Hybrid tram goes live in US city

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/hybrid-tram-goes-live-in-us-city-2191448.html The world has hybrid cars, hybrid buses and even hybrid boats – and now it has a hybrid tram (streetcar), unveiled this week in a US city. The patriotically-named “ameriTRAM” was actually built by a subsidiary of Japanese firm The Kinki Sharyo Co and began trundling along the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina January […]

A Fix for Fraser Valley Transit, or is the Fix In?

By Daniel van der Kroon, UFV Students for Sustainability Original article can be viewed here:Ai??http://www.footprintpress.ca/2011/01/winter-2011-issue-of-the-footprint-press/    

Light rail advocates take aim at province’s transit plan for Fraser Valley

Light rail advocates take aim at province’s transit plan for Fraser Valley BY FRANK LUBA, THE PROVINCE JANUARY 11, 2011 A citizensA?ai??i??ai??? group from the Fraser Valley believe the provincial government is off track with its plan to provide public transit in the region with a rapid bus model. Rail for the Valley recently completed […]

Rail folks find study biased in favour of rapid bus

Rail folks find study biased in favour of rapid bus BY PAUL J. HENDERSON, THE TIMES JANUARY 11, 2011 The provincial government’s shelving of light rail from Chilliwack to Surrey in the long-awaited Fraser Valley Transit Study (FVTS) is “biased,” “misleading,” and full of “flaws and errors,” according to the Rail for the Valley advocacy […]

Surrey Leader – Bus-boosting study stacked deck against Valley trains: critic

Bus-boosting study stacked deck against Valley trains: critic Critics with Rail For The Valley say the province’s transit review concentrated on heavy rail service like the West Coast Express, rather than accurately costing out a modern light rail option. By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News Published: January 10, 2011 12:00 PM Updated: January 10, […]

High density urban living, not neccessary for good public transport

Units not crucial for good public transport, study finds Andrew West, January 5, 2011 RESIDENTS of Australia's outer suburbs do not have to wait for higher housing densities before getting better public transport, according to new research, which could defuse one of urban planning's biggest controversies. In a paper for the journal Australian Planner, Dr […]

A 2010 retrospective and a happy New Year!

Itai??i??s traditional for the media and bloggers alike to wrap up the retreating year or welcome in the New Year with a retrospective of all that was bad, depressing, frustrating, good, humorous, irritating, scandalous or just plain bizarre in the twelve months that finished on the stroke of midnight on 31st December. Stephen Reesai??i??s blog […]

BCLocalNews.com – Study calls for major transit boost

Study calls for major transit boost ByAi??Ai??Jennifer Feinberg – Chilliwack ProgressPublished:Ai??Ai??December 21, 2010 7:00 AM Updated:Ai??Ai??December 21, 2010 9:19 AM The long-awaited Fraser Valley Transit study quietly appeared online Thursday, with a clear focus on local transit improvements. The study by the province and FVRD with partners BC Transit and TransLink, looked at local, regional […]

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 […]

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 […]