Transit News From Around The World – December 3rd 2010

Light rail train derails in Seattle Komonews http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70237837.html Business leaders: Build light-rail leg to Tampa airport Tampa Bay Online http://tinyurl.com/26qguhs Manchester passengers consulted over closure of Metrolink stop Rail Technology Magazine http://tinyurl.com/26fq6jj Light Rail news Rail Technology Magazine Pages 46 – 53 inclusive; Manchester, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Tyne & Wear and Liepaja http://tinyurl.com/2auqhcs Fraser Valley Interurban […]

The Silence of TransLink Speaks Volumes

Since Rail for the Valley released the RftV/Leewood TramTrain report in September, there has been a silence from TransLink and the government's two favoured media outlets, the Vancouver Sun and CKNW radio on the valley rail project. All the TV stations did reports, as did all the regional (semi)weekly newspapers, which is credit to their profession; but […]

Adios TransLink?

Recent events are pointing that TransLink’s time may soonAi??come to an endAi??and a new regional (or two) transit authority(s) may come into being. The trouble with funding for the $1.4 billion Evergreen Line and TransLink’s strict adherence with SkyTrain and or light-metro is highlighting TransLink’s endemic financial woes. TransLink is getting a rough ride from […]

A New Look and a New Resolve!

The growing support for the Rail for the Valley TramTrain/Interurban project has made the new look Rail for the Valley website and blog a must as the old blog was rather dowdy. Zweisystem welcomes Cardinal Fang to the blog role, but lest the SkyTrain Lobby think they have chased old Zwei away, think again! The […]

AdiA?A?s the Evergreen Line?

It seems TransLink’s game of brinkmanship will be their undoing. They have played this hand too often and regional politico’s are tired playing against a stacked deck. We all know that public transit is good, but when you have Gordon Price saying on the radio, that the LRT/SkyTrain debate is theological and radio personality singing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]