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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Leaving Lotus Land

I find it strange that Vancouver politicians, past and present, still view themselves as the centre of the universe and whatever is built or done in Vancouver is considered immediately as being good or the delightful local phrase, "world class". Of course, Vancouver's internationally notorious downtown Eastside is conveniently forgotten by everyone, throw away people are always conveniently forgotten. […]

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

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 […]

Rail for the Valley on the Radio

On CKNW radio this morning, Fraser Valley transportation was discussed. Sadly, the mayor of Abbotsford, seems to be quite out of his depth on the issue. For a listen, please follow the link and set at October 26, 10:00 am http://www.cknw.com/other/audiovault.html

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 […]

11th Street, Michigan City, Indiana. Chicago, South Shore and South Bend interurban

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The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree – TransLink’s Regional Transit Planning

Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal metaphor in the United States used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally.The logic of the terminology is that if the source of the evidence (the “tree”) is tainted, then anything gained from it (the “fruit”) is as well. TransLink’s planning officials still maintain that modern light […]