The Vogtlandbahn TramTrains & Interurbans A Template For The Valley Interurban
The following is a summery of the Vogtlandbahn TramTrain operation in Germany. Contrary to TransLink’s (and Metro Vancouver and Liberal government) spin that one needs oodles & oodles of density for ‘rail‘ transit, the continues success of new TramTrain operations dispels the many negative myths. The SkyTrain lobby is also desperately hard at work spreading […]
News and Letters A?ai??i??ai??? October 27, 2010
Local news & Letters Chilliwack Progress# http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/opinion/letters/105729548.html William Chambers has very succinctly scored with a well landed punch on Sharon Gaetz, with this one. Ai??Ai??Also in the Chilliwack Times http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/news/High+cost+rail+just+myth/3727555/story.html Ai??Ai??Langley Times# Metro urged to recant rapid transit priority for Surrey http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/langleytimes/news/105694708.html Two more overpasses planned for Langleys Ai??Ai??http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/langleytimes/news/105490118.html Ai??Ai??Surrey Leader# Make Bond use transit […]
Why there is antagonism towards at-grade Light Rail/Tramways & streetcars (North America + Canada)
The following was sent to Zwei by a very concerned urban transportation advocate. All the SkyTrain lobby has is fear to debate light rail and spread fear they do. All technical debates between LRT and SkyTrain/light-metro have been won or lost decades ago and SkyTrain has been relegated to the history books. Like uber Regulus […]
Transit News From Here and There
Chilliwack Times http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/Uninformed+about+transit/3693739/story.html Nick Wimpney Ai??Ai??open letter to Sharon Gaetz in the Times needs following up North Shore News http://www.burnabynow.com/story.html?id=3699636 Hamilton Most Candidates Support LRT, Mayoral Candidates Split http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/1207/most_candidates_support_lrt_mayoral_candidates_split Winnipeg Bus rapid transit has edge in poll Winnipeg Free Press http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bus-rapid-transit-has-edge-in-poll-105418328.html Cambridge, Ontario Light rail transit dominates regional debate Cambridge Times http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/local/article/891078–light-rail-transit-dominates-regional-debate Los Angeles – […]
Transit News Around The World October 19, 2010
Phoenix METRO Playing With A Full House http://raillife.com/blog/ Los Angeles LAX rail line is early stop in plan to expedite transit work http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_16357591 Tampa Bay Hillsborough rail plan is still taking shape http://tinyurl.com/35egf4g Wellington, NZ Councillors signal light rail battle lines http://tinyurl.com/2udcyql Norfolk, VA Light rail may be up & running by Dec. http://tinyurl.com/2es7phc Ottawa […]
Trains get streetwise
The following link from the Professional Engineering Magazine ….. http://www.profeng.com/archive/2010/2311/23110053.htm ….. is well worth the read as it neatly sums up the German city of Karlsruhe’s success in integrating transit. Karlsruhe, it must be remembered, pioneered the TramTrain concept andAi??Ai??with stunning results. When the firstAi??Ai??TramTrain line (which replaced a commuter train & one transfer) opened […]
More Transit News A?ai??i??ai??? October 15, 2010
From the Victoria Times Colonist http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Think+rail+only+rail+future+transportation/3649005/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Maclean+Cars+here+stay/3651236/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Public+input+sought+last+route/3613881/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/rail+line+along+Johnson+Street/3613919/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/ahead+interchange/3532824/story.html Ai??Ai??Vancouver Courier October 13, 2010 http://www.vancourier.com/technology/case+free+transit+downtown+core/3663446/story.html Ai??Ai??Public transit debate can get messy, murkyAi?? Vancouver Courier Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Vancouver bus routes dwarf Surrey grid http://www.vancourier.com/life/Public+transit+debate+messy+murky/2900233/story.html The Tyee Ai??Ai??Get Rolling on Streetcars, Say Gathered Experts They reduce carbon, promote healthy development, and tourists love them, […]
The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree – TransLink’s Regional Transit Planning
Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal metaphor in the United States used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally.The logic of the terminology is that if the source of the evidence (the “tree”) is tainted, then anything gained from it (the “fruit”) is as well. TransLink’s planning officials still maintain that modern light […]
If One Build Metro On Routes That Do Not Have The Ridership That Would Justify Contruction……
…..Then One Will Have To Pay Large Subsidies To Build And Operate It! Large Subsidies Translates Into Higher Taxes! Of course those high subsidies will have to be borne by the taxpayer, either in gas taxes, car levies, or road pricing (or all three), and or increased property taxes. The current belief by TransLink’s highly […]
The 10,000 PPHPD Question – TransLink is Hoisted on its Own Petard
At the recent streetcar symposium in Vancouver, TransLink officials contend that streetcars have very little capacity, almost less than a busAi??Ai??and that light rail can carry only 10,000 persons per hour per direction. This,Ai??Ai??despite the fact that the Light Rail Transit Association has, since the 1980’s, defined LRT “as a mode that can carry 2,000 […]
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