In a month and a week, the 2010 Olympics will be happening everywhere around me.
As somebody who lives practically at "ground zero" of all the Olympic activity downtown, it's going to be an interesting few weeks for me. I'm probably going to have constant updates on my blog for those who are interested in seeing the chaos first hand. ;)
I'm still debating whether it would be worth driving to work in Richmond during the Olympics or worth taking public transit. I mean, heck, the Olympics are happening in Richmond too. I live near the Canada Line, but I'd need to transfer on a bus to get to work. No big deal, right? It takes 45 minutes to get to work via the Canada Line + bus, or 15 minutes via car (at 6:30am).
Hrmmm...
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Free public transit tonight only
That's right - apparently Translink is making public transit free from 5pm onwards tonight for New Year's Eve. It's just after 7pm right now, so all buses, Skytrains, the Canada Line and the Seabus are free to ride!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Flight times to Vancouver
Did you know that it takes about the same amount of time to fly from London directly to Toronto than it does to fly from London directly to Vancouver?
I know.
It doesn't look that way!
On a map Vancouver looks like it's twice as far away from Europe than Toronto is, but it isn't when you take into consideration the curvature of the Earth.
Flights from London to Vancouver don't fly directly west over the Atlantic, as if you were drawing a straight line west out of London. They arc north up and over the Arctic (har har), over Greenland, Baffin Island, Nunavut before descending over northern Saskatchewan, Alberta, eventually ending in BC.
While it still looks like a further distance on a regular map, if you traced this route on a globe, it would make more sense. It's that Arctic route which explains why flying directly from Europe to Vancouver makes more sense than flying with a stopover in Eastern Canada.
London to Toronto = 8 hours
London to Vancouver = 9.5 hours
Toronto to Vancouver = 4 hours
London to Vancouver via Toronto = 12 hours
As for people flying into Vancouver from other destinations, Tourism Vancouver has created a fantasic PDF illustrating the average flight times from around the world:
http://www.tourismvancouver.com/pdf/map_flying_times.pdf
I know.
It doesn't look that way!
On a map Vancouver looks like it's twice as far away from Europe than Toronto is, but it isn't when you take into consideration the curvature of the Earth.
Flights from London to Vancouver don't fly directly west over the Atlantic, as if you were drawing a straight line west out of London. They arc north up and over the Arctic (har har), over Greenland, Baffin Island, Nunavut before descending over northern Saskatchewan, Alberta, eventually ending in BC.
While it still looks like a further distance on a regular map, if you traced this route on a globe, it would make more sense. It's that Arctic route which explains why flying directly from Europe to Vancouver makes more sense than flying with a stopover in Eastern Canada.
London to Toronto = 8 hours
London to Vancouver = 9.5 hours
Toronto to Vancouver = 4 hours
London to Vancouver via Toronto = 12 hours
As for people flying into Vancouver from other destinations, Tourism Vancouver has created a fantasic PDF illustrating the average flight times from around the world:
http://www.tourismvancouver.com/pdf/map_flying_times.pdf
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