Many Ways to Get Around

Vancouver has a modern subway system and an extensive network of trolley buses, but also some more unusual ways to get around.

As you might expect from a waterfront town, it's got a system of water taxis, but these are cuter than normal:



Downtown, near the cruise-ship and commuter rail terminals, is a seaplane hub, for travel to outlying towns and islands:


And out in the harbor is a little floating gas station for all the yachts and pleasure boats that call the city home:


The Chevron sign is illuminated at night, and clearly visible from all the apartments and hotels in downtown and the adjacent, expensive Coal Harbour residential neighborhood. The Vancouverites I met considered it quite obnoxious. But maybe someday it will be as beloved as Boston's Citgo sign ... but then again, maybe not.