XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: invalid@invalid.ca   
      
   "40%®Çonned" <40%®Çonned@cda.ca> wrote in message   
   news:qfd9q.7897$sk5.568@newsfe03.iad...   
   >> ""Király""  wrote in message   
   >> news:j3u6de$7vo$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>> 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 $20.  Cheap.  I   
   >>> do it   
   >>> at least once a year.   
   >   
   >   
   > "JM"  wrote in message   
   > news:7W99q.7815$sk5.615@newsfe03.iad...   
   > ep, and same for coming back... So we're talking $40.00 return.   
   > Still   
   >> affordable.   
   >   
   > Try doing that every working day.  Still affordable?   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Get real. Nobody would do that every working day. Go to the Translink   
   site and check Vancouver to Tsawwassen ferry terminal. For the sake of   
   discussion, take Burrard skyrain station as departure and return   
   points.   
   Translink site shows that it would take 1 h 10 min from Burrard to the   
   ferry terminal   
   Ferry time only to Swartz Bay (i.e. no wait time at ferry terminal,   
   get off the Translink bus and jump right on the ferry) is 1 h 35 min   
   Bus from Swartz Bay to downtown Victoria about 1 hour.   
      
   Add it all : 3 hours and 45 minutes. And that's assuming absolutely 0   
   waiting time. And, since one has to come back: 7 hours and 30 minutes   
   travel time.   
      
   So doing that every working day is out of the question. I even wonder   
   why you asked. Price wise, if the person who decides to go this way is   
   one of your BC Ferry union friends, chances are that he/she will   
   travel free on the ferry, saving something like $21.00 return. Time   
   wise, no advantage. Cost wise, 21 bucks less than what I would have to   
   pay. But doing that every day, absolutely not.   
      
   J.   
      
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