60% chance of rain on Wednesday, September 11th in Merritt, British Columbia
Fall is approaching and summer is negotiating we will have life and love going forward.
Category: Transit
A second of time.
A song of regret and redemption!
Long ago in my crass, I sensed challenge to my zone. Yes some one's area was not my own. Territory for me was a right of way. Move over or face the sway. Cheap and bland was my stand. Your share of mind is more then land. Its a dumb argument I can work. To cause delay and stoop to lurk. Make you prove because it is yours. Give row to me, my due of you. Just because I can; see my retort! You want to share, and get support, Challenge is what came around. A loss of energy to confound Could have been spent in sweet love. A magnet of charm, a white glove. To soon old to late wise, give it back my reprise. No not accounts, but radiant life; a moment back. Only you can deliver me from this shame. My ego, I promise; will I tame. Just because you have it to give, make it so. No cost to either, to keep this inner flow. Eternal joy between you and me, no hurt. It's what I missed, in a second of time; with my blurt! All my love to redeem. KDG
On this Day: August 5th 1914
First Electric traffic light.
degrees over the recorded record of 27.1 Photo KDG
47 Degrees C at 2:15 today…
According to the 14 day forecasters the over night lows will be moderating starting tonight .
5 years ago…
Temperature in April was averaged 19’1 C, this year, Five years ago the average April temperature was 15.7. The extreme April 2016 was 29.7 April’s extreme this year was 26.4 down 3 degrees. The June 2016 average was 23.5 with an extreme of 34.9, June 2021 average temperature was to yesterday 26.8 with 44.5 being the extreme. If todays forecast of 48 C is right it will bring it up to a record. With a full 10 degrees jump in the June 2021 extreme over 5 years ago it should be noted as significant.
On this Day: June 30th 1997
Hong Kong goes back to China after the lease runs out.
New Buses local transit. File Photo KDG
Except for Vancouver to Seattle Greyhound service in the west is ended.
Service from the iconic Greyhounds are a thing of the past in BC today. The routes however have a number of private servers taking them up and for those that are not the province is intervening:
BC Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Claire Trevena, indicated that the Province is continuing to work with communities and private operators to find new carriers for the remaining 17% of the routes left without service. BC’s independent tribunal, the Passenger Transportation Board, has been actively soliciting applications for new service providers to fill the gap left by Greyhound. In addition to the expected new private service providers, the Province announced earlier this summer, BC Bus North, a publicly funded, base level, interim service to cover the majority of northern BC routes previously covered by Greyhound.
Service between Vancouver and Victoria has been offered by Wilsons Transportation service Bus tickets between some select sailings can be had through BC Ferries.
The Sunshine Coast, Powel River and Bowen Island are all bus serviced by namesake transit. Blue Bus can take you from West Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay.
The province estimates that 83 percent of routes will be taken up by private carriers.
On this Day: November 1st 1968
General, Mature, Restricted and X rated become the film rating used by the American Motion Picture Association.
A tour bus, is not a scheduled service, File photo KDG
Greyhound service eliminated:
Resolution SR 2 was endorsed by the UBCM constituents at the annual convention this month. The UBCM has no law making ability other then their own local bylaws however the endorsement goes a long way to giving the province the ability to act. The Union of British Columbia Municipalities is a forum to meet and hear as well as decide on the validity of proposals. All municipalities are under the province by law. If a municipality is making bylaws it is desirable and the practice for them to conform and not be in conflict with provincial laws.
The Greyhound Service remains a provincial concern. The Greyhound service is the initiator of the service withdrawal starting November for profitability issues. What will take its place, if anything it remains not completely answered…
Merritt has a transit service that includes weekly trips to Kamloops and Kelowna…
On this Day: September 20th 2017
Hurricane Maria has landfall in Puerto Rico
Merritt BC city bus fleet. File photo KDG
There is a coming a local transit service increase. Sunday service and a 10:15 PM end service trip to Lower Nicola is part of an increase. As well Trying a curb side service and two buses running at the same time ” requiring an increase of a driver.”
Merritt British Columbia Canada, a semi rural city in BC’s South Central Interior is celebrating 10 years of transit. Former councillor Alastair Murdock initiating chair.
Former City council member and transit principal Alastair Murdoch cuts anniversary cake . File Photo KDG
Alastair Murdock at an earlier anniversary of the local transit he was able to establish after moving to Merritt from Victoria. Alastair had joined the community of Merritt after purchasing the Accounting firm Best, Reimer, Mclean he also taught Ti chi at the Merritt Seniors center. and used the bus service as well. Murdock did not use a private motor vehicle in his normal routine.
The Merritt transit service is 10 years old and is having a contest to celebrate, enter by December 15th.
Sunday bus service begins on January 2nd 2018. source
On this Day: November 30th 1966
Barbados gains independence from Great Britain.
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