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Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson has died a month shy of their 50th birthday. https://denvergazette.com/news/local/andrea-gibson-dies-colorado-poet-laureate/article_597deaf2-4823-4ef3-a65b-0c4c65ac11bd.html

Delete - accidentally typed in wrong number, sorry! https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/File:SkyTrain_Alstom_6051-a.jpg

At Waterfront today around 11:40 am This is how much overhang it has at Waterfront

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Photos of 23204 and 23205 from today

My full list: Airbus: Airbus A220 (Bombardier CSeries) A220-300 (CS300) - Air Canada, airBaltic Airbus A320 (ceo) series A319-100 - Alitalia A320-200 - Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, British Airways, Eurowings, Jetstar Airways (9th freedom operating in NZ), Jetstar Japan A321-100 - Alitalia A321-200 - Air Canada, Dragonair (Cathay Dragon) Airbus A320neo series A320-251N - AirAsia A321-271NX - Air Transat Airbus A330 A330-200 - KLM A330-300 - Air Canada, Dragonair (Cathay Dragon), KLM, Northwest Airlines Airbus A330neo: A330-900neo: Condor Airbus A340 A340-300 - Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 XWB A350-900 - Finnair, Singapore Airlines A350-1000 - British Airways Airbus A380 A380-841 - Singapore Airlines Beechcraft: 1900D - Pacific Coastal Airlines Boeing: Boeing 737 Classic 737-300 - United Airlines Boeing 737 NG 737-600 - WestJet 737-700 - WestJet 737-800 - WestJet 737-900ER - Delta Boeing 737 MAX 737 MAX 8 - Air Canada, WestJet Boeing 747 747-400 - Northwest Airlines, United Airlines Boeing 767 767-300ER - Alitalia Boeing 777 777-200LR - Delta 777-300ER - Cathay Pacific Boeing 787 Dreamliner 787-8 - Air Canada, British Airways 787-9 - Air Canada, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Scoot 787-10 - Singapore Airlines Bombardier: CRJ series CRJ100/200 - Delta, Northwest CRJ700 - Delta CRJ900 - Air Canada Express (Jazz) Cessna: Cessna 172 - Toronto Airways, U-Fly Wanaka Cessna 208B Grand Caravan - NZONE Skydive de Havilland Canada: DHC-3 Turbo Otter - Harbour Air DHC-6 Twin Otter - Harbour Air Dash 8 Dash 8-400 (Q400) - Air Canada Express (Jazz) Embraer: E-Jets series Embraer 190-100IGW - Air Canada, German Airways (op for KLM) Eurocopter/Airbus Helicopters: Eurocopter EC130 - Niagara Helicopters Saab: 340A - Pacific Coastal Airlines New for this week: Condor Airbus A330-900neo!

It has been debunked many, many times that the LIM technology developed by UTDC and Bombardier is not proprietary. Multiple manufacturers build trains using LIM and can adapt the train cars to the system it is intended to run on. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/skytrain-technologies-engineering-not-proprietary-translink-report https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bombardier-skytrain-technology-proprietary https://darylvsworld.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/skytrain-technology-is-not-outdated-and-not-proprietary/

It was posted by the @old_ttc instagram account. I searched for both the Detroit People Mover and the Scarborough RT on Google, but none of this news came up. Probably he just wants more clicks to his account. Until there's a credible source to this, don't believe it's real.

A few weeks ago when I went on 7419 on the 25 UBC, one of the passengers who got on questioned the driver why some of the stops have had construction or relocation, the driver replied that there will be articulated buses on the 25 starting in January. The driver probably either mentioned the date through outdated information or didn't remember on top of his head. Considering that the 2 (a VTC route) is now getting articulated buses in January, where are the articulated buses coming from? In consideration that the 22xxx and 23xxx buses are not based in VTC, and that there are definitely not enough of them in the first place. It's strange that the 2 and previously the 84 gets articulated buses first before the 25 considering the latter gets far more ridership, rivaling the 99 and the RapidBuses.

What's the Mark V delivery schedule looking like? I recall that they were supposed to be delivered starting October 2023, but I pass by Edmonds every day and they're still not in sight.

I went on the TransLink 503 to Aldergrove today hoping to connect to the 21 Abbotsford (I don't usually go there, but had to for work reasons). I waited for well over TWO HOURS for that bus because the 14:30 then the 15:56 buses never showed up! Gave up and ordered an Uber instead. Another person at the same stop (Station Rd & Fraser Hwy) waited as long as I did, and gave up like me. I think all the 21 trips were cancelled today (along with many other routes) and they were showing as "unavailable" on the entry that should display the bus fleet number, but there was no official cancellation in the BC Transit app or Google Maps. This is why I hate car dependency.

Try to do it on a Sunday if you want a closer look. There's usually no one there from my experience.

In that library photo, what was that floor material? Looks like carpet to me.

100% agree. When there's already Compass readers on the middle/back doors I really don't see the reason not to allow all-door boarding. Some transit agencies I've been on like in Hamburg Germany they have all-door boarding on all routes regardless of vehicle, and it just makes the process much more pleasant and barrier-free. Also with all door boarding the huge lineup to board the front door is virtually eliminated, reducing dwell time in stops.

Ted Kaczynski the "Unabomber" has been found dead in prison. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65867291

I've also seen a tourism ad for Kelowna along with Rogers/Fido.

Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer, has died at 70. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179884147/kaija-saariaho-the-composer-who-explored-color-and-light-has-died-at-age-70

Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov has died at age 80. He was the one who spent the most total time in space. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/europe/valery-polyakov-russian-cosmonaut-dead-intl-scli-scn/index.html

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Beautiful. Looks like a much better seating layout than the TTC counterparts.

Driver seats are always equipped with a 3 point seatbelt. The more interesting part is whether passenger seats have a 3 point seatbelt. The newest GO Transit double deckers have them and so there has been quite a bit of speculation whether the 214xx have the passenger seatbelts or not.

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