The Broadway Subway – Vancouver’s Phallic Symbol

Vancouver’s politicians and elites desperately want the city to be a “world class city” and by their definition, a world class city must have subways. The Canada Line, the only heavy rail metro in the world that operates as a light metro, runs in a subway under Vancouver’s streets because city politicos, in effect, held […]

Tunnel Vision Versus Green Vision

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Making Sense From TransLink’s Nonsense

The following is from the RftV friend, Eric Chris. Mr. Chris is a graduate engineer and he sees through TransLink and TransLink Speak. ***** TransLink is bending the truth to keep the ones who are responsible for the massive fraud (that s-train has more capacity than other modes of transit) from being jailed for the […]

TransLink: LRT is suitable for Broadway!

A post from our friend Mr. Haveacow deserves more attention. Contained within is an interesting comment; “They have chosen that overall the Skytrain is the best choice (no surprise there). The whopper comes form the admission that LRT is cheaper and does provide better service over the status quo but the cost is significantly less […]

Tunnel Vision vs. Green vision

The following power point presentation comes from Adam Fitch and succinctly shows the difference between light rail and a Skytrain subway under Broadway. Click and view. Tunnel Vision vs Green vision   UPDATE: WE HAVE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, MY APOLOGIES

BCIT to UBC and Picnics in the Park, by tram

First published in 2009. Updated 2014. A Wee Bit Of Local History In early 1996, during BC Transitai??i??s meaningless public consultation period for the Broadway Lougheed Rapid Transit Project which later morphed into the Millennium Line, Zweisystem received a phone call from an European Transit specialist, who worked for Asea Brown Boverai (later absorbed by […]

Surrey’s Proposed LRT Advances

Looks like the proposed three line LRT network in Surrey, is advancing. The old anti-LRT rhetoric continues, despite well over thirty years of commercial operation by over 500 tram/LRT lines around the world that disproves this nonsense. No mention that only seven Skytrain systems have been built since the late 1970’s mind you, demonstrates that […]

Lies, Damned Lies and the Vancouver Sun

So, Calgary’s Nenshi backs Gregor Robertson’s Broadway subway plans. Well not exactly, he supports better urban transit funding and all Mr. Nenshi said was “So I imagine there is a scramble right now in Ottawa precisely to figure out how to fund Vancouver’s next Skytrain expansion.” How the Vancouver sun can construe this as support […]

In Toronto – A $3 Billion Subway Carries Fewer Customers Than A Streetcar Line!

Those who promote a Broadway subway had better beware, subways are not the magic elixir in attracting ridership. A Toronto CBC news story giving mayoralty hopeful Doug Ford (brother of the discredited Rob Ford) an “F” for his subway plans contains an interesting item: “The Sheppard subway is a classic example,” said Bedford. “It cost […]

All Quiet on the Transit Front?

With civic elections only weeks away, there has been a lull with transit issues and stories. The city of Vancouver, which considers itself the centre of the universe, provides us with some mirth as the elections draw near. The left leaning C.O.P.E. political party is proposing that all Vancouver residents should have universal transit for […]