UBC Transit A?ai??i??ai??? Rapid transit for UBC has priority over SurreyA?ai??i??ai???s, students and university say

Well now, someone should instruct the UBC Alma Matter Society on the economics of subway/light-metro and light rail, because there is no way that a $4 billion subway can be funded by $1.00 a day U-Pass ticket holders. That Translink still wastes the taxpayer’s money planning for yet more SkyTrain for the region only confirms […]

Build Murray-Clarke A?ai??i??ai??? or Evergreen support goes: PM council

An interesting little spat is taking place in Port Moody, where the city council want TransLink to chip in with the Murray-Clarke Connector project and if they don’t, they will pull their support for the Evergreen (Nevergreen) Line. This confirms two of Zwei’s opinions about the $1.4 billion light-metro project: The Evergreen Line is front […]

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 […]

Vancouver Commuting Habits

Ai??Ai?? The following information from the Out-of-home Marketing Research Association of Canada or OMAC is certainly contrary to the SkyTrain lobby claims that SkyTrain takes a large share of Vancouver’s commuters. But Zwei knew that already as if any claims made by Translink about SkyTrain being a wunder system are quickly dispelled by the lack […]

Transit News From Here and There

Chilliwack Times http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/Uninformed+about+transit/3693739/story.html Nick Wimpney Ai??Ai??open letter to Sharon Gaetz in the Times needs following up North Shore News http://www.burnabynow.com/story.html?id=3699636 Hamilton Most Candidates Support LRT, Mayoral Candidates Split http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/1207/most_candidates_support_lrt_mayoral_candidates_split Winnipeg Bus rapid transit has edge in poll Winnipeg Free Press http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bus-rapid-transit-has-edge-in-poll-105418328.html Cambridge, Ontario Light rail transit dominates regional debate Cambridge Times http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/local/article/891078–light-rail-transit-dominates-regional-debate Los Angeles – […]

Transit News Around The World October 19, 2010

Phoenix METRO Playing With A Full House http://raillife.com/blog/ Los Angeles LAX rail line is early stop in plan to expedite transit work http://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_16357591 Tampa Bay Hillsborough rail plan is still taking shape http://tinyurl.com/35egf4g Wellington, NZ Councillors signal light rail battle lines http://tinyurl.com/2udcyql Norfolk, VA Light rail may be up & running by Dec. http://tinyurl.com/2es7phc Ottawa […]

Trains get streetwise

The following link from the Professional Engineering Magazine ….. http://www.profeng.com/archive/2010/2311/23110053.htm ….. is well worth the read as it neatly sums up the German city of Karlsruhe’s success in integrating transit. Karlsruhe, it must be remembered, pioneered the TramTrain concept andAi??Ai??with stunning results. When the firstAi??Ai??TramTrain line (which replaced a commuter train & one transfer) opened […]

More Transit News A?ai??i??ai??? October 15, 2010

From the Victoria Times Colonist http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Think+rail+only+rail+future+transportation/3649005/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Maclean+Cars+here+stay/3651236/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Public+input+sought+last+route/3613881/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/rail+line+along+Johnson+Street/3613919/story.html Ai??Ai??http://www.timescolonist.com/ahead+interchange/3532824/story.html Ai??Ai??Vancouver Courier October 13, 2010 http://www.vancourier.com/technology/case+free+transit+downtown+core/3663446/story.html Ai??Ai??Public transit debate can get messy, murkyAi?? Vancouver Courier Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Vancouver bus routes dwarf Surrey grid http://www.vancourier.com/life/Public+transit+debate+messy+murky/2900233/story.html The Tyee Ai??Ai??Get Rolling on Streetcars, Say Gathered Experts They reduce carbon, promote healthy development, and tourists love them, […]

World Cities – population, population density, transport including Light Rail/Trams – Round 2

The following is a revised account of city population and the type of transit used; metro or light rail. With Vancouver’s low population density, makes one wonder why the transportation authority and politicians only look at light-metro for transit solutions. World City Rankings – 2 – Asia – view The top 31 No Asian cities, […]

If One Build Metro On Routes That Do Not Have The Ridership That Would Justify Contruction……

…..Then One Will Have To Pay Large Subsidies To Build And Operate It! Large Subsidies Translates Into Higher Taxes! Of course those high subsidies will have to be borne by the taxpayer, either in gas taxes, car levies, or road pricing (or all three), and or increased property taxes. The current belief by TransLink’s highly […]