The Whalley, King George, White Rock Light Rail line Revisited
It has has been two years year since this post was printed and what TransLink has planned for Surrey are three “poorman’s” SkyTrain type designed light rail lines feeding SkyTrain. TransLink designs new transit lines to increase density; to increase property values for land developers who are generally friends of the government and not […]
Cost Canadian for new light rail construction.
Zwei has always challenged the Skytrain lobby that modern LRT was much cheaper to build than Skytrain, yet the SkyTrain Lobby still tries to make the cost new LRT construction in the Vancouver Metro area much more expensive than is should be. This intentional ‘gold-plating‘ of modern light rail by the City of Vancouver and […]
The Benefits of Light Rail – Canada Style
Ottawa Light Rail Transforming our Nation’s Capital http://www.ottawalightrail.ca/media/pdf/The%20Benefits%20of%20Light%20Rail%20-%20Web.pdf Hamilton, Ontario http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/62464D50-B62B-49A7-974B-71679B69FC06/0/RR2E_A7_HealthEnvironandEconImpactAnalysis.pdf TheAi??academics view, Advantages of Light Rail Transit http://www.banekonference.dk/sites/default/files/Advantages%20of%20Light%20Rail%20Transit%202012.pdf
Regional Politicos Play Russian Roulette With the Province
The regional cities and municipalities are digging the financial spurs into the province to come up with a new TransLink deal, the problem is, the province may go along with this and let the regional mayors hoist themselves on their own petard and let the regional mayors decide how to pay for major regional transit […]
Mr. Harcourt, Shut the H*ll Up.
Former one term wonder as BC’s Premier, Mr. Harcourt suffers the same sort of dementia as do most other regional and provincial politicians, he firmly believes he is a transit expert. Both Harcourt’s term as Vancouver mayor and BC Premier, was much ado about nothing. A notable fence sitter, Harcourt waxed and waned as the […]
A Liberal Victory Means “No Transit For You!”
The BC Liberals have won yesterday’s election which means the transit status quo will remain, no new transit for south of the Fraser River. Regional transit issues were ignored by both the BC Liberals and the NDP and for good reason, TransLink is in a financial mess and unless new revenue streams are forthcoming, there […]
New Surrey coalition to push for light-rail transit south of the Fraser
Ai??Dianne Watts gets it, but Daryl Dela Cruz doesn’t. Rail for the Valley gets it, but TransLink doesn’t. The rest of the world gets it, but the SkyTrain lobby doesn’t. Financial managers in most major cities around the world gets it, but BC’s Auditor General doesn’t. Isn’t interesting that while the rest of the world […]
Ottawa LRT
CFRA News-Talk Radio posted this report on April 22nd about a possible alignment for the leg of the Ottawa starter light rail line west of downtown. http://www.cfra.com/News/Ottawa-Regional-News/City-likes-tunnel-under-Richmond-Road-for-next-pha The route dubbed Richmond Underground is the favourite of city officials for the second phase of the light rail transit route that would link Tunney’s pasture to the […]
Limiting in Honolula
The Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project (HHCTCP) is the official name for the plan to construct an elevated rapid transit line serving the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. http://www.honolulutransit.org/ The line will use 128Ai??ft (39Ai??m) trains carrying about 390 passengers each, similar in weight to light rail systems elsewhere in […]
A Tale of Two Letters
Two letters to the Vancouver Province newspaper have found their way into Zwei’s inbox. TransLink is broken, probably broken beyond repair and no political candidate has the moral jam to state the obvious. “Throw more money at TransLink, that’s the ticket for improving our regional transit system” is the clarion call of prospective MLA wannabees, […]
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