Do The SkyTrain for Surrey Lot & The MOT Have A Clue About SkyTrain? Evidently Not!
The following bit of misinformation comes from the SkyTrain for Surrey folks, who seem to continually to embarrass themselves with their ignorance of transit matters. Bombardier Wins TransLink Contract for 28 new Trains TransLink and the Government of BC have signed a contract with Bombardier for 28 new SkyTrain cars, a contract valued at $90.7 […]
Merry Christmas!
A very merry Christmas to all from Rail for the Valley!
Is the Mainstream Media “Getting It”?
It seems Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s disastrous showing of its public transit service is beginning to raise eyebrows within the TransLink friendly mainstream media. SkyTrain did work, my god it should, there was hardly any snowAi??to speak of to impede service, but it was the failure of the buses that was embarrassing. TransLink’s entire transit philosophy […]
Comparative examination of New Start light rail transit, light railway, and bus rapid transit services opened from 2000
From our friends Lyndon Henry and David Dobbs at Light Rail Now. A useful document comparing busAi??rapid transit schemes with light rail. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conferences/2012/LRT/LHenry.pdf
The Broadway Follies: Sorry, but Surrey is next in line
And the transit debate keeps going! Vancouver, which always acts as the proverbial spoiled child, wants a multi billion dollar subway under Broadway and is setting the stage with scare tacticsAi??withAi??a Goebbelesque flavour of lies deceit and deception. The SkyTrain lobby, always adding their own special brand of nonsense, further muddies the debate. Surrey, with […]
Vancouver Take Note – Trams In, Cars Out In Sydney, Australia Transport Planning!
Here isAi??a news itemAi??that should give the City of Vancouver planners and engineers something to think about, make cars defer to trams. In Vancouver, the hierarchy for transportation is bicycles first, cars second and public transit third. It’s OK to close a city street for cyclists, but its not OK to close a city street […]
Broadway Follies – An Alternative Plan
First off, I just do not agree with Mr. Fitch nor do I think his plan is not well thought out. One of the main reasons for building LRT on heavily used transit routes, is the economy gained from using ‘trams‘ instead of buses. As light rail runs on a dedicated rights-of-way with priority signaling […]
Light Rail Fits In
This is a re-post of useful links for those advocating for LRT. In Vancouver, there is a concerted effort to once again force a SkyTrain subway as a transit solution on Broadway, if this is successful there will be no light rail in Surrey, no Rail for the Valley Interurban forAi??at leastAi??30 years! Zweisystem send […]
The Broadway Follies – The Smear Campaign Begins!
On radio station CKNW, the opening salvos from the SkyTrain Lobby were fired at the public, in the was of getting public opinion to support a $2 billion plus SkyTrain subway under Broadway. The BS meter was running full throttle, when the usual suspects, Frances (BS) Bula, from the Globe and mail; Michael Geller, President, […]
Are The NDP Backing the “SkyTrain” For Transit Expansion?
A recent article in the Black media certainly indicates thatAi??the provincial NDP are going to expand the SkyTrain system in a forlorn hope to improve transit. Bains’s quote; “Besides the need to replace two Fraser River crossings, there’s multi-billion-dollar demands for new rapid transit extensions in Surrey and down the Broadway corridor in Vancouver toward […]
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