Dead Parrot Sketch
Want fast express bus service? Simple, run it point to point without any intermediate stops. This is what TransLink is going to do on the proposed new 555 Port Mann express bus service from the newAi??Carvolth bus exchange in Surrey to the Braid SkyTrain station in New Westminster, without intermediate stops. Er….excuse me TransLink, isn’t […]
Trams (streetcars) Happily Co-exist With Bicycles
On the radio a few days ago, there was some disparaging accusations about LRT (trams or streetcars) and bicycles. Evidently there are some at Vancouver’s city hall who think that cyclists will be killed or maimed by the score by streetcars or light rail operating on Broadway. In less tram backward countries, such as the […]
November 16, 2012 – SkyTrain On The Fritz Again – So What Else Is New!
When ones builds with a complicated gadgetbahnen, with all the bells and whistles that come with an automatic (driverless) transit system, one forgets at the time of purchase that gadgetbahnen age very poorly and as they grow older, they become very stubborn to operate. Sadly, the warranty for SkyTrain is long over and it is […]
Fares Up – TransLink’s Customers Pay More For Planning Incompetence.
Yes, yes, we knew this was coming, fare increases. TransLink, by refusing to do real cost cutting measures, has opened the door for fare increases. Yet those paying the least, the residents of Vancouver, have the most transit options, including three mini-metro lines; 13 trolley bus routes; and scores of urban bus routes. Those living […]
Aftert 17 Years & Over $8 billion Invested In Light-metro – Nothing changed
After 17 years of SkyTrain and or Canada Line investment,Ai??with well over $8 billion of taxpayers monies spent, there has been little change in the overall modal share. TransLink, a firm believer that is something doesn’t work, do it again, continues with SkyTrain light-metro planning or light rail designed as a poor man’s SkyTrain,Ai??for the […]
Pre-fab Track for Broadway
Slab or prefabricated track maybe an economicAi??solution for light rail/streetcar construction on Broadway in Vancouver. Combined with using the existing OHLE (span wires and vertical supports), construction of a streetcar/LRT on Broadway could be built and in operation in less than two years. The Broadway to UBC route is mainly straight, with little need for […]
Fare Evasion Kool Aid – TransLink Again Bamboozles the Mainstream Media
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If weai??i??ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. Weai??i??re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. Itai??i??s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that weai??i??ve been taken. Once you give a […]
U-Pass Fraud Tops $15 Million Annually
As predicted, the much vaunted U-Pass program isAi??costing TransLink at least $15 million annually, more thanAi??reported fare evasion, yet there is nary a peep from the mainstream media. Zwei’s sources at TransLink report that the U-Pass program is costing the taxpayer a lot more than what is being reported and there is no way that […]
Rob Ford fails to derail light rail lines
Mayor Rob Ford wend down swinging, saying again that people want subways, not LRT. However, Toronto City Council endorsed the $8.4 million master plan to build four LRT lines by a 30 to 11 margin. Toronto Sun story at: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/01/ford-defied-more-toronto-light-rail By Don Peat ,City Hall Bureau Chief First posted:Thursday, November 01, 2012 08:20 The Crosstown […]
NEWS FLASH – HURRICANE SANDY’S HANDIWORK ON THE NEW JERSEY RAILWAYS
The following link give you photo’s of the extreme damage done by Hurricane Sandy on the New Jersey’s railway lines. http://www.flickr.com//photos/89454930@N07/sets/72157631895879101/show/ I have disabled comments on this post only.
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