Buses, not rail, laid out in Valley transit vision ByAi??Ai??Jeff Nagel – BC Local News Published:Ai??Ai??December 20, 2010 12:00 PM Updated:Ai??Ai??December 20, 2010 4:21 PM The Fraser Valley needs to get A?ai??i??ai???Ai??Ai??and pay for A?ai??i??ai???Ai??Ai??a much higher level of bus service, but a rail transit service that would wind its way along the old Interurban […]

Light rail: SkyTrain most costly route

Light rail: SkyTrain most costly route LANGLEY ADVANCE DECEMBER 31, 2010 Dear Editor, While local mayors bicker with TransLink over the funding of yet another grossly expensive metro line for the region, Rail for the Valley, in association with Leewood Projects in the UK, has provided the region with a far cheaper alternative: a TramTrain […]

BCLocalNews.com – Fraser Valley Transit Study shows dated thinking about rail

Fraser Valley Transit Study shows dated thinking about rail Published: December 29, 2010 2:00 PM Updated: December 29, 2010 2:21 PM The long awaited $400,000 Fraser Valley Transit StudyAi??Ai??has stale-dated by the September release of the independent Rail for The Valley/Leewood Interurban Report. The RftV/Leewood gives actual costs forAi??Ai??a 21st centuryAi??Ai??Fraser Valley interurban and the […]

Rail tracks should be built instead of roads

Rail tracks should be built instead of roads BY HEIDI GRECO, VANCOUVER SUN DECEMBER 29, 2010 Re: Urgent upgrade pushed for Fraser Valley transit to deal with huge population growth, Dec. 21 It was good to see front-page coverage on the transit overhaul needed for the Fraser Valley. For the most part, I can only […]

The cost of improved transit

The cost of improved transit THE TIMES DECEMBER 24, 2010 Editor, the Times: “Now we know what we should focus on and what it will cost. It’s a given we have to improve the system,” as quoted from your article (Dec. 21 Times). This study and many like it seem to be focused on the […]

Study goes off the rails

Study goes off the rails BY PAUL J. HENDERSON, THE TIMES DECEMBER 21, 2010 Proponents of the inter-urban rail line from Chilliwack to Surrey are critical of some of the assumptions underlying the provincial government’s Fraser Valley Transit Study (FVTS) released last week. Based on economic and demographic projections, the long-awaited report concludes that light […]

Bus vs trains

Bus vs trains Transit study favours buses over rail BY ROCHELLE BAKER, THE TIMES DECEMBER 21, 2010 A much anticipated study about the future of transit in the Fraser Valley has been released, and it favours expanding bus routes over re-establishing the Interurban rail service. “We’ve been waiting for it for a while and are […]

Buses may patch Fraser Valley transit gap, but will they fix it? – Cayo

Buses may patch Fraser Valley transit gap, but will they fix it? By DON CAYO 21 DEC 2010 Filed under: transit, TransLink More buses A?ai??i??ai??? a lot more A?ai??i??ai??? are the best bet for commuters in the fast-growing Fraser Valley, according to to a joint report from the Fraser Valley Regional District, TransLink, the Ministry […]

Study: not enough demand for rail service to Fraser Valley – News1130

Study: not enough demand for rail service to Fraser Valley The province will use this information to plan transit projects to the Fraser Valley over the next 25 years Jesse Johnston Dec 17, 2010 13:24:22 PM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The province says new research shows there isn’t enough demand for commuter rail service between Greater […]