Rail for the Valley in the news – November 3, 2010
The Common Sense Canadian Bringing Back the Interurban Line: Key to our Transportation Future Lies in the Past http://thecanadian.org/k2/item/325-interurban-2 Aldergrove Star Rail for the Valley not giving up http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/aldergrovestar/opinion/letters/105375358.html Chilliwack Times Careful what you wish for http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/opinion/editorials/Careful+what+wish/3745937/story.html Langley Times TransLink has become a virus http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/langleytimes/opinion/letters/106150418.html Surrey Leader Tax on tax is not enough for TransLink […]
The Budapest HA?ai??i??V System A?ai??i??ai??? Budapest’s Interurban
Although not a classicAi??Ai??tram or light rail system, the Budapest HA?ai??i??V system deservesAi??Ai??a mentioning, because the rail line combines on-street operation (on a reserved rights-of-ways) in downtown Csepel, as well as classic railway operation. SeeAi??Ai??the HA?ai??i??V System Ai??Ai??http://hampage.hu/trams/thg2bp/csepel.html
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 About the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE EXPANSION PROPOSED Oct 26, 2010 THE ISLAND CORRIDOR FOUNDATION HAS UNVEILED THE FIRST STAGE OF ITS PROPOSAL TO EXPAND PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND.Ai?? EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GRAHAM BRUCE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY…Ai?? “We’ve made formal application to VIA Rail to move the terminus from Victoria to Nanaimo and initiate an early […]
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 […]
Abbotsford Today Doesn’t Like the Rail for the Valley/Leewood Report
A new valley magazine and web site, Abbotsford Today doesn’t like the RftV/Leewood report and one wonders why? What do they want, more new highways or a SkyTrain that will never come? Issues: Costs Still Make Light Rail A Pipe Dream http://www.abbotsfordtoday.ca/?p=46791 AsAi??Ai??stated before, the report was a feasibility study for the implantation of a […]
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 – […]
Bringing Back the Interurban Line (by John Vissers and Alexandria Mitchell)
Bringing Back the Interurban Line: Key to our Transportation Future Lies in the Past (By John Vissers and Alexandria Mitchell, for The Common Sense Canadian) [click here to view the full article on The Canadian] The BC provincial transportation plan is running out of political fuel, dollars and sense. How long can we continue to […]
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