Is the Mainstream Media “Getting It”?

It seems Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s disastrous showing of its public transit service is beginning to raise eyebrows within the TransLink friendly mainstream media. SkyTrain did work, my god it should, there was hardly any snowAi??to speak of to impede service, but it was the failure of the buses that was embarrassing. TransLink’s entire transit philosophy […]

Comparative examination of New Start light rail transit, light railway, and bus rapid transit services opened from 2000

From our friends Lyndon Henry and David Dobbs at Light Rail Now. A useful document comparing busAi??rapid transit schemes with light rail. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2012/LRT/LHenry.pdf

The Broadway Follies: Sorry, but Surrey is next in line

And the transit debate keeps going! Vancouver, which always acts as the proverbial spoiled child, wants a multi billion dollar subway under Broadway and is setting the stage with scare tacticsAi??withAi??a Goebbelesque flavour of lies deceit and deception. The SkyTrain lobby, always adding their own special brand of nonsense, further muddies the debate. Surrey, with […]

Vancouver Take Note – Trams In, Cars Out In Sydney, Australia Transport Planning!

Here isAi??a news itemAi??that should give the City of Vancouver planners and engineers something to think about, make cars defer to trams. In Vancouver, the hierarchy for transportation is bicycles first, cars second and public transit third. It’s OK to close a city street for cyclists, but its not OK to close a city street […]

Broadway Follies – An Alternative Plan

First off, I just do not agree with Mr. Fitch nor do I think his plan is not well thought out. One of the main reasons for building LRT on heavily used transit routes, is the economy gained from using ‘trams‘ instead of buses. As light rail runs on a dedicated rights-of-way with priority signaling […]

The Broadway Follies – The Smear Campaign Begins!

On radio station CKNW, the opening salvos from the SkyTrain Lobby were fired at the public, in the was of getting public opinion to support a $2 billion plus SkyTrain subway under Broadway. The BS meter was running full throttle, when the usual suspects, Frances (BS) Bula, from the Globe and mail; Michael Geller, President, […]

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 […]