Friends of Rail For the Valley – AGM This Tuesday in Chilliwack

For those who are not on our mailing list, you may not have received this notice. The Friends of Rail For the Valley Society will be holding its Annual General Meeting this Tuesday in Chilliwack.   When: Tuesday April 12th at 7:00pm Where: University of the Fraser Valley,  Chilliwack Campus, 45635 Yale Rd Building A, Room [...]

LIGHT RAIL FIRM RELEASES INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF KEVIN FALCON TRANSIT STUDY

UPDATE: Media so far News1130 http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/187220–rail-group-provincial-report-biased Chilliwack Times http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/news/False+assumptions+worry+rail+expert/4325083/story.html Laila Yuile (2nd item in the post)  http://lailayuile.com/2011/02/22/government-is-as-government-does/   LIGHT RAIL FIRM RELEASES INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF KEVIN FALCON TRANSIT STUDY At the request of Rail For the Valley, the rail firm Leewood Projects Ltd has provided an analysis of the recent MoTI Transit Study commissioned by former Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon, that came [...]

BC Liberal Responses to Fraser Valley Transit Survey

  In contrast to the Liberals, all NDP candidates responded positively to the survey, with top contender John Horgan going as far as explicitly stating his support for Light Rail as far east as Abbotsford and Chilliwack: “I support an at-grade light rail system through Surrey and Langley, eventually reaching Abbotsford and even Chilliwack." -John Horgan For many more [...]

Rail For the Valley – QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM THE CANDIDATES

  CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRE + RESPONSES With new leadership coming to both major political parties in B.C., Rail For the Valley found out where the candidates stand on crucial transportation issues for the rapidly growing Fraser Valley.  On January 26, a Questionnaire was distributed to all leadership candidates from both political parties. Three weeks later, [...]

Interurban gains major political support

Early bird gets the worm…… as in, extra media coverage, being a…. worm, yes Stay tuned for a complete posting of Candidate Responses on http://www.railforthevalley.com, once candidates have been given sufficient time to respond. MEDIA RELEASE: Interurban gains major political support   Adrian Dix calls for Interurban Light Rail to Langley, supports Task Force Demo [...]

Alexandria Mitchell: The BC Transit Future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTCw9hmwQD8 Well said!

A Fix for Fraser Valley Transit, or is the Fix In?

By Daniel van der Kroon, UFV Students for Sustainability Original article can be viewed here: http://www.footprintpress.ca/2011/01/winter-2011-issue-of-the-footprint-press/  

Rail For the Valley completes Analysis of Fraser Valley Transit Study

Here is our media release: Rail For the Valley completes Analysis of Fraser Valley Transit Study After years of delays the B.C. Ministry of Transportation (MoT) recently released its Fraser Valley Transit Study, which examined future transit options for the Fraser Valley. The study is the second major study to be released this fall, the first [...]

The latest Transit Study – initial reaction from Rail For the Valley

The latest Transit Study for the Fraser Valley (the one that cost $400,000 and promised to look at the Interurban) has finally been released by the Provincial government, almost a year late, and right before Christmas.   We never held out much hope for this study, seeing as its scope was limited to the FVRD [...]

Welcome to the new Rail For the Valley website

Hi everyone, I am extraordinarily pleased to present to you the new Rail For the Valley website. http://www.railforthevalley.com   Make sure to check out all the sections. In addition to a new professional layout, there's:  A lot of new content on our campaign and related issues, that has already been posted Continual news updates posted to http://www.railforthevalley.com much more frequently [...]