A Letter to Vancouver Island Politicians
With the spectre of global warming wreaking havoc on our province, it is time to get serious about doing what we can to alleviate emissions from internal combustion engines. At the same time we must invest in ways other than asphalt solutions to mitigate endemic traffic congestion. Today, only a rail based transit system can […]
TramTrain For 2022
A re-post from earlier this year. With the devastation caused by this years heat dome, wild fires, tornado, atmospheric rivers, flood and of course our modern day plague, Covid, the provincial government must rethink its plans to spend over $10 billion to build less than 22 km of the SkyTrain light metro network. $10 billion […]
First Hungarian TramTrain Service Begins
Good news, the opening of the first TramTrain service in Hungary. What is largely of interest is that the TramTrain route is mainly single track with passing loops, using hybrid vehicles, built by Stadler and can operate either by electricity and diesel.There is a lot of scope for TramTrain to operate in the Fraser Valley, […]
Time To Put Freight Back On The Rails!
A rolling motorway in Europe The recent fiasco with our regional highways, due to the “Great Deluge” has again spot lighted the massive amount of freight traffic that is carried on the public highway system. The trucking industry is highly subsidized by using the existing highways and the motor freight companies undercut the freight rates […]
A Renewed Call For Judicial Inquiry on TransLink and the Mayor’s Council on Transit
November 22, 2022The Hon. David Eby, Q.C. Attorney General, The Province of BC.Dear Sir, A renewed call for a Judicial Inquiry on TransLink and the Mayor’s Council on Transit with the proposed SkyTrain Broadway subway and the SkyTrain extension in Surrey to Langley. I am writing to you on the above matter. The Broadway subway. […]
FROM THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ASSOCIATION – TRAMS ARE SYMBOLS OF CITIES
From the LRTA, the modern tram, workhorse of today’s public transit systems in over 600 cities around the world, yet noticeably missing in Metro Vancouver. Indeed, the modern tram is absent in soulless Vancouver and it is time to change this. Let’s put some soul into Vancouver; let’s plan for trams! For the Fraser Valley […]
The North Shore’s “Hobson’s Choice”.
The following was sent to all North Shore mayor and councils. PLEASE DELIVER TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND FIRST NATION COUNCILS From: Rail for the Valley For the past 14 years, Rail for the Valley has advocated for the “return of the interurban” for the former Vancouver to Chilliwack BC Electric interurban line that […]
A Transit Delight For a Wet Weekend
The quietest station in London https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/i-visited-londons-least-busy-21581255 The Tivvy Bumper brought in from the cold https://www.nrmfriends.org.uk/post/the-tivvy-bumper-brought-in-from-the-cold Chasing Chrome Special train with private cars on Surrey Railway, British Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C81E5F1kibE (Spotter: Neil Kearns) Great Central Railway – 1940’s Wartime Weekend 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh1IYYZTaOA A Fantasy Double Header! Mayflower & Bahamas On The Welsh Dragon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyafT1jE0sY LMS 46115 […]
Entering The Land of Unicorns and Pixie Dust – TransLink’s Current P.R. Gamble
Well, the first surprise was that this news item came via the Alaska Highway News of all places. This tells me TransLink is spinning the story to everyone it can to give the good news to! The big problem that there is no money to fund these grand schemes and the post Covid economy may […]
What’s wrong with the REM?
The Canada Line’s big cousin, Montreal’s REM. The problem with REM. like the Canada line is that it is more of a financial tool than a public transit line and because of this, the transit customer has been ignored. A healthy transit system offers multiple ways to get between points A and B — not […]
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