Open letter to the riders and driver/operators of Coast Mountain Bus company

After having several incidents with bus drivers over the span of a couple years, I take my message to the internet in hopes to educate people the abuse riders face here in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver, BC Canada

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• bus
• bus drivers
• rude
• arrogant
• mean
• insulting
• coast mountain bus
• translink

[bernadettebeatty]

let me get this,you don't even know the bus scedule.you want all the people on the bus to wait for you when you don't even show up on time....cause you can't be bothered to check the schedule.It's public transit,not your personal transport service.

[Pusfan]

@bernadettebeatty - YOU my friend Bernadettebeatty are making ASSumptions

:)

[stephen77334]

Transit rules state you must be at the ID post if you want to get a ride. If a driver had to wait every stop for someone "on the way" to the bus stop, they would start running 2 then 5 then 10 min late. Then the passengers who have waited for the bus a long time get upset at the driver for being late...Drivers are in a catch 22. piss someone off for not waiting.....or wait for thoes "on the way", start running late and then piss off thoes who have to wait for you.

[Pusfan]

@stephen77334 Sure that's great! So if you're disabled like me, you just come out of the store, you're trying to make the bus, you're about 30-40 ft away, a normal guy/gal could run, hop, skip cartwheel to the bus in time, people like me and worse cannot, the bus drivers see's you, I mean, you know he see's you, the people on the bus see you, and now, hobbling like an idiot, waving your arms, begging please, and you're just about 5 ft away from your "ID post" and the driver just goes off....

[Nomad490]

What do you think would happen if bus drivers stop for everyone at a corner.That is what a Taxi is for. I ride the bus all the time and the eldery get on and so do the handicap.

[Pusfan]

@Nomad490 |: |I don't wish to cause an argument with you, but nowhere do I claim or state in my video that I wish for the bus to stop at every corner. |and I also stated two places in the video that "NOT ALL DRIVER?"OPERATORS are like this" -

[rlcwallpapers]

I am a bus driver I can relate to your story, BUT let me tell you what we deal with on a daily basis: schedules shrinking every time we sing work, traffic that gets busier every day, weather conditions, many people who shouldn't be driving, pedestrians crossing traffic lights when they shouldn't, all this makes us late and at the other end of our trip most times get no time to even go to the washroom. CMBC stand is Bus Stops are for people to wait for the bus not the other way around.

[HumanLies]

waaaaaah

[FareCheck]

Thanks for sharing your experience with everyone!

I would also like to share Transit Fare Check Watch. Did you just spot the TransLINK Police on the bus, skytrain, seabus, or perhaps at a station or bus stop? Let others know here! Take Pics or videos and post them on our facebook or twitter pages.

Witness a disturbing TransLINK incident? Post, tweet and facebook it! Visit our youtube page for the links and spread the word!

[harbar3000]

How long did you have to wait for the next bus? You say that you made eye contact with the driver. It is possible that the driver didn't see you. Take responsiblity for yourself. Plan your trip. Find out when the bus arrives. Get to the stop five minutes prior to arrival. Be at the pole. If it takes you longer to do that than a fully able bodied person then you will simply have to give yourself more time.

[stephen77334]

I take transit everywhere as well...and it does suck to almost get there and see the bus leave...it happens to me as well even though im not disabled... but like I said transit rules state you must be AT the post not on the way there. I dont like it either but if I was a driver and had to deal with people getting upset that im late...i would probebly drive like them as well...people can be nasty to drivers..I have seen some good drivers deal with some BAD people.

[rudewolf89]

I for one can not wait until i get a car, my N and start driving.