Does Quebec City still have no transit bus to airport?

Steven Scharf:
I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.

There's true for matters of federal jurisdiction, which would not
include a city transit web site. Quebec's policy is that French is
the official language of the province.
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SMS wrote:

I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.

The official language of the Province of Quebec is French, but they will
tolerate some services in English. There is a portion of the RTC site in
English, likely to cater to tourists:

http://www.rtcquebec.ca/francais/new..._customer.html

On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:46:32 +0000, Alan Pollock wrote:

There were plenty of independent hotel shuttles. Same kind of vehicle as
used for a hotel-owned shuttle but you bought tickets (kinda like a bus)
and they stopped at multiple hotels.

That's what I took to the Strat when I was there a few months ago. On the way
back we took a cab for around 8 bucks. Had I known I wouldn't have bothered
with the Omnibus, which seemed to stop at every hotel in town before hitting
the Strat. Bus took 45 minutes, cab took under 10.

At least with the line I used, you can buy a round-trip ticket. For some
reason they wanted 24 hours advance notice of your return trip. (?! - I
can MAYBE understand that if you're at some tiny place halfway to Pahrump,
but for a place on the Strip, why?) Took about 20 minutes, could be
better, could be worse. Same hotel.

On 2007-05-17 04:47:36 -0400, SMS said:

I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.

Not in Quebec.

"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:59:40 +0000, AZ Nomad wrote:
What about airport to hotel service provided by hotel vans?
In many major cities those exist.

Are there any cities at all where those don't exist?

Other than Vegas, you have to get pretty far down on the population scale
before they disappear. However, there's lots of places where the shuttles
only show up if you call and can take 30+ minutes. Also, the shuttles are
usually only to hotels located immediately outside the airport, not hotels
near the business districts or residential areas.

Las Vegas?

Seriously, I didn't see many when I was there a few weeks
ago. There may have been one or two hotels represented.

There were plenty of independent hotel shuttles. Same kind
of vehicle as used for a hotel-owned shuttle but you bought
tickets (kinda like a bus) and they stopped at multiple hotels.

That drives me nuts every time I go there. You'd think that, at the rates
those hotels charge, they could spring for a bus that dropped by the airport
periodically (and didn't force people to wait 30 minutes for departure) to
improve customer service.

DFW has similar shared shuttles for most of the nearby hotels, but they're
free for the passengers and pretty quick. You just call the hotel and the
next shuttle passing by (there's one every few minutes) will pick you up
outside your gate.

The Monorail would be an excellent solution except it doesn't
go to the airport. Gee, I wonder why not?g...

Probably for the same reason that the NY subway doesn't go to LGA: every
time it's proposed, the cabbies strike. Many airports that do have transit
add stiff fees onto the fare at that station.

The Vegas casinos would also have problems if most arrivals were via the
monorail; typically the station is in the far back of the hotel and the
lobby is at the far end. They'd need to put in a second rear lobby, or move
the main one, if they wanted to keep people happy.

S

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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 May 2007 06:46:32 +0000, Alan Pollock wrote:

There were plenty of independent hotel shuttles. Same kind of vehicle
as
used for a hotel-owned shuttle but you bought tickets (kinda like a bus)
and they stopped at multiple hotels.

That's what I took to the Strat when I was there a few months ago. On the
way
back we took a cab for around 8 bucks. Had I known I wouldn't have
bothered
with the Omnibus, which seemed to stop at every hotel in town before
hitting
the Strat. Bus took 45 minutes, cab took under 10.

At least with the line I used, you can buy a round-trip ticket. For some
reason they wanted 24 hours advance notice of your return trip. (?! - I
can MAYBE understand that if you're at some tiny place halfway to Pahrump,
but for a place on the Strip, why?) Took about 20 minutes, could be
better, could be worse. Same hotel.


I've been in several cities with that type of service. They want advance
notice so they can plan the logistics of the route. They combine pickups
within x minutes/hour or so of each other, but the route is different
everyday depending on need.

Stephen Sprunk wrote:
"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:59:40 +0000, AZ Nomad wrote:
What about airport to hotel service provided by hotel vans?
In many major cities those exist.

Are there any cities at all where those don't exist?

Other than Vegas, you have to get pretty far down on the population
scale before they disappear.

San Francisco. I don't think any hotels in San Francisco have free
shuttles. There are some for hotels in the towns near the airport such
as Millbrae.

It's similar in many large cities. The hotels right by the airport will
have a shuttle, but the hotels in the downtown area and resort areas
will not.

On 2007-05-17 12:38:24 -0400, SMS said:

San Francisco. I don't think any hotels in San Francisco have free
shuttles. There are some for hotels in the towns near the airport such
as Millbrae.

But you can get there by BART, can't you?

) wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

No public transportation serves the airport, other than taxis or
limos. The taxi fare is a flat rate of $30 into the city. There is
no shuttle, that I'm aware of.

What about airport to hotel service provided by hotel vans? In many
major cities those exist.

There are perhaps some to hotels near the airport, but I don't think there
are any to the hotels near the tourist area close to the old town, which is
about 10 miles from the airport.

In looking at the listings for the major hotels, they only list taxis or
rental cars as transportation options.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 08:43:08 -0400, sechumlib
wrote:

On 2007-05-17 04:47:36 -0400, SMS said:

I notice that the Quebec RTC site is only in French. I thought Canada
had a law that everything needed to be in both French and English.

Not in Quebec.

Anything in Federal jurisdiction does have to be bilingual, even in La
Belle Province.