Brisbane, Australia (BRT) Bus Rapid Transit
If there could be any doubt, of the cost effectiveness and the capability to relieve urban congestion of Bus Rapid Transit [BRT], study the following image of Brisbaneai??i??s system. http://www.translink.com.au/about-translink/what-we-do/infrastructure-projects/busways TransLink in BC are actively promoting BRT as the answer for transit in the Fraser Valley, they & the City mayors & councillors who are […]
Rail For The Valley In The International News Again!
Rail for the Valley and the RftV/Leewood report is featured again in an international publication. In the December issue of Tramways & Urban Transit (the official magazine of the Light Rail Transit Association) is a two page feature of the RftV/Leewood report. As the magazine is distributed not only to LRTA members but internationally as well, […]
Surrey’s main issue is simple: better transit – From the Vancouver Sun
Kudos’ for Surrey mayor Diane Watts to think “out of the SkyTrain box” and think light rail, but to do so requires hiring real light rail experts to assist local planners and engineers in planning a usable and efficient LRT/tram network in Surrey. Our local transportation planners still do not get it that the difference […]
Tramway Turnkey Solutions
Alstom Citidas Dualis Tram-Train Combining the best of trains and tramways The challenge The urban fabric now extends well beyond the city centre, with regional and urban networks tending to merge. Users’ needs are changing. They want to be able to move with ease from the city centre to neighbouring towns without having to change […]
Streetcars – The missing Link Symposium
The following is for the links for the speaker's presentations and the audio for the townhall meeting. Other that not one of the presenters could define what a streetcar is, the following should be of some value. For Zweisystem's view of the streetcar symposium http://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/the-streetcar-symposium-translink-doesnt-get-it/ Streetcars: The Missing Link? 29 September 2010 Renaissance Vancouver Hotel […]
International Comparisons of Urban Light Rail Systems
Three references, on the subject of International comparisons of Light Rail systems are posted for information purposes and education. 1) The roles of integrated ticketing, pedestrianisation and population density http://www.raumplanung.uni-dortmund.de/rwp/ersa2002/cd-rom/papers/167.pdf […]
Let’s NOT make a Deal A?ai??i??ai??? Property tax hike for transit only choice before mayors
TransLink is at it again, playing brinkmanship with regional mayors and I hope the valley politicos see through this tawdry charade, which has become a clichA?Ai?? for TransLink’s haphazard planning efforts. Behind door number 1, you have option A Ai??Ai??behind door number 2, you have option B; behind door number 3, you have option A […]
Let’s NOT make a Deal A?ai??i??ai??? Property tax hike for transit only choice before mayors
TransLink is at it again, playing brinkmanship with regional mayors and I hope the valley politicos see through this tawdry charade, which has become a clichA?Ai?? for TransLink’s haphazard planning efforts. Behind door number 1, you have option A Ai??Ai??behind door number 2, you have option B; behind door number 3, you have option A […]
Dont dismiss South-of-Fraser transit as VALTAC Supports Rail for the Valley!
The following letter, printed in the Surrey Leader,Ai??Ai??from Mr. Holt from the Valley Transportation Advisory Committee is most welcome and shows the growing support for the RftV/Leewood Report for a TramTrain service in the Fraser Valley, using existing railway infrastructure. DonA?ai??i??ai???t dismiss South-of-Fraser transit The recent announcement by TransLink, concerning the Surrey Rapid Transit Study, […]
DonA?ai??i??ai???t dismiss South-of-Fraser transit A?ai??i??ai??? VALTAC Supports Rail for the Valley!
The following letter, printed in the Surrey Leader,Ai??Ai??from Mr. Holt from the Valley Transportation Advisory Committee is most welcome and shows the growing support for the RftV/Leewood Report for a TramTrain service in the Fraser Valley, using existing railway infrastructure. DonA?ai??i??ai???t dismiss South-of-Fraser transit The recent announcement by TransLink, concerning the Surrey Rapid Transit Study, […]
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