TRAINING WEEK PLANNING GUIDE: GETTING AROUND VANCOUVER Key Info for Indigitization Grant Program Applicants
GETTING AROUND VANCOUVER 2 TRANSIT INFORMATION 2 TAXI SERVICES 3 DIRECTIONS 4
WAYFINDING AT UBC 5
MAP OF UBC 6
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Getting Around Vancouver
Transit Information Purchasing Tickets: • Busses require EXACT CHANGE. • Ticket vendors at Skytrain stations coins, bills (up to $20), debit/ credit cards • Single tickets and DayPasses are recommended over the Compass Card. • One-Zone fares ($2.75 adult or $1.75 concession) valid on: o All busses at all times o Skytrain rides after 6:30pm on weekdays or all day on weekends • Keep your ticket with you throughout your trip as proof of purchase (you will also need it to exit the Skytrain station) *Single fares and DayPasses are subject to an additional $5 if purchased at YVR Airport Station or Sea Island Centre Station.
A DayPass provides unlimited transit use on all buses, SkyTrain, and SeaBus for one day. They can be bought at FareDealer locations or ticket vending machines at Skytrain stations. For more information on DayPasses, please visit http://www.translink.ca/en/Fares-and-Passes/DayPass.aspx.
For more info on transit fares, please visit http://www.translink.ca/en/Fares-and- Passes/Single-Fares.aspx.
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Taxi Services Yellow Cab is just one of many taxi service companies in Vancouver. Feel free to use the taxi service of your choice.
Yellow Cab Taxi Service Contact: (604) 681-1111 http://www.yellowcabonline.com
Taxi Trip Approximate Fare Per Trip* http://www.yellowcabonline.com/reservation.html Each taxi can take up to 4 passengers YVR Airport to UBC Campus (25 min. drive) $35** UBC Campus to Downtown Vancouver (20 min. $27** drive) *Taxi rides usually cost about the same both ways.
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Directions
Transit from YVR Airport to UBC Campus (~1 hr 10 min. transit and walk) 1. Follow signs to Canada Line Skytrain (YVR Airport Station) 2. Take the Skytrain “Canada Line to Waterfront” (8 stops) 3. Exit Skytrain at Broadway-City Hall Station, 20 min.) 4. Exit station to main road (Cambie St. and West Broadway) 5. The bus stop is diagonally across the station 6. Take the 99 UBC B-Line bus (Bus Stop Id: 58501). This bus stop is in front of Blenz Coffee. (7 stops, 30 min.) 7. Ride bus to final stop (UBC Loop Bay 4)
*There are two bus loops at UBC. This route takes you to the North Bus Loop. The Trolley Bus Loop, also called the “new” bus loop (5 min. walk from North Bus Loop), is only for busses #4, 14, 9, N17. Please see UBC Loop image below.
UBC Loop
March 2015
For route information visit www.translink.ca
CMBC Service Planning Bay 8 ¯ 0 5 10 20 30 40 Bay 7 ¿ s 59274
Meters ¿ s 59275 43 Joyce Station 49 Metrotown Station Bay 15 Bay 9 ¿ s 59936 ¿ s 59273 41 Joyce Station C18 West Mall C19 Alma C20 Marine Drive Bay 10 ¿ s 59272 Bay 6 33 29th Avenue Station ¿ s 59270 99 B-Line Bay 3 Commercial-Broadway 89:¨ ¿s 61936 Station Recreation 84 VCC-Clark Station Centre Bay 2 ¿s 61935 44 Downtown 89:¨
Bay 11 Bay 4 Student Union Building ¿ s 59271 W ¿ s 59267 e 25 Brentwood Station s Unloading Only b r o Bay 1 o k ¿ s 61979 M 258 West Vancouver a ll Bay 1A
War Memorial ¿ s 61934 Gym Aquatic 480 Bridgeport Station Centre
Bay 14 Bay 13 ¿ s 61702
¿ s 61701 9 Boundary Bay 12 Peak Hours Only 14 Hastings ¿ s 58895 N17 Downtown NightBus y Blvd 4 Powell rsit Unive
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UBC Bus Loop Bay 4 to Ponderosa Commons Cedar House (~12 min. walk)
1. Head towards your right onto Student Union Blvd.
2. Walk along the sidewalk, past the Student Recreation Centre.
3. Continue on the left side of Student Union Blvd. You will pass by the “Old Student Union Building (SUB)”
4. Turn left onto East Mall. The UBC Bookstore will be on your left.
5. Turn right onto University Blvd.
6. Continue walking on University Blvd. Continue past the circular fountain called “The Pulse.”
7. Ponderosa Commons Cedar House will be on the left.
Wayfinding at UBC Please find the map of UBC attached at the end of this document. You can also explore the UBC map online http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index. php.
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Map of UBC
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