SkyTrain Was So Successful No One Wanted One!

Interesting article in the Hive, which is basically the mouthpiece for TransLink. The problem with SkyTrain is that it was a politcal decision and now with almost 45 years of deliberate misinformation and pro SkyTrain propaganda, the local media, especially with lazier younger reporters and journalists just do not do any research and print what […]

Dutch Regional Railways – A Model For The E&N?

Single track stub terminal station at Leeuwarden. (Harlingen–Nieuweschans Railway) Scheemda Station. Please note, cyclists use bicycles to commute to the station to take the train! (Harlingen–Nieuweschans Railway) A single stub terminal station at Stavoren. (Leeuwarden–Stavoren Railway) Franeker Station. Simple platform station with minimal amenities. (Harlingen–Nieuweschans Railway)

Toronto’s Transit Failures – Or Not Listening To The Experts!

The problem in Canada, with “rail” transit, especially light rail (LRT) is that politcans get involved and when politicians get involved, costs rise dramatically. Unlike Europe, Canadian University’s do not offer degrees in Urban Transport and the vast majority of Engineers and Planners who work on transit projects have little knowledge of what “light rail” […]

YouTube Does Not, A Transit Expert, Make

I was sent a following link The Transit “Experts” That Derail Transit. (click here) It is by a fairly well known YouTube type who has ‘taken the wrong tack’, but he has a large following. It is obvious that the author has a preference for metros and a disdain for light rail and in fact […]

The Eglinton Story (Part2)

Please click here for part 1. Off the track Meddling politicians, a massive contract, multimillion-dollar lawsuits and a pandemic have turned the Eglinton Crosstown LRT into a 14-year project Jeff GrayQueen’s Park Reporter Toronto The Globe and Mail Published October 30, 2025 The eventual outcome on Eglinton, Mr. Miller charges, was predictable: The TTC had […]

The Eglinton Story (Part 1)

Off the track I do not know enough about Toronto’s Eglinton’s new LRT, to accurately comment on the project; only that portions of the system is definitely not LRT. That being said, this two part series from the Globe and Mail will help inform those on the other side of the mountains about this hugely […]

TTC Optimized: Designing an Improved 510-Spadina Streetcar Service

An interesting article about improving streetcar service on the 510 Adina route in Toronto. I would like to remind everyone, that light rail (LRT) is a modern streetcar operating on a ‘reserved’ or dedicated Rights-of-ways, thereby obtaining a performance of that of a heavy-rail metro at a fraction of the cost. A reserved, lawned rights-of-way […]

A Slow Train to The Future

What is is badly needed in BC and Canada is regional railways. Local pundits have called for faster and faster rail transit, with some even advocating for high speed rail (HST) for the Fraser Valley as the only way to get people out of their cars. The current cost for the Expo Line extension to […]

Facts Don’t Seem To Matter – UBC Students Gaslights The Truth.

Gaslighting:  a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, or judgment, often evoking in them cognitive dissonance and other changes including low self-esteem. Using denial, misdirection, contradiction, and misinformation, gaslighting involves attempts to […]

Regional Rail Is On The Table

Move over E&N, passenger service on the former BC Rail, will soon take the spotlight in BC politics. What is needed is a comprehensive passenger rail policy for the province, but never fear Premier’s Eby is fully focused spending $16 billion to extend the SkyTrain network a mere 21.7 km. Again, the ruling NDP are […]