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Originally Posted by Distill3d
last time i lived there i had a car and didn't have to worry about transit, however this time its different. how the hell do the fare zone things work. like i understand the 3 zones, but what i don't understand is if i live in say Surrey, do i have to buy a 3 zone monthly pass if i work in Langley or just a 1zone pass (because they are in the same zone). and how reliable are the buses?
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here's pretty much all the info you'd need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransLi...28Vancouver%29
if you live in surrey and commute to langley, you'd only have to pay one zone. in other words, if you're commuting within one zone(eg somewhere from zone 2 to somewhere in zone 2), you're paying for one zone; if you're commuting within two zones (ie from zone 1 to zone 2 or from zone 2 to zone 3), you're paying for two zone; if you're commuting within three zones (ie from zone 1 to zone 3 and vice-versa), you're paying for three zones. i think you get it now
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and for reliability of buses... not so great... and i live in vancouver proper. ppl tell me to go to the translink site to plan your trip(you enter your starting location and ending location and starting time and it'll tell you which buses/routes to take and the time the bus arrives) but i never do cuz it's a waste of time, i already know the directions, and most importantly i don't know how reliable the buses are. one time i had to wait 30mins for a #10 granville with four 98 b-line buses already passed by and sometimes there are two #17 oak buses back to back, even three for a few times(which is pretty annoying after having waited for a while). all these bus names probably don't make any sense to you right now, but it goes to show how aggrevating waiting for buses can be. im sure other forumers can give similar waiting-for-the-bus experiences.
if you like reliability(ie frequency), live near the skytrain or along the b-line bus routes.