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Probus Club of Vancouver Newsletter NEWSLETTER PROBUS CLUB OF VANCOUVER PO Box 74539, KITSILANO, Vancouver, BC, V6K 4P4 Enriching members with topical, entertaining speakers and social activities www.probusvancouver.com April, 2018 October, 2014 President NEXT MONTH’S SPEAKER Hugh Lindsay Location: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre - - 604 732 0366 Speaker: Paul Evans, UBC Professor May 8: Dr. Richard Glickman, [email protected] Topic: Dealing with Xi's China and CEO, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc Past President Topic: Biotech in BC Doug Jones Trump's America: What’s a 604 -228 -0504 Perplexed Canada to Do? [email protected] Vice President DR. PAUL EVANS Brian Maunder 604 -222 -2391 [email protected] Paul Evans (PhD Dalhousie) has construction of multilateral institutions since 1988. been a professor at the University He was a co -founder of the Council for Security Secretary of British Columbia since 1999 Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP), the Tim Sehmer 604 -263 -7332 teaching Asian and trans -Pacific Canadian Consortium on Human Security, and the [email protected] affairs. Paul is the current Interim Canada -Korea Forum. He has directed exchange Treasurer Research Director of the Institute and partnership projects with numerous institutes in Doug Cucheron of Asian Research. Asia and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 604 -687 -2006 His academic appointments have and funded by governments and foundations in [email protected] been as Assistant, Associate and Professor, Canada, Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, Speakers Committee Department of Political Science, York University, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Hugh Chaun - – 604 -261 -8437 1981 97; Director, University of Toronto York A member of the International Council of the Asia [email protected] University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, Society in New York, he also sits on the editorial 1991 -96; Visiting Professor, Asia Center, Harvard boards of The Pacific Review and The Chinese Membership Committee Peter Hamilton University, 1997 -99; Acting Director, Liu Institute Journal of International Politics , The Chinese 604 -730 -9975 for Global Issues, 2004 -5; Director, Institute of Quarterly of Strategic Studies , and Journal Mexico [email protected] Asian Research, 2008 -11. y la Cuenca del Pacifico . He is a Canadian Activities Committee Between 2005 and 2008 he was on leave from UBC representative on the Expert and Eminent Persons Richard Carson to serve as the Co -CEO and Chairman of the Group of the ASEAN Regional Forum. 604 -261 -0974 [email protected] Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Website and Database Committee A regionalist rather than country specialist, he has Jack Zaleski held visiting fellowships at the Australian National 604 -261 -7492 University (1988); National Chengchi University [email protected] (1989); Chulalongkorn University (1989); the East - Newsletter Editor West Center (1995); and the National Institute for and Publisher Peter Scott Research Advancement in Tokyo (1999). He has 604 -263 -1746 been a Visiting Professor at the University of Hong [email protected] Kong in 2011 and 2013 and Singapore Membership Services & Management University in 2015 and 2016 as head House of the International Academic Advisory Panel for Raymond Greenwood 604 -733 -6453 its School of Social Sciences. [email protected] The author or editor of eight books, his first was a biography of John Fairbank, his best selling with Historian/Archivist Roy Williams David Capie, a lexicon of Asia Pacific security 604 -926 -4727 terminology, and his most recent Engaging China: [email protected] Myth, Aspiration and Strategy in Canadian Policy Counsel from Trudeau to Harper , published in 2014 by the Brian Wasson University of Toronto Press. Carl Jonsson Bill Randall An advocate of cooperative and human security, he has been studying and promoting policy -related activity on track -two security processes and the PROBUS Club of Vancouver April, 2018 Report of the March 13th Meeting Attendance: 208 Members and Guests President Hugh Lindsay opened the meeting and welcomed The Broadway line will be an underground six kilometre and the guests present, especially our speaker, Kevin Desmond, six station extension to the Millennium line from VCC Clark CEO of Translink. Announcing that we were meeting on to Arbutus. About 35 percent of the project will be funded by PROBUS DAY in the City of Vancouver, as proclaimed by the federal government, 40 percent will be funded by the Mayor Gregor Robertson, Hugh then read out the proclama- province and our mayors will have to come up with the re- tion from the framed certificate, arranged by Raymond maining funding. Desmond expects service to commence in Greenwood (See page 1). Hugh then told an amusing story 2025. Desmond’s favourite part of the project is the Cambie about a conflict between and radar cop, a driver and his not Street Station which will provide a seamless connection with too bright wife. Jack Zaleski introduced three new members the Canada Line network. (see page 3). Rich Carson, Chair of the Activities Committee, The Surrey light rail project will be a surface light rail system reported on several upcoming activities all of which are ex- that will replace the existing 96 B -Line, one of the fastest plained on pages 4, 5 and 6. Raymond Greenwood thanked growing routes in the region, with 570,000 boardings in his cashiers and greeters, after which, Hugh asked Bill Hook- 2016. The line will be a total of 27 kilometres. The first phase er to introduce our speaker. of the project, which will be completed in 2024, will run from Kevin Desmond began his talk by providing a broad over- Newton to Surrey Central and Guildford Town Centre. Even- view of TransLink which was created in the late ‘90s as the tually the light rail will be extended down the Fraser Highway integrated transportation planner for the Lower Mainland. to Langley. Surrey opted for Surrey light rail over SkyTrain Today, TransLink is responsible for buses, SkyTrain, Sea- technology because they want to mitigate the effects of ur- Bus, the West Coast Express and HandyDART services ban sprawl by creating a walkable and dense community which is for people with disabilities in the Metro Vancouver around the L Line. region. Additionally, TransLink co -manages the major road Desmond then spoke about the upcoming changes to the networks with the cities throughout the region. He says that Compass program. This spring, TransLink will launch an over the past few years TransLink’s efforts to improve transit open payment system which will allow transit users to pay have started to bear fruit. their fare with credit card or their phone. The existing Com- In 2017 ridership grew by 5.7 percent which represents 22.5 pass system was built to accommodate these services so no million more boardings than the previous year. He points out hardware changes are necessary. However, the change will that nearly every other metropolitan area in North America require transit users to scan their phone or the card of their experienced stagnant or declining ridership in 2016 and choice as opposed to their wallet otherwise the system it will 2018. But what’s the driving this growth in ridership? Des- read a card of its choice which may not be the choice of the mond cites the strong economy, employment growth, service user. This new service is primarily for the benefit of people increases that started with the SkyTrain Evergreen Exten- who rarely use public transit including tourists or people at- sion and the Compass program as contributing factors. He tending major concerts and games. These people will no says that Metro Vancouver ranks as the 24 th largest urban longer have to wait in line to get a ticket. Compass Card, metropolitan area in the continent by population but eighth in however, will still be the primary method of payment for 96 terms of transit ridership. He says this is a result of good de- percent of transit users. TransLink, like many other transit sign as well as the intensity of development around the sys- agencies, is working to eliminate cash payments and fare tem. Desmond spoke extensively about the Mayors ' 10 -Year boxes altogether. Vision for Metro Vancouver Transportation, TransLink’s cur- Desmond has an extensive background in paratransit ser- rent plan that was adopted by Metro Vancouver mayors in vices and is especially interested in improving the November 2016. This plan calls for a 25 percent increase in HandyDART system. In 2016 TransLink put together an in- bus service, 12 new B -Lines, an additional SeaBus which will dependent advisory committee which came out with a report allow for 10 minute frequency, an increase to HandyDART in March 2017. TransLink has implemented some of the rec- service, new SkyTrain and West Coast Express cars, a new ommendations such as a 15 percent increase to service by SkyTrain line on Broadway, Surrey light rail and additional 2019, extending the booking window for next -day trips, re- funding for roads, biking paths and pedestrian trails. The duced travel times and advance notification of vehicle arri- plan was funded with a $360 million contribution from the vals. Finally, Desmond touched on TransLink’s long -range federal government, $240 million from the province and $700 plans for the future. By 2040 it’s expected that this region will from the region through a small fare increase as well as a accommodate another 1.2 million people and over half a mil- small property tax increase. TransLink has also generated lion jobs. In the Spring TransLink will launch a 12 to 18 additional revenue from the Compass program. month process to develop a long -range plan that will address Desmond also discussed TransLink’s three so -called the need for mass transit services on the North Shore and in “megaprojects” including: the new Pattullo Bridge, the Broad- communities south of the Fraser River.
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