Interesting letter in the Vancouver Sun – Is the proposed two cent a litre gas tax to fund SkyTrain renewals?
The Vancouver Sun, Like the old Soviet "Pravda" of old, is interesting for what it prints and for what it doesn't print. The Sun has been a long supporter of SkyTrain and the paper and its editorial board has gone so far as to play fast and loose with the truth about light rail. Anyone who […]
The Depeartment of Transport in the UK releases a positive report about LRT.
Modern LRT in Strassburg France, operating on a lawned (grassed) reserved rights-of-ways Just released, a positive report from the Department for Transport for light rail in the UK. http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/green-light-for-light-rail Report: Green light for light rail (PDF – 561 KB)
As reality hits, the taxpayer will get hit harder!
Well, lots of news about SkyTrain and how it's getting older and whole lot of money must be spent to refurbish the metro system. Well, hasn't TransLink planned for this or do they just think that the taxpayer will shell out more money to keep the aging behemoth running. All transit systems age and transit […]
SkyTrain craps out again…………………
It is annoying, not only to commuters, but those who support other transit modes, that the SkyTrain Lobby continue this silly nonsense that it trundles back and forth with nary a problem. In just the past few weeks, the SkyTrain system has stalled due to many problems. TransLink wants desperately to build more SkyTrain and […]
News item in the Georgia Straight – Light rail, not more SkyTrain, is answer to TransLinkA?ai??i??ai???s cash crunch
Well the Georgia Straight is not afraid to print contrary opinions about our regional transit scene, unlike our mainstream media. It is worth to link to the original story and read the comments, all the usual suspects, spewing their nonsense in a vain attempt to "repeat a lie often enough, it becomes fact". Some are […]
A lightrail and streetcar primer.
The silly season has begun in the Vancouver region, with TransLink desperately trying to persuade regional mayors to levy more taxes to mainly pay for the Evergreen SkyTrain light-metro line. The following is a quick primer on streetcars, LRT and SkyTrain for use at upcoming transit dog and pony shows. Question: What is the difference […]
Vancouver’s anti-LRT media and blogs. Don’t diss Portland’s light rail
I don’t like doing this, but the following has struck a nerve. The statement from Frances Bula’s blog, “The famous streetcar and light-rail transit? Iai??i??ve concluded that that is the only option the city has, since it has about 60,000 fewer people than Vancouver does but spread out over three times the land. They canai??i??t […]
Light Rail for Surrey – A Rerun from May
With LRT in the mix for TransLink consultation process, Zwiesystem is reposting an item from May 4, 2011. I believe this plan is superior and cheaper to what TransLink is offering, as well, servicing far more people and has the potential to provide a direct line from White Rock to downtown Vancouver. LIGHT RAIL FOR […]
More trams for Montpelier
The following happier transit news for Montpelier, is courtesy of David Cockle. As the SkyTrain lobby still dream a Luddites dream of the world being flat and everyone builds with SkyTrain, more light rail is being built in France. Why is France so important, you ask? Well France also has a proprietary light-metro system, called […]
Bank Holliday Essay – “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
Some background for the following post. The author is commenting on the current Edinburgh tram fiasco, where cacophony of bad management, bad planning, and a very bad contractor Bilfinger Berger (Remember those chaps, eh?, They were the same crew that screwed up the Seymour water tunnel project!) has all but sunk the much needed tram […]
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