Plans for a New, Six Lane Pattullo Bridge Revealed – TransLink’s Next Fiasco!
TransLink once again proves that its highly paid bureaucrats just can’t think out of the box or “think three minutes into the future.” As well, TransLink, which alsoAi??Ai??known by many as, ‘Transclunk‘, has firmly shown its true colours as a ‘rubber on asphalt’ organization, whichAi??Ai??only builds a few ‘showcase’ metro systems to pretend they are […]
STREETCARS: THE MISSING LINK? – September 29, 2010
For Immediate Release A?ai??i??ai??? Please circulate! Ai??Ai??Lawrence Frank, PhD, CIP, ASLA Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation University of British Columbia 604-822-5387 ph / 604-822-1628 fx Ai??Ai??Bombardier Active Transportation Lab http://www.act-trans.ubc.ca/Ai??Ai?? Ai??Ai??——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– UBC School of Environmental Health and the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning are pleased to inform you of our upcoming symposium: Ai??Ai??STREETCARS: […]
A letter from Oslo
This has been forwarded to Rail for the Valley from the Eurotrams e-group. Now where have you heard similar arguments? Read RoyA?ai??i??ai???s last two paragraphs, a certain resonance with the situation in the Fraser Valley & Metro Vancouver? The infrastructure in Trondheim suffers from lack of interest from the city council. The tramway has been […]
Prefab tram track = fast construction! Friends of the Broadway Light Rail/Streetcar Take Note!
The following article from EccoRussia, gives an account of the installation of 670 metres of prefabricated tram track on the Athens (Greece) light rail/tram in just 10 days or about 67 metres of new tram track a day! At this speed of track laying it would take a mere 14 days to lay one kilometre […]
From Bus to Light Rail
From to Light Rail. The following Master’s Degree Project – Ottawa’s Transit Busway to Light Rail by David James, is well worth a read. http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~dpjames/mdp/david_james-mdp-final.pdf
City & Populations With Light Rail
From David Cockle. Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area (in sqKm) Density (people per sqKm Ai??Ai?? 100 Warsaw Poland 2,000,000 466 4,300 101 Denver USA 1,985,000 1,292 1,550 102 Cologne/Bonn Germany 1,960,000 816 2,400 103 Hamburg Germany 1,925,000 829 2,300 104 Dubai UAE 1,900,000 712 2,650 105 Pretoria South Africa 1,850,000 673 […]
Free Bus Passes: Come on now Main Stream Media, is that the best you can do?
The Vancouver Province has been trying to make a big issue about free transit passes issued to bus drivers and families, sorry is that the best you can do? http://www.theprovince.com/Documents+show+drivers+transit+pass+life+after+years+service/3409160/story.html The Province also has an editorial today on the subject. http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial+TransLink+afford+free+passes/3412339/story.html I’m sorry, but this pathetic attempt to rouse peoples emotions about TransLink employees and […]
500 Posts – The story so far……………..
Todays post, marks the five hundredth post on the Rail for The Valley blog and today I want to reflect on the main themes that keep out transit debates going. The Canada line Again, anotherAi??Ai??major Canada Line storyAi??Ai??by the Vancouver Province news paper…. http://www.theprovince.com/business/Canada+Line+year+later+Next+stop+construction+controversy/3400752/story.html -and I wonder why the Vancouver Province keeps writing ‘puff’ stories […]
Light Rail Hot Spots
A thank you to David Cockle for providing these links to ‘light rail hot spots’. Phoenix: http://phoenix.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/roundup/light-rail-hot-spots/813975/content San Jose: http://rent.sheaapartments.com/SheaApartmentscom/bid/10986/Go-Green-with-VTA-in-San-Jose-Find-Park-and-Ride-Stops-Near-Your-San-Jose-Apartments Sacramento: http://www.sacrt.com/rt4teens.stm Seattle http://www.deliciousbaby.com/journal/2010/jan/15/seattles-link-light-rail-kids-part-2/ Sydney: http://www.metrotransport.com.au/index.php/lightrail/home-2.html Krakow: http://www.chillisauce.co.uk/hen/krakow/party-bus/product_2707/ Prague: http://www.praguenet.com/compass/number_3/nightlife.html Amsterdam: http://www.imagenature.com/galleries/amsterdam/amsterdam-night-scene.php Lisbon: http://www.traveleurope.com/blog/en/five-things-not-to-miss-in-lisbon/ Melbourne: http://www.bcl.com.au/melbourne/views/mk020.htm Baltimore (Paris, Nice, Montpellier) http://www.purplelinenow.com/mixed_mode.html Nottingham: http://www.visitnottingham.com/exec/103562/2289/
Come On Now Mainstream Media, Why All The Hype And Hoopla Over The Canada Line?
In the past week, the mainstream media have been singing loud hosannas about the success of the Canada Line, how it is surpassing ridership projections and all is happiness. What the MSM failed toAi??Ai??mention is thatAi??Ai??over 80% of the total trips on the RAV/Canada line have come from about 40,000 or so bus riders who […]
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