Rail for the Valley News in the EUROPEAN Press!
Ha, ha, ha……… If TransLink, the provincial government and the Vancouver Sun don't think the Rail for the Valley/Leewood TramTrain report isn't worth responding too, Railway Strategies do. Here we have a situation of the RftV/Leewood report being deemed more important overseas than in the Vancouver metro area! This just furthers the evidence that our […]
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 […]
UBC Transit A?ai??i??ai??? Rapid transit for UBC has priority over SurreyA?ai??i??ai???s, students and university say
Well now, someone should instruct the UBC Alma Matter Society on the economics of subway/light-metro and light rail, because there is no way that a $4 billion subway can be funded by $1.00 a day U-Pass ticket holders. That Translink still wastes the taxpayer’s money planning for yet more SkyTrain for the region only confirms […]
Build Murray-Clarke A?ai??i??ai??? or Evergreen support goes: PM council
An interesting little spat is taking place in Port Moody, where the city council want TransLink to chip in with the Murray-Clarke Connector project and if they don’t, they will pull their support for the Evergreen (Nevergreen) Line. This confirms two of Zwei’s opinions about the $1.4 billion light-metro project: The Evergreen Line is front […]
Vancouver Commuting Habits
Ai??Ai?? The following information from the Out-of-home Marketing Research Association of Canada or OMAC is certainly contrary to the SkyTrain lobby claims that SkyTrain takes a large share of Vancouver’s commuters. But Zwei knew that already as if any claims made by Translink about SkyTrain being a wunder system are quickly dispelled by the lack […]
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 […]
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