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[Matt R.]

Tender out seems like a good idea as long as it avoids the same fare as the normal restaurant. It might be tight though time wise for full service restaurants. Sushi could work.

Yes, you would need a small menu and be ready to pre-make a bunch of items as well. 90 minutes isn’t nearly enough time in reality.

[Matt R.]

If BC Ferries is serious about dumping its money losers, maybe it needs to look at some of its less-than-profitable routes. 

Yes, send them back to MOTH like we have with the interior ferries. Public transportation isn’t really about turning a profit.

[Victoria Watcher]

Time for this style:

 

[Victoria Watcher]

Yes, send them back to MOTH like we have with the interior ferries. Public transportation isn’t really about turning a profit.

 

Ya, because the government runs everything so well.  

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 June 2023 - 08:20 PM.

[Matt R.]

The Kootenay lake ferries do great, but I think a contractor runs those.

[Victoria Watcher]

The Kootenay lake ferries do great, but I think a contractor runs those.

 

 

The new ferry is under construction at a dry dock on Kootenay Lake in Nelson.

 

https://www.crestonv...elayed-to-2024/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess if your ferry runs on a lake you have to build it right there.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 June 2023 - 09:28 PM.

[Matt R.]

Absolutely love the east shore, great that they are getting a new boat, but I’ll always love the Osprey.

[Victoria Watcher]

BC Ferries has announced it wants to upgrade five major terminals and has submitted a ‘Major Terminal Efficiency’ (MTE) application to the BC Ferries Commissioner for approval.

 

The upgrades would completely overhaul the current ferry terminal experience by automating as many check-in processes as possible, such as:

 

• Introducing license plate recognition devices that would streamline vehicle check-ins;
• Weigh-in-motion devices that can quickly measure the size of vehicles, eliminating the current manual process of measuring;
• Create new ticketing kiosks for foot passengers, and eliminate the need to ‘check-in’ for those that have reserved in advance.

 

These are just a few of the proposed suggestions that the company says will make for a more “frictionless” trip for future travellers.

BC Ferries says there are multiple reasons why the upgrades are necessary, such as a return to pre-pandemic levels of travellers and many systems that, in their current state, are outdated and pose a high risk of failure.

 

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The five major terminals that will fall under the MTE project are:

• Duke Point
• Tsawwassen
• Horseshoe Bay
• Departure Bay
• Swartz Bay

 

 

https://www.cheknews...sioner-1155459/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 June 2023 - 04:57 PM.

[Nparker]

Will these changes reduce the "friction" of frequently cancelled sailings?

[aastra]

 

Will these changes reduce the "friction" of frequently cancelled sailings?

 

You're saying cancelled sailings rub you the wrong way?

 

Gotta love the following:

 

 

...there are multiple reasons why the upgrades are necessary, such as a return to pre-pandemic levels of travellers and many systems that, in their current state, are outdated and pose a high risk of failure.

 

Remember the way things used to work before? Well, those ways don't work anymore. Because.