Chilliwack Progress – Message to transport minister

Message to transport minister Published: August 20, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: August 20, 2010 9:45 AM Open letter to Chuck Strahl, federal minister of transportation. I am concerned about congestion on Highway No. 1, and the need for a passenger service four times a day in each direction on the Southern Railway, from Chilliwack to […]

Chilliwack Progress – A transportation vision for the future

A transportation vision for the future Published: July 27, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: July 27, 2010 9:50 AM Re: Chilliwack not on board with commuter rail (Chilliwack Progress, July 20). Kudos to Mayor Gaetz for being patient and waiting for the results from the Fraser Valley transit study currently underway. But if sheA?ai??i??ai???s hoping to […]

Transportation: TransLink dog and pony show selling snake oil

Transportation: TransLink dog and pony show selling snake oil Langley Advance October 15, 2010 Dear Editor, I see that TransLink is taking its well-honed dog and pony transit show to Surrey, and I hope residents watch out for the snake-oil that passes as transit planning. TransLink doesnA?ai??i??ai???t care for modern light rail, and prefers to […]

Rail readily beats SkyTrain

Rail readily beats SkyTrain By John Buker, Langley Advance October 8, 2010 Dear Editor, Premier Gordon Campbell announced a SkyTrain line to Langley, and rapid buses from Langley to Chilliwack, with no timeline for implementation and no funding arrangements. Has the provincial government not yet read the independent 84-page Interurban study by Leewood Projects? The […]

Better solutions save farms

Better solutions save farms By Eric J. Bysouth, Langley Advance September 17, 2010 Dear Editor, Obviously, Councillor Steve Ferguson [New road will benefit farms, Sept. 14 Letters, Langley Advance] did not, when he first voted yes, understand what is needed to resolve the problem at Mufford Crescent and Glover Road, and he still does not. […]

TramTrain should steer us in the right direction

TramTrain should steer us in the right direction By Malcolm Johnston, The Times September 28, 2010 Editor, the Times: Last Monday, Rail for the Valley and Leewood Projects (UK) released a historic and revolutionary TramTrain report for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. The TramTrain plan is historic, for it is the first time in […]

Uninformed about transit

Uninformed about transit The Times October 19, 2010 Editor: Each time the light rail issue has been brought up Mayor Sharon Gaetz hasn’t had any more insight than to say rail crossings would cost the city $500,000 each. Upper Prairie Road is shortly getting one of these new crossings and after the government’s contributions the […]

SkyTrain pie in the sky

SkyTrain pie in the sky The Times October 8, 2010 Editor: So Premier Gordon Campbell has promised SkyTrain to Langley, but does anyone believe him? To refresh everyones memory, SkyTrain is a proprietary, automatic railway that is now owned by Bombardier Inc. First marketed in the late 1970s, what we call SkyTrain has gone through […]

Back in the ’40s rail worked well

Back in the ’40s rail worked well The Times October 5, 2010 Editor: (Re: Rail for the Valley) I have been following the progress on this initiative since it was first announced with great interest. In the 1940s we lived in Surrey, and our nearest station for the BC Electric Interurban was at Hunt Road. […]

Dream bigger transit dreams

Dream bigger transit dreams The Times September 28, 2010 Editor: Re: Mayor remains mum on latest rail system study (Times, Sept. 24). The report on revival and enhancement of the interurban rail line (Chilliwack to Surrey) by David Cockle of Leewood Projects is greatly appreciated. The benevolent interest in a neglected part of the country […]