Main fountain
Holland Park,
Surrey, BC
Showing posts with label Surrey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surrey. Show all posts
20130517
Animated GIF: Lotus fountain at Holland Park, Surrey, BC
Today I was at Holland Park to make animated GIFs.
20130513
Crossing the Road Friday Afternoon
View of Central City tower near Old Yale Road and University Boulevard, Surrey, BC
Photographed at 1231H on 11 May 2013.
20121127
Illegal Removal of Trees in Surrey BC on Rise
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See the lot in the centre of the larger map view from Google? Notice that there are no trees left on that property.
In 2008, a developer in Surrey, BC removed all the trees on that empty lot next to St Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church near the Southern BC Rail tracks on 104 Avenue.
What's the problem with that? The city of Surrey has a tree-protection bylaw that states all property being developed must protect trees from harm during development. Under this bylaw, developers also have to pay for a tree permit before cutting down trees.
Instead of complying by the bylaw, the developer went ahead and cut down the trees. After seeing this infraction, neighbours in surrounding properties complained to city council,
Once the city assessed the damage, it contacted the developer to issue a fine.
Rather than pay the fine for the downed trees, he tried to bribe a city clerk.
Since then, illegal removal of trees has gone up this year, with 58 removed by August 2012 compared
to 38 removed in 2010, and 31 in 2011.
Reference:
Surrey Leader: $175,000 penalty for Surrey tree cut:
http://www.surreyleader.com/news/172567511.html
20120419
My Transit Fare Proposal
I sent the following fare proposal to Translink. When whoever reads and responds to e-mail replies, I'll add it as a comment. Anyway, here's the fare increase proposal:
For people who don't live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) or even Delta, Surrey & Langley, I suggest you Google "Translink" and do some research. The way Translink raises fares unjustly imposes a greater fare increase ridership in Delta, Surrey & Langley, who actually subsidize ridership north of the Fraser River. There are actually more riders in the GVRD who never cross a zone but only pay $2.50, but every time someone buses in from south of the Fraser River, they pay double before 6.30 PM weekdays. As well, for the 90 minutes that their ticket is good for, most people within the GVRD north of Fraser actually get to more places they want to than the few people who bus all the way out of Langley. It takes about a half hour to get to the Skytrain in Surrey from Langley, and about 45 minutes to downtown Vancouver. For most places in Vancouver proper, you're no more than a half hour from shopping and other amenities. This leaves the average person riding the bus with about 20 minutes of shopping & time to return home on that ticket!! Compare this to the 15 minutes & the fare home ($2.50) for the poor people travelling from Langley. This suggests that in about 10 years time, it'd serve the ridership south of Fraser to raise the time limit to 2 hours.
Results of email: the usual thanks, we're sticking to the fare prices. thanks for contributing.
I'm astounded because the current fares do not increase ridership. My rider ship went up because my disability allows me a yearly bus pass for $45. The planned fare hike is not going to make riding a bus as attractive as lowering it. Translink will need to do something to change our minds that their fare hike in the coming months actually to raise ridership.
Why can't Translink make the two zones north of Fraser all one zone at $3.75 & south of Fraser (Surrey, Delta & Langley) $2.25? Crossing the new two-zone boundary would be $1.50. After all, the majority of riders use the system north of the Fraser River & they should pay more because they get all the perks like Canada Line, bus stops with Next Bus times, and the Millennium Line. Eventually (in 5 years) the fares can go up to $4 North of Fraser and down to $2 south of Fraser with a $2 boundary fee, due to the fact that the population growth north of the Fraser River will eventually rise faster than all the municipalities South of Fraser River (Delta, Surrey, Langley). This is more reasonable a fare raise than what was currently proposed because, as I've said before, more people north of the Fraser River use the system than Delta, Surrey & Langley! Now that I've given you my proposed fare schedule, let your beancounters crunch the numbers & I bet it will help afford putting in faregates at Main Street Station and Metrotown Station as well as support the corporate welfare of $60K per transit council director!!
For people who don't live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) or even Delta, Surrey & Langley, I suggest you Google "Translink" and do some research. The way Translink raises fares unjustly imposes a greater fare increase ridership in Delta, Surrey & Langley, who actually subsidize ridership north of the Fraser River. There are actually more riders in the GVRD who never cross a zone but only pay $2.50, but every time someone buses in from south of the Fraser River, they pay double before 6.30 PM weekdays. As well, for the 90 minutes that their ticket is good for, most people within the GVRD north of Fraser actually get to more places they want to than the few people who bus all the way out of Langley. It takes about a half hour to get to the Skytrain in Surrey from Langley, and about 45 minutes to downtown Vancouver. For most places in Vancouver proper, you're no more than a half hour from shopping and other amenities. This leaves the average person riding the bus with about 20 minutes of shopping & time to return home on that ticket!! Compare this to the 15 minutes & the fare home ($2.50) for the poor people travelling from Langley. This suggests that in about 10 years time, it'd serve the ridership south of Fraser to raise the time limit to 2 hours.
Results of email: the usual thanks, we're sticking to the fare prices. thanks for contributing.
I'm astounded because the current fares do not increase ridership. My rider ship went up because my disability allows me a yearly bus pass for $45. The planned fare hike is not going to make riding a bus as attractive as lowering it. Translink will need to do something to change our minds that their fare hike in the coming months actually to raise ridership.
20110228
20070912
Air1 Has Been Busy
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Since its arrival in airways over Metro Vancouver February 13, 2006, the Air1 helicopter has been busy. However, the Air1 and Air2 website has documented success stories up to October 2012.
Recently Air1 has been spotted hovering over a suspected crack house in mid-August 2007. This occurred the week after a shooting at the notorious Byrd Pub at 108th Avenue and King George Highway followed by more shooting from a dwelling on 108th Avenue near 130th Street. Yet the RCMP media website has not documented this shooting at all.
From this lack of publicity, it can only be assumed that RCMP's investigation into the matter is on-going and not a probable threat to the neighbourhood since it is clear evidence of intergang warfare.
Let us hope Metro Vancouver gangsters obey Tupac Amuro Shakur's Thug Life code of ethics seriously and refrain from needlessly involving innocent citizen naive to crime in Surrey.
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Update 201211-07: Recently Air1 was involved in tracking the break-and-enter of Gibb's Nursery in Langley.
20070304
How I Walked Away from a Beating
This happened around 11:30PM on March 3, 2007. The location is north side of Kwantlen Park Secondary School, north part of parking lot by the portables, in Surrey, BC Canada.
I'd just walked from 132nd Street and 104th Avenue onto school property on Saturday night.
As I walked by the smoke pit of the high school, about 6 teens noticed me.
Then they looked around the portable. One male, about 5'6 confronted me and raised his fists, and feigned a hit, hoping to get a reaction.
I put my arms out in front of me and said "Peace, bro." The youth was called off by his friends, who told him to leave me alone.
Thanking the South Asian youth, I bid them farewell and went home.
I feel that the non-violent confrontation I made, including uttering "Peace" and thanking the youths to let me pass by unmolested, probably saved my life.
Had I reacted in a violent manner, I would not be sitting here to report it.
After long careful thought, I have decided not to report this to the police.
I'd just walked from 132nd Street and 104th Avenue onto school property on Saturday night.
As I walked by the smoke pit of the high school, about 6 teens noticed me.
Then they looked around the portable. One male, about 5'6 confronted me and raised his fists, and feigned a hit, hoping to get a reaction.
I put my arms out in front of me and said "Peace, bro." The youth was called off by his friends, who told him to leave me alone.
Thanking the South Asian youth, I bid them farewell and went home.
I feel that the non-violent confrontation I made, including uttering "Peace" and thanking the youths to let me pass by unmolested, probably saved my life.
Had I reacted in a violent manner, I would not be sitting here to report it.
After long careful thought, I have decided not to report this to the police.
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