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[Mike K.]

Can you see why Meta doesn’t want to pay for this?

How many times can you rewrite the same press release?

[Nparker]

Still, it's fun to unpack your adjectives.

[Victoria Watcher]

True. Maybe Meta WILL put a machine together to rewrite these press releases. ie:



Another long weekend is upon us. How is B.C. Ferries preparing?

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6926299



BC Ferries CEO vows full capacity fleet over busy B.C. Day long weekend

https://www.hopestan...y-long-weekend/




BC Ferries is aiming for a smooth long weekend, but no guarantees

https://bc.ctvnews.c...ntees-1.6504932



BC Ferries CEO addresses issues, says crews and ferries ready for long weekend

https://globalnews.c...ng-weekend/amp/




After bumpy start to summer, B.C. Ferries striving for smooth sailing this weekend

https://www.timescol...weekend-7360389




‘Have faith’: BC Ferries will be on calmer waters this long weekend, says CEO

https://www.cheknews...eo-1163062/?amp



BC Ferries braces for busiest long weekend of the year amid problemed summer

https://bc.ctvnews.c...ummer-1.6505292



‘We have struggled’: BC Ferries aims for smoother sailing this long weekend

https://www.victoria...s-long-weekend/



Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Ferries makes excuses, but this weekend is the litmus test

https://vancouversun...ng-weekend-test

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 August 2023 - 10:41 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

So more than a day before the long weekend, and ALL those news outlets have a story about how BCF plans to not fu*k up this weekend.

[Victoria Watcher]

So we survived day #1 of Malahat Armageddon I believe.  No 4-hours delays Friday.

 

 

 

[Victoria Watcher]

Rising use of Malahat ‘shortcut’ infuriating rural residents

 

Finlayson Arm Road ‘cow trail’ can’t deal with traffic volume, say residents

 

https://www.campbell..._medium=twitter

 

 

 

While many will be excitedly jumping in their cars to get away for the long weekend, Steve Drane and Ross Munro are quietly dreading it.

 

The pair live just off Finlayson Arm Road, a twisty, narrow, bumpy road that winds through Goldstream Provincial Park up to Millstream Road in the Highlands. For a long stretch near where Drane and Munro live, the road is barely one-lane wide.

 

“Basically, it’s a paved cow trail,” said Munro.

 

While usually quiet, this long weekend Munro is expecting thousands of cars to clog up the road. He’s spent the past three Fridays counting cars with a clicker, seeing more than 2,000 pass in five hours on July 28, and is expecting it to be even busier this weekend as drivers look to beat the Malahat traffic by using Finlayson Arm as a shortcut.

 

 

 

He’s spent the past three Fridays counting cars with a clicker, seeing more than 2,000 pass in five hours on July 28

 

 

Sounds like a Mike K. kind of guy.  Maybe he can lend Mike the clicker to count liquor places downtown.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 August 2023 - 03:35 AM.

[Mike K.]

A clicker, eh? That’s a good idea.

[lanforod]

Google maps recommended that route to me back in early July. I just laughed and waited through the 30 min hwy 1 delay instead.

[Victoria Watcher]

Still no chaos, can we hold for two more days?

[FogPub]

Still no chaos, can we hold for two more days?

Maybe that means the warnings worked.

[Victoria Watcher]

Maybe that means the warnings worked.

 

That's entirely possible.  

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 August 2023 - 10:51 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Malahat still holding.

[Victoria Watcher]

9am, Malahat still holding.

 

 

 

 

Still has hairpin curves, mud and rock slides, 112 years later.  It also now features crashes, closures, delays.  And more traffic.

 

Less broken axles probably.  Still some flat tires.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 August 2023 - 07:58 AM.

[GaryOak]

My grandma tells me stories of fixing tires while on the move

[lanforod]

The Malahat does not have any hairpin curves.

[Victoria Watcher]

Congestion, but still holding. Twitter / X tells me.

[Victoria Watcher]

X tells me the Malahat held all day. No chaos.

[Victoria Watcher]

Google maps recommended that route to me back in early July. I just laughed and waited through the 30 min hwy 1 delay instead.

 

  Traffic jams on winding, narrow Finlayson Arm Road thanks to GPS algorithms guiding drivers

 

Motorists looking for a shortcut to the Malahat end up on the road, which is filled with surprise inclines and a hairpin turn or two.

 

https://www.timescol...drivers-7378034

[Victoria Watcher]

https://twitter.com/...078993461256193

 

[Victoria Watcher]

The City of Langford is pleading with Google to stop directing vehicles down the small, winding Finlayson Arm Road when traffic gets busy.

 

The issue seems to arise when traffic backs up along the Trans-Canada Highway heading into Goldstream Park, particularly on Fridays and Saturdays.

 

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They say the increase in traffic leads to safety issues.

 

The city says it has issued multiple requests to Google to stop sending people down Finlayson Arm Road, and the municipality is asking anyone else concerned to send similar requests to Google to elevate the priority of the complaints.

 

 

https://www.cheknews...m-road-1164197/

 

 

Not sure what to make of that story.  It does not say if Google responded to the requests.  I'm also not sure if Google should agree.