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The City of Vancouver will host a transportation showcase project during the
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and reintroduce the streetcar to
Vancouver streets.
From January 21 to March 21, 2010, a demonstration streetcar project –
The Olympic Line – Vancouver’s 2010 Streetcar – will run between Granville Island
and the new Canada Line Olympic Village Station at West 2nd Avenue and Cambie
Street. State-of-the-art Flexity Outlook streetcars will be provided and operated by
Bombardier Transportation for the 60-day demonstration project (on loan from
Brussels, Belgium). Bombardier is a highly respected Canadian company and is
recognized as a world leader in rail and mass transit solutions.
The Olympic Line will be free for all riders and operate between 6:30 am
and 12:30 am, seven days a week. It will provide reliable and sustai

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nable
transportation for athletes, visitors and residents alike – as often as every
seven minutes between stations.

Here’s a quick list of what will be happening in the next 2 months, are you ready?

 

Jan. 12- Main press centre opens,

Jan. 15- Quebec St. from Terminal to 2nd closes.

Jan. 24- Renfrew St. from McGill to Dundas closes.

Jan. 29- Pacific and Expo Boulevard close.

Jan. 29- Olympic Villages open, airspace security restrictions begin.

Feb. 4- Olympic lane traffic restrictions begin.

Feb. 5- Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts close.

Feb. 11- Olympic torch relay in Vancouver.

Feb. 12- Opening ceremony, B.C. Place.

Feb. 28- Closing ceremony, B.C. Place.

Mar. 1- Olympic lane traffic restrictions end.

Mar. 12- Paralympic opening ceremony, B.C. Place.

Mar. 21- Paralympic closing ceremony, Whistler.

Mar. 24- Paralympic Villages close, airspace security restrictions end.

Some of the perks from the Olympic games, we have new light poles and enough electricity for them to work, we previously didn’t have enough electric power in the area

new light poles in yaletown

Light poles install

For all of us that live in Downtown Vancouver and want to try to get into Costco during the Olympic games, here is the deal. We will no be able to access the store from Pacific Blvd. instead we will need to get through Beatty St. also the schedule will change during the month of February. alternatively, you can walk have fun carrying 100 rolls of toilet paper.

Costco business hours during Olympic games

Costco entrance during Olympic games

Check out this cool online poll. www.shapevancouver2050.com What do you think? Would you like to give up our beautiful views of the mountains to save some carbon foot print(if that is how they want to sell us the idea)?

As most of you know, moving around downtown Vanouver during the olimpics will be a little bit hard (hell), specially for the ones that live in Yaletown. Here is the downtown map of the closures that will be taking place in early February.

Hi my name is Manny, I’m a Realtor and I live in Downtown Vancouver in an area called Yaletown, so I’ll post mostly about what is happening around my neighborhood, real estate and related issues. If you have any suggestions, let me know.