The gold medal for transit appears to be going to Metro Vancouver's public transportation system during the 2010 Winter Olympics, with record increases in ridership. Vancouver's TransLink agency reported on February 20 that an average of 1.6 million riders per day had used the various transit modes during the first week of the international competition. Preliminary figures suggest that bus loads were up 34% over normal to 975,000 passengers per day and the West Coast Express commuter rail carried 19,538 riders per day, up 78% from February 2009.
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