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island transport solutions: Sailing.......through a little bit of paradise
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 13 August 2010. Sailing.through a little bit of paradise. A week travelling around on car ferries may not be everyone's idea of paradise - but as a means of experiencing the beauty of British Columbia some ferries are hard to beat. On Day 2 of our recent trip we boarded the MV Island Sky. Boarding the Island Sky. We had no idea what to expect. Externally, the design is not unlike her smaller, more venerable cousins, Bowen Queen. And Mayne Queen -. Its a...
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island transport solutions: Four die in Megabus en route to Toronto
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Sunday, 12 September 2010. Four die in Megabus en route to Toronto. Four people are now known to have lost their lives in an horrific accident in which an off-route Stagecoach Megabus en route from Philadelphia to Toronto struck an overhead bridge clearly signed as having just 10'9" headroom. The Van Hool Astromega is over 13' high. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Come on Gabriola, take a leaf from Bowens book. Just another school trip hazard.
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island transport solutions: U-Pass and VIU : stalemate or opportunity?
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Monday, 6 September 2010. U-Pass and VIU : stalemate or opportunity? So, Vancouver Island University (VIU) is one of the few higher eduction establishments in BC that will not be subscribing to the U-PASS scheme this year. Let's e. The majority of universities in BC are located in Vancouver or Victoria, where the density of population - and therefore the quality of public transit service - is way higher than in Nanaimo. The result? It is wholly unrealistic to e...
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island transport solutions: School bus challenge
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 25 June 2010. This week, the Ministry of Education has announced that they are to spend a cool $12.5 million on 106 new green [well, yellow anyway] school buses - of which just two will find their way to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District. In a press release. This week, Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid revealed:. Needless to say, there is no transit service on Gabriola - and one cost saving measure proposed by the School District is to assig...
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island transport solutions: The great Gabriola ferry debate
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Sunday, 14 August 2011. The great Gabriola ferry debate. Let's be honest. Gabriola has a much better ferry service than most of the gulf islands. Why? Well, for one thing, we live on the only gulf island with a ferry that takes us right into town, where we can shop, eat out and so much more within walking distance of the ferry terminal. And, with an experience card, the round trip passenger fare is only a buck more than a round trip on Nanaimo Transit. So here ...
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island transport solutions: It's all in the writing
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Monday, 16 August 2010. It's all in the writing. It's been said that travel broadens the mind - and our recent journey around the Gulf Islands certainly highlighted the very different atmosphere of the various island communities that we visited. Although not by any means the definitive guide, the initial impression created as you land by ferry offers just a hint of what to expect. Within sight of Galiano Island is Mayne Island - a community so proud of its twin...
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island transport solutions: Canadian pension funds pay $3bn+ for UK high speed rail line
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 5 November 2010. Canadian pension funds pay $3bn for UK high speed rail line. Two Canadian pension funds have clinched a £2bn deal to acquire the High Speed 1 rail route between London and the Channel Tunnel. Borealis Infrastructure is the infrastructure investment arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, one of Canada’s largest pension plans. Meanwhile, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is the largest single-profession pension plan in ...British...
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island transport solutions: The Greyhound saga rolls on..... for now
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Friday, 19 November 2010. The Greyhound saga rolls on. for now. Enter BC Ferries into the equation, and after some heated discussion, BC Ferries refused to allow Greyhound buses to park outside the terminals, forcing Greyhound to abandon the four shuttle buses and (despite being under an obligation to run them pending determination of their application) their service has only run 2 buses each way since early October. Be taken on the ferry and make the complete ...
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island transport solutions: BC Ferries eyes up route "efficiencies"
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Tuesday, 9 November 2010. BC Ferries eyes up route "efficiencies". Last week, BC Ferries produced a document entitled. Opportunities for Enhanced Efficiency in Performance Term Three. To the BC Ferry Commissioner, as part of their. Performance Term Three Submission. From which the Commissioner determines price caps for each of the route groups for a four-year period from 2010 until 2016. Opportunities for enhanced efficiency. To replace the 53 year old. As part...
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island transport solutions: Come on Gabriola, take a leaf from Bowen's book
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Sometimes we need to think outside the box. Tuesday, 21 September 2010. Come on Gabriola, take a leaf from Bowen's book. It's almost two years now since Gabriola floated the idea of Car Stops - a concept pioneered by the local community on Pender Island which, like Gabriola, has no public transportation. The Pender Car Stops. Back in the UK, hundreds of small rural communities have developed voluntary car schemes with. Launching their new website this week, Bowen LIFT. Needs no roadside signs, no co-ordi...