XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: invalid@invalid.ca   
      
   ""Király""  wrote in message   
   news:j3u6de$7vo$1@dont-email.me...   
   > In van.general "40%?onned" <40%?onned@cda.ca> wrote:   
   >> Due to fare hikes that far exceed the rate of inflation ? since   
   >> 2003, up more than 40 per cent   
   >> on the main routes between the Mainland and Vancouver Island and 60   
   >> per cent on the shorter   
   >> routes ? tourists and transport companies are avoiding coming to   
   >> the Island. Passenger traffic   
   >> is down 3.7 per cent from summer 2010, and vehicle traffic is down   
   >> 4.2 per cent.   
   >   
   > Yeah yeah yeah, well, it's been too expensive for me for years.  Not   
   > worth it.   
   >   
   > But, it's still quite affordable if you don't bring a car with you.   
   > Taking public transit between Downtown Vancouver and downtown   
   > Victoria   
   > along with the ferry can all be done for less then $20.  Cheap.  I   
   > do it   
   > at least once a year.   
   >   
   > --   
   > K.   
   >   
   > Lang may your lum reek.   
   >   
      
   Yep, and same for coming back... So we're talking $40.00 return. Still   
   affordable.   
      
      
   J.   
      
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