The Need for Passenger Rail

The Need for Passenger Rail by Rail For the Valley For a pdf version of this article, click here October 3, 1910 – 2010 The monumental first Interurban train trip from New Westminster to Chilliwack occurred on October 3 1910. 100 years later, Rail For The Valley takes a look at some important current issues, […]

The 10,000 PPHPD Question – TransLink is Hoisted on its Own Petard

At the recent streetcar symposium in Vancouver, TransLink officials contend that streetcars have very little capacity, almost less than a busAi??Ai??and that light rail can carry only 10,000 persons per hour per direction. This,Ai??Ai??despite the fact that the Light Rail Transit Association has, since the 1980’s, defined LRT “as a mode that can carry 2,000 […]

SkyTrain will be extended to Langley, Premier Campbell announces – Ha, Ha, Ha

SkyTrain is coming to Langley, so says the Premier – Yippee! I think not. Premier Campbell is a desperate man, clinging on to his Premiership like a barnacle on a ships hull and this announcement is supposed to rally Liberal forces (and Liberal money) in the Fraser Valley to support the Liberal cause. Well Mr. […]

Transit News – October 3, 2010

Edinburgh http://tinyurl.com/35lloe9 and http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/City-set-to-rip-up.6562087.jp Pheonix. http://raillife.com/blog/ San Jose http://tinyurl.com/3478hyp Portland http://tinyurl.com/2c98kwe Gold Coast – Queensland http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=1327 Sydney http://tinyurl.com/2w83sf9 Fraser Valley, BC http://tinyurl.com/2uvsmsk and http://tinyurl.com/3y9kpjk