Are The NDP Backing the “SkyTrain” For Transit Expansion?

A recent article in the Black media certainly indicates thatAi??the provincial NDP are going to expand the SkyTrain system in a forlorn hope to improve transit. Bains’s quote; “Besides the need to replace two Fraser River crossings, there’s multi-billion-dollar demands for new rapid transit extensions in Surrey and down the Broadway corridor in Vancouver toward […]

The Broadway Follies – Vancouver Tries Terror Tactics.

Last week, the City of Vancouver started a long and odious campaign for a multi-billion dollar SkyTrain Subway under Broadway, as far as Arbutus and maybe as far as UBC. In order to secure a favourable public opinion, the city claimed doom and gloom to any and all who would dare advocate for a much […]

Rail transit must get on right track – From the Vancouver Sun

An interesting piece in the Vancouver Sun and the first time in many years that the Sun has allowed a positive article about light rail! Rail transit must get on right track Opinion: But government capital is likely not enough to fund an all-underground system west of Main Street Surrey is thinking about while Calgary […]

Mayor of Moscow commits to tram investment – Why Not Vancouver?

The Mayor of Moscow, Russia, with a population 11,500.000 is committing investment for the renewal of the city’s extensive tramway network. Until a few years ago, Moscow’s trams were under threat of abandonment, but not to day. Even with the world’s largest cities, trams, streetcars and LRT have proven their ability to affordably move large […]

Vancouver’s SkyTrain Subway Gambit

With great manipulations of the truth and terror tactics, abetted by Vision mayor and council majority,Ai??designed to scare local merchants the City of Vancouver has outlined its desire to have regional taxpayers ante up for a politically prestigious, $2.8 billionAi??SkyTrain subway, under Broadway to UBC. The same old dated anti-LRT rhetoric, that has been used […]

A Broadway LRT or streetcar could look like this

LRT operating on Broadway could look like this. The preceding picture shows a German concept of LRT operating on a city street. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists have good access to the city street, with the trams providing the “capacity” for high traffic flows. If the city of Vancouver ever wished to actually reduce auto traffic, […]

Broadway rapid transit- Is the SkyTrain subway option a done deal? – From July 2011

Broadway rapid transit- Is the SkyTrain subway option a done deal? Posted by zweisystem on Friday, July 22, 2011 Ai?? Reprinted November 27, 2012 It seems that Surrey mayor, Dianne Watts, hasAi??to look over her shoulder and see what her counterparts are up to in Vancouver, before she supports a gas tax increase. It seems […]

Dead Parrot Sketch

Want fast express bus service? Simple, run it point to point without any intermediate stops. This is what TransLink is going to do on the proposed new 555 Port Mann express bus service from the newAi??Carvolth bus exchange in Surrey to the Braid SkyTrain station in New Westminster, without intermediate stops. Er….excuse me TransLink, isn’t […]

Trams (streetcars) Happily Co-exist With Bicycles

On the radio a few days ago, there was some disparaging accusations about LRT (trams or streetcars) and bicycles. Evidently there are some at Vancouver’s city hall who think that cyclists will be killed or maimed by the score by streetcars or light rail operating on Broadway. In less tram backward countries, such as the […]

November 16, 2012 – SkyTrain On The Fritz Again – So What Else Is New!

When ones builds with a complicated gadgetbahnen, with all the bells and whistles that come with an automatic (driverless) transit system, one forgets at the time of purchase that gadgetbahnen age very poorly and as they grow older, they become very stubborn to operate. Sadly, the warranty for SkyTrain is long over and it is […]