Good News Everyone – The Interurban project is inching closer to success!
Ai??Ai??Good news inAi??Ai??yesterday’s Vancouver Province, about the valley interurban projectgaining momentum with Fraser Valley politicians. If TransLink’s $400,000.00 study for valley rail doesn’t include TramTrain, then it will not worth the paper its printed on. As for TransLink’s business cases, they are not worth the paper they are printed on either, considering how easy US […]
All aboard – 2010 is the 100th anniversary of the Interurban
Happy New Year! The following is a Rail for the Valley media release to kick off 2010. All aboard – 2010 the 100th anniversary of the Interurban This new year is a particularly special one for advocates of passenger rail for the Fraser Valley. 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the initial Interurban rail service […]
The Strange Case of the Karlsruhe TramTrain – Streetcar, LRV, or Commuter Train?
Recent posts on the LRTA blog, debated the the present definitions of streetcar/tram and light rail. North Americans tend to define LRT as a light-metro, where as EuropeansAi??Ai??associated LRT as a tram. Now added to the debateAi??Ai??is the tramtrain and the strange case of the Karlsruhe’s new Zweisystem (two system) LRT:Ai??Ai??is itAi??Ai??a tram or a […]
From the Surrey Leader – Rapid transit extensions frozen under TransLink budget
It seems TransLink’s bureaucrats think that the METRO region taxpayer has very deep pockets; while I have a news flash for TransLink, they don’t. To save money, more and more of the region’s car drivers are filling up with gas South of the 49th, encouraging the business of US gas stations. One can save $0.25 […]
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL – FROM RAIL FOR THE VALLEY
From the Zweisystem and the rest of the Rail For The Valley Gang A very merry Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year! A Darmstadt tram plowing through a snow storm.
Global Warming, Copenhagen, & Light Rail – The Solution That Is Ignored
When one looks past the European street theater of riots, the embarrassment of Canada, the intransigence of the USA, China and Russia, what will Copenhagen climate conference accomplish? Probably very little. The world is not ready for global warming and if a few island nations submerge due to rising sea levels, no one will really […]
Has SkyTrain become British Columbia’s Greatest Bamboozle?
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. Carl Sagan Is SkyTrain a colossal bamboozle? Does the SkyTrain lobby and […]
The Night of the Blunt Butter Knives – TransLink Fires Three Executives
It looks like TransLink has sacrificed three executives, to give an appearance of “getting their house in order” after two very recent uncomplimentary reports; nothing like firing three top executives (of course leaving with handsome golden handshakes) to give the public confidence that TransLink is cleaning house. Sorry, no it’s not – not even close. […]
Our Campaign Blog – 1 year old today
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Rail for the Valley Campaign Blog! Readership (now at 300-400 hits per day) has grown dramatically since last December, when the Campaign Blog was initially launched and the readership was… well, 0. Here’s the very first blog post, on Dec. 8, 2008: http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/rail-for-the-valley-on-ctv/ When I first created this […]
From The Centre For Transportation Excellence – The Anti-Public Transit Crowd
The following from the CFTE is interesting, as the following names pop up North of the 49th once in a while. Strangely, many in the SkyTrain lobby think that these people support SkyTrain because they attack modern Light Rail in the United States, but of course, they don’t build SkyTrain in the U.S. do they. […]
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