translink

Even with a baby I find most of the time we can get by without a car in Vancouver. We're pretty well served by public transit. I can leave the front door and within a couple of minutes be at a bus stop which can whisk me off to another part of the city. Okay, "whisk" sounds a little too glamorous - most of the time you are usually hanging around at a bus stop for a while, before being loaded into a packed bus and deposited at another bus stop to connect to another bus that will get you close to where you want to go. If you're lucky you might get a seat on one of those buses. But, for us, it's fine for short trips.

Transit and driving will get more expensive next year. Metro Vancouver mayors approved Translink's plan to raise fares after the 2010 Olympics on FareSaver tickets and monthly passes, and also to increase gas and parking taxes.