Talk:U-Pass BC

message: I found the following paragraph a tad biased. It has a bit of a negitive tone towards TransLink's "insert your pass into the box" regulation.
"There have been complaints from students (including a recent editorial in the Ubyssey, one of UBC's student newspapers) that the official policy--which states that each U-Pass must be inserted into the farebox on each trip, except at the discretion of the operator--is inconsistently applied. While most drivers simply wave U-Pass holders onto the bus, some drivers insist that each pass be inserted. Some students argue that this is an unnecessary inconvenience, since Translink cannot accumulate any useful ridership information via the U-Pass as it is only inserted into bus fareboxes (and not scanned for boarding SkyTrain or the SeaBus), and only at the request of a few drivers system-wide. It is further argued that requiring each U-Pass holder to insert his or her pass into the farebox slows boarding time and causes bottlenecks at the front of the bus. This is especially frustrating when riders are simultaneously allowed to board via the rear doors without any inspection of their passes."
Any one else's comments? -- Selmo 21:16, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - I don't even think the item is worth mentioning, for that matter. "each U-Pass must be inserted into the farebox on each trip, except at the discretion of the operator" - sounds like the operators are exercising their discretion... I'd say move the text in question to the talk page, and see if anyone can come up with something to make this "tempest in a teapot" relevant to the article. --Ckatzchatspy 01:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, the other paragraphs describe the cause of the issues that are described in the that paragraph, so I am deleting it. -- Yuhong 08:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: Hi all, not sure how citations work, but here is a reference to the Ubyssey online about the U pass.
http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/2007/02/06/u-pass-expansion-a-no-go-until-2008/ Kaw in stl 22:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been added, thank you. You may also wish to consider visiting WP:CITE#HOW to learn how to add proper referencing to articles.Luke! 23:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible Citation

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:UPass 2008.gif

message: I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
::This template is not meant to be a permanent resident on any article. Remove this template whenever:
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  removing POV tag with no active discussion per [[Template:POV]]