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Prewalking is the act of positioning yourself in a location on the platform before a train arrives so that you can board (and therefore disembark) at the door closest to the exit of your destination station or stairs to your transfer at your destination station. Someone has created a prewalking guide for the Toronto subway system (or was it the NYC subway system? I can never remember this stuff) showing the locations of all of the exits and the location of trains doors relative to them when the train is in a station. I am planning to take on the challenge of creating such a guide for the SkyTrain. The data collection process for this may take quite some time, so if anyone has any data to contribute I would appreciate it.

Like what?

Detailed photographs of 1 and 2 car Mark II configurations, as well as 4 car Mark 1 configurations in each station. I'll use these photographs to create a diagram of each station and where the doors of each train configuration will be when the train is in the station.

e-mail me stuck@scanbc.com and I will send you some photos I have

This project is being put on hold indefinitely.

Did you get busted for taking photos on skytrain property?

Yes.

There is nothing illegal about it. Tell them its public property and as long as you have a fare you can be on the property. Make sure to tell them you pay their wages... They love that.

I have nothing against STA's... but SCBCTAPS are a complete joke. Its like having Beach Police... 100% for show.

From the horse's mouth:
http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/20 ... pen-house/

"By Jhenifer Pabillano, May 29, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
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Mihnea:

There are many bus photographers in the Lower Mainland with large collections of transit photographs, so you’re not alone in snapping these pics. And in general, if you’re on public property anyone is allowed to take photos of anything in public. As I recall from my journalism training, anyway!

But you should probably be aware that right now, due to the Olympics coming up, our staff and people in general might be a little cautious of those snapping photos of public places where people congregate (like buses, Skytrain stations, stadiums etc).

One suggestion to maybe avoid some hassle would be to give our customer relations line a call before you head out and let them know of where and when you will be snapping photos"
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So to summarize, even their PR Buzzer woman thinks its OK to take pictures. It would probably be advisable to call either the transit police or translink and inform (not request) them of what you are doing. I am sure the office people wouldn't mind once they hear it. In any case, I think it is no worse than taking google streetviews of public places (streets, ski slopes, stadiums etc.), but people often have a hard time applying logic to rules.

Good luck.

That's what we said, but we decided to continue with this some other time.

And their name gets longer each time, too.

I finally got around to looking through the pictures we did take the other day. It looks like we got a picture of the TP officer who talked to us.