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partly from working TV #216, RT: 27:30, first broadcast 30/03/01 |
| Public Forum on Public Transit |
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Calling All Lower Mainland Bus Riders! |
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"117 new buses, expanded SkyTrain service, less crowding and greater availability . . . It's amazing what you can get for 25 cents" -TransLink ad, May 2000 |
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Last year TransLink, the Greater Vancouver transit authority, raised bus fares promising to improve service. But now they are cancelling orders for new buses, announcing cuts to service, and forcing a strike with bus drivers ( Canadian Auto Workers 111 ) who haven't had a pay increase in 11 years. The only bright spot in the local transit scenario is that transit workers, transit users, environmentalists and other activists are getting organized and fighting back. They spent a day together @ More Buses! Lower Fares! hearing presentations and strategizing in workshops. |
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One possible outcome will be formation of a Lower Mainland Bus Riders' Union, similar to that in Los Angeles, which has taken managed to wrest control of public transit away from the bureaucrats and given it back to the public. |
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| More Buses! Lower Fares! Introduction RT: 3 min approx from working TV #216 30/03/01 |
Intro 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Intro 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
 Intro 28,8 Modem Real Audio |
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Introductory video RT: 3 min approx from working TV #216 30/03/01 |
Intro Vid 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Intro Vid 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
IntrovVid BROADBAND DOWNLOADABLE |
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Background / Overview |
| Jim Houlahan, CAW 111 - Part 1 RT: 09 min approx from working TV #216 30/03/01 A bus driver for 26 years and a long time transit union activist and officer, Jim opened the public forum with a review of transit policy since the early 1970s and an analysis of the current situation. |
Jim Pt. 1 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Jim Pt. 1 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Jim Pt. 2 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Jim Pt. 2 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Extro 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Extro 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Suzanne 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Suzanne 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Fred Ludwig 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Fred Ludwig 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Anita Zaenker 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Anita Zaenker 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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Martin Fisher 28.8 Modem "Dial Up" |
Martin Fisher 56 Modem "Dial Up" |
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