where you want to
go. Service runs 21 hours a day and icons like SkyTrain and SeaBus
make it a “destination transit system.”

*SkyTrain* – the world’s second-longest (after Dubai) driverless
automated rail system launched at the 1986 transportation-themed
World’s Fair. Today, there are three SkyTrain lines:

*Canada Line* welcomes many travelers arriving at Vancouver
International Airport. You can get downtown in less than half an hour
for C$8.75 (C$7.50 after 6:30pm and on weekends), which includes a
one-time $5 surcharge for arriving travellers – a third of the cost
of a cab ride. Or change trains at Bridgeport Station and visit
Richmond, the fast-growing multicultural city with its Asian-style
shopping centers, Historic Steveston and “the best Chinese food
outside China.”

*Expo and Millennium Line* – these lines run 30 feet above ground
with a magnificent view of the North Shore mountains, Mount Baker in
Washington State and the city of Vancouver. It also doesn’t hurt that
the three SkyTrain lines take you to no fewer than 10 major shopping
malls!

*SeaBus* – unlike other modes, SeaBus is the one element where usage
increases during the summer. That’s because that 12-minute trip across
Vancouver harbour between downtown Vancouver and the North Shore is a
thrill in itself, with views of mountains, the working harbor,
Stanley Park and even the occasional harbor seal checking you out.

Get on the bus! With some 200 bus routes – including one of the last
remaining fleets of zero-emission electric trolley buses in North
America – it’s remarkably easy to get to beaches, nightlife on
Granville and Robson Streets, Major League Soccer and Canadian
football at Empire Field, baseball at Nat Bailey Stadium (“the
prettiest little ballpark in baseball”) or the eclectic circus on
Commercial Drive.

The TransLink Trip Planner
can give you the directions you need or call Customer Information
(604-953-3333).

A DayPass is the most economical way to pay fares, with unlimited
travel in any direction all day. Buy a DayPasses at any FareDealer
(you can find locations on the TransLink website – www.translink.ca

), at SkyTrain stations and on BC Ferries from Victoria and Nanaimo.

For non-English speakers, SkyTrain Attendants have access to the
provincial language service and interpreters in up to 150 languages.

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy; and what could be easier on a
summer vacation than to leave the car behind and let someone else do
the driving? TransLink makes it happen.

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