Well worth a read! From the Georgia Straight – Metro Vancouver’s new draft regional growth strategy raises concerns
The following article from the Georgia Straight by Elizabeth Murphy is well worth a read. http://www.straight.com/article-280277/vancouver/elizabeth-murphy-metro-vancouvers-new-draft-regional-growth-strategy-raises-concerns
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 […]
TramTrain to White Rock!- And on to Chilliwack!
It seems the good Burgher’s in White Rock want the AMTRAK Vancouver to Seattle – Portland train to stop at their city, to give a direct rail service to Seattle. It’s not going to happen. The Soviet style American security types will demand so much expensive infrastructure for boarder security as to make the service […]
The hysteria of the anti-LRT lobby – Time to get real!
On other local and US blogs, there is a growing hysteria that once light rail (streetcar or tram) operates on-street, there will be general panic among pedestrians, ultimately throwing themselves under the tram! Shades of the 1820’s railway hysteria, where trains were claimed to cause insanity and sour cows milk! I’m sorry to say, that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Rail for the Valley must set the agenda in 2010 for light rail in METRO Vancouver.
The region is at a juncture: either proceed with light-metro planning and build the Evergreen Line and extend SkyTrain to Langley by 2030 or abandon current regional transportation planning and start anew, but using LRT instead to service many more destinations in the region. Though TransLink is boasting about its three light-metro lines and continues […]
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 CKWX NEWS 1130 – SkyTrain issues for morning commute
What the SkyTrain lobby wishes us to forget is that the automatic metro is somewhat erratic in its operation. SkyTrain is a complicated proprietary light-metro and even small issues defeats the computer and the system shuts down. TransLink plays down these problems but regular riders of the metro has told Zwei that problems on SkyTrain […]
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 […]
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