Thank You, Let's Keep the Conversation Going
Decided to plan a day to visit the Surrey Light Rail Vehicle (#SurreyLRV) Showcase and then the TransLink pop-up engagement event at Metrotown - Flickr album of all photos up at flic.kr/s/aHsmhHdR82 folks. As to the "pop-up engagement event", well this was at the same Metrotown I'm kinda familiar with... ( www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=63422257%40N08&view_al... )
But I really had to struggle to find the "pop-up engagement event" and it seems there wasn't much of a crowd for this "consultation" on multiple tax increases. I had to from the SkyTrain station cross the street and go deep into the bus barn to ask where the event was. Turns out it was on the second floor and there was ZERO wayfinding signage to the event. No wonder few folks participated.
I felt after talking to the outreach souls there it was more of a chance to explain without filters how TransLink was growing and why TransLink was raising taxes without a referendum. As TheBreaker.ca wrote on Twitter at twitter.com/theBreakerNews/status/992755016921468929 , "TransLink revealed 4/30 two rapid transit megaprojects will cost $4.5B, up $1.5B from 2015 plebiscite plan. Higher taxes and fares coming. This is what it calls “public consultation.” We call it “sales kiosk.” Joe would call it, "TransLink Public Briefing" because it's just TransLink giving the public a dog & pony show of what they're going to do. Which TransLink did quite well regardless of what the majority of the public or transit riders may or may not want.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate the free TransLink pro-transit buttons and the conversations. To each transit agency their own outreach hoping each outreach has better wayfinding than this one please, I suppose...
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
Thank You, Let's Keep the Conversation Going
Decided to plan a day to visit the Surrey Light Rail Vehicle (#SurreyLRV) Showcase and then the TransLink pop-up engagement event at Metrotown - Flickr album of all photos up at flic.kr/s/aHsmhHdR82 folks. As to the "pop-up engagement event", well this was at the same Metrotown I'm kinda familiar with... ( www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=63422257%40N08&view_al... )
But I really had to struggle to find the "pop-up engagement event" and it seems there wasn't much of a crowd for this "consultation" on multiple tax increases. I had to from the SkyTrain station cross the street and go deep into the bus barn to ask where the event was. Turns out it was on the second floor and there was ZERO wayfinding signage to the event. No wonder few folks participated.
I felt after talking to the outreach souls there it was more of a chance to explain without filters how TransLink was growing and why TransLink was raising taxes without a referendum. As TheBreaker.ca wrote on Twitter at twitter.com/theBreakerNews/status/992755016921468929 , "TransLink revealed 4/30 two rapid transit megaprojects will cost $4.5B, up $1.5B from 2015 plebiscite plan. Higher taxes and fares coming. This is what it calls “public consultation.” We call it “sales kiosk.” Joe would call it, "TransLink Public Briefing" because it's just TransLink giving the public a dog & pony show of what they're going to do. Which TransLink did quite well regardless of what the majority of the public or transit riders may or may not want.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate the free TransLink pro-transit buttons and the conversations. To each transit agency their own outreach hoping each outreach has better wayfinding than this one please, I suppose...
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com