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Old Posted Jun 14, 2017, 12:12 AM
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Took some pics of the construction of the bus loop at Richmond-Brighouse today.



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I have noticed that they are FINALLLY addressing the roller shutter at the main entrance to Commercial Broadway that has been broken and partially dismantled for as long as I can remember. Here's hoping they are actually replacing it.
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TransLink seeks retailers to ramp up revenue

Plan is for 70% jump in retail space at stations by 2022

By Glen Korstrom | June 21, 2017, 3:53 p.m.

TransLink plans to help pay for Metro Vancouver’s transit system by leasing more space to retailers at its rapid-transit stations in the years ahead.

The transit-system operator is the landlord to a combined 10,000 square feet of space at 47 stations and it expects that number to jump to 17,000 square feet by 2022, its director of real estate programs and partnerships, Guy Akester, told a media scrum outside the Main Street-Science World SkyTrain station June 21.

He estimated that about $500,000 of the more than $410 million in revenue that TransLink raked in during 2016 came from retail leases.

That is down from the $695,927 that TransLink generated from retailers in 2012. Translink communications staff later told BIV that this was because of a change in the way that this revenue was reported and because of a one-time payment that was made in 2012.

An uptick, however, is certainly likely.

Main Street-Science World station newly has total of 2,771 square feet of retail space that TransLink leases to Starbucks, A&W and Tim Hortons.

Before the station’s recent renovation, TransLink generated no retail-lease revenue from Main Street-Science World station. Starbucks had leased space under the station but that square footage was previously owned by the City of Vancouver. So TransLink did not get a dime.

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https://www.biv.com/article/2017/6/t...-ramp-revenue/
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 7:20 AM
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some interesting info about the jugo juice fail in the article and this:

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TransLink’s 11 current retail leases are to:



•Tim Hortons at Main Street station;

•A&W at Main Street station;

•Starbucks at Main Street station;

•Nova News at Scott Road station;

•Waves Coffee at Stadium station;

•International News at Braid Street station;

•International News at Granville Station;

•Town Centre Convenience at Lougheed station;

•Vannian Coffee at Lougheed station;

•Express News at Sapperton station; and

•Express News at Nanaimo station.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 9:37 AM
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More discussion about the above in the Metro Vancouver Retail Thread
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 5:17 PM
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There's a new Metrotown West Entry picture posted on VIA Architecture's twitter. Looks like the netting has come down from the skylights.

Source: https://twitter.com/viaarchitecture

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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 5:41 PM
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Looking really good! Hope they can maintain this well.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 5:46 PM
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Garbage still there?
Yeah that's my pet peeve too...always annoys me seeing that at the Commercial Station slopes. Third world indeed.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 6:02 PM
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Metrotown west entrance looks great. Really gives the station a much grander feel.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 6:57 PM
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When will the West entrance open?
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2017, 7:10 PM
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When will the West entrance open?
No official word yet, as far as I know. It could be a couple of months away yet.
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Old Posted Jul 1, 2017, 8:45 AM
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Commercial - Broadway.



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There's a new Metrotown West Entry picture posted on VIA Architecture's twitter. Looks like the netting has come down from the skylights.

Source: https://twitter.com/viaarchitecture

Looks great, it's just a shame they're not extending the platform 10m in either direction.
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Looks great, it's just a shame they're not extending the platform 10m in either direction.
There is metal framing at the top of the escalators that makes it look like they're extending the platform - I don't know by how much though.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2017, 8:31 AM
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Rode through Metrotown for the first time in a while. The LED lighting above the tracks is a neat accent!

Though Joyce's platform lighting at night is really, really bright. They probably didn't need to add so many of those lights running perpendicular to the ones along the platform, it's almost blinding pulling into there once the sun is down.
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Looks great, it's just a shame they're not extending the platform 10m in either direction.
Does anyone know where the assumption that all expo platforms are being extended by 10m came from? I'm genuinely curious if there was a official TransLink commitment to do this, or if it was an idea that was explored and then nixed as being too expensive and disruptive.

I'm aware platform extensions were recommended for a few stations to resolve conflicting surge zones on: Stadium Chinatown (resolved with new east entry), Joyce Collingwood (under construction) Commercial Broadway (under construction), 29th Avenue (resolved with a new bridge entry).

Page 36 of this document "Expo Line Upgrades Strategy" has the recommendations that I think are being followed:
http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Docu..._projects/Expo Line Upgrade Strategy/Expo Line Upgrade Strategy Project Summary.pdf
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Does anyone know where the assumption that all expo platforms are being extended by 10m came from? I'm genuinely curious if there was a official TransLink commitment to do this, or if it was an idea that was explored and then nixed as being too expensive and disruptive.
There has been a long term plan to extend capacity on the Expo Line which would include longer trains as well as rebuilding many platforms to accommodate the longer trains and larger crowds, not sure if the number is 10m, though.

I threw out 10m in either direction because that appears to be able to fit under the new end canopies and would greatly help with distributing crowds at what is and will continue to be one of the busiest stations in the entire system. It really seems like a missed opportunity to not, at the very least, add 5m of space on either end.
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2017, 5:21 PM
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There has been a long term plan to extend capacity on the Expo Line which would include longer trains as well as rebuilding many platforms to accommodate the longer trains and larger crowds, not sure if the number is 10m, though.

I threw out 10m in either direction because that appears to be able to fit under the new end canopies and would greatly help with distributing crowds at what is and will continue to be one of the busiest stations in the entire system. It really seems like a missed opportunity to not, at the very least, add 5m of space on either end.
Looking from the outside, they have added more floor space beyond the platform end to where the escalators start. Looks like around 7m or so.
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2017, 5:28 PM
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Are there any more old stations to be upgraded after these series of stations (Metrotown, Broadway-Commercial, Joyce & Surrey Central ) are done? I feel that the Columbia Station should receive a major makeover to reflect the ever-changing area, and also because it's a major get off/on point for people doing train transfers. The little mall space leading to the main street should also be renovated.
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Old Posted Jul 6, 2017, 5:42 PM
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There needs to be room for 10-car mk1 trains or 6-car mk2 trains. especially once they expand out to Langley.
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