Surrey’s main issue is simple: better transit – From the Vancouver Sun

Kudos’ for Surrey mayor Diane Watts to think “out of the SkyTrain box” and think light rail, but to do so requires hiring real light rail experts to assist local planners and engineers in planning a usable and efficient LRT/tram network in Surrey. Our local transportation planners still do not get it that the difference […]

Streetcars – The missing Link Symposium

The following is for the links for the speaker's presentations and the audio for the townhall meeting. Other that not one of the presenters could define what a streetcar is, the following should be of some value. For Zweisystem's view of the streetcar symposium http://www.railforthevalley.com/latest-news/zweisystem/the-streetcar-symposium-translink-doesnt-get-it/ Streetcars: The Missing Link? 29 September 2010 Renaissance Vancouver Hotel […]

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 […]

Welcome to the new Rail For the Valley website

Hi everyone, I am extraordinarily pleased to present to you the new Rail For the Valley website. http://www.railforthevalley.com   Make sure to check out all the sections. In addition to a new professional layout, there's:  A lot of new content on our campaign and related issues, that has already been posted Continual news updates posted to http://www.railforthevalley.com much more frequently […]

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 […]

USA: Why the Stimulus Package Failed

A commentary by Lyndon Henry, fromAi??Ai??the Light Rail Now folks in the United States. The question to be asked here is: “Was Canada so-called stimulus funding successful?” While the commentary below doesn’t directly mention public transportation, rail transit, or passenger rail, I believe it is directly relevant to the issue of federal investment in these […]

The future of public transit in America A?ai??i??ai??? will Canada Follow?

The following is from Lyndon Henry, from the Light Rail Now folks, who is an avid supporter of public transit and light rail in the United States. I fear, as many do in Ontario, that our current populistAi??Ai??politicians will lead us to a new public transit dark age, where precious transit monies are spent on […]

The future of public transit in America A?ai??i??ai??? will Canada Follow?

The following is from Lyndon Henry, from the Light Rail Now folks, who is an avid supporter of public transit and light rail in the United States. I fear, as many do in Ontario, that our current populistAi??Ai??politicians will lead us to a new public transit dark age, where precious transit monies are spent on […]

Ottawa’s troubled tram.

The light rail saga in Ottawa continues with the realization that monies spent on a politcally prestigious subway tunnel comes from extending the transit line to servcie transit customers. Zweisystem is in complete agreement with the following and I have posed about Ottawa's LRT escapades earlier. Ottawa transit authorities had need not look any further […]