Tony Hoar knows bicycling from every point of view: Tour de France veteran, engineer and respected builder of bicycles and trailers, present-day Master's-level competitor, and well-known British Columbia cycling events coordinator and bicycling advocate.
We spent 12 hours in Vancouver, some of it on the streets and on transit. Using WGWT I was able to engage with people, learn about work, career, hopes and aspiraitons.
A bus driver said , that this new job is more enjoable because she's make a conscious effort to have fun.As I watched her in action, she did that, and showed kindness and humour to her riders.
I've always had a guilty conscience about the fact that I drive to work. I've always had the excuse of picking my daughter up from daycare as my crutch for why I don't take the bus that stops a couple blocks from my house and drops me off a 10 minute walk from work TO WORK. But my daycare situation has changed and I don't have to rush to pick the kids up from daycare so I CAN take transit.
Since April I have been commuting to work via transit, instead of my car, like I used to. Why? because it feels better than being a single occupant in a vehicle using a tank of gas a week.
It's been a while since I've touched bases with the ChangeEverything community, but I realized today that what I've been busy with is exactly what this community is for, and I feel silly for not coming back here earlier.
I want Translink to be accountable to its ridership. The price of public transit is not on par with the service we receive at all. Hardest hit are those in poverty, through all are affected. It's time for change.
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