Problems with Bombardier

Oops, Bombardier Inc. is having problems and this does not bode well for TransLink as Bombardier Inc is the sole supplier of mini-metro cars for the Expo, Millennium and Evergreen lines. That what’s happen when buy a proprietary railway, they “gotcha”. MONTREAL ai??? The Toronto Transit Commission, accusing Bombardier of incompetence,” says it may sue […]

Folly

  Take the poll – http://www.translink.ca/tnc TransLink is desperate to gain the transit customer’s affection and is doing a mock comment process to pretend they are listening, the transit customers friend. Ha, ha, ha, the joke is on the transit customer as TransLink’s futile effort in public relations is no more than a joke. Take […]

A letter in the Surrey News Leader

Transit: There is a better way The Editor; The Conservatives have re-announced the committed $700-million portion for the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit (LRT). The total cost of this project will be over $2 billion, yet present passenger flows are below the amount needed to make the operation viable for light rail and it would […]

Common Sense Transportation In The Fraser Valley

Common sense. Maybe the University of the Fraser Valley could offer a course in Urban Transit and Transportation, or be even more daring and have a Department of Urban Transport, offering degrees in Urban Transportation, just like Europe! Guest lecturer argues that inter-urban rail could improve transportation in the Fraser Valley Posted on September 30, […]

Monkey See – Monkey Do

The Surrey LRT (in dark green) will just inconvenience the bus customer with an unwanted transfer and one can lose upwards of 70% of potential ridership per transfer. Well, the Liberals re-announced an already pledged monies to fund one third of the Broadway subway if elected, now it is the Conservatives turn to re-announce already […]

Faster Transit May Cause Congestion

An interesting item from the BBC, especially when everyone points to speed as paramount for good transit. What the following does illustrate, is the ongoing scientific exploration of public transit overseas, completely missing in North America, where instead, shysters try to sell politicians one gadgetbahnen after another or subways as the great cure for congestion. […]

All In The Family

Wow, this sort of thing should be illegal, but it seems with TransLink, nepotism is standard operating practice. The further reporter Bob Mackin investigates TransLink, the more interesting and questionable items surface. Is it a surprise that the majority of the public hold TransLink in high odor? From Business In Vancouver. TransLink should report supplier […]

Much Ado About Nothing – Reforming TransLink

The regional mayors just do not get it. There is something missing, something very important. Where is public participation? Nowhere to be seen. The defeat of the TransLink plebiscite was, in part, due to the public holding TransLink in high odor and why not, as this ponderous and obtuse bureaucracy has failed to maintain any […]

SNC-Lavalin replaces CEO amid more allegations

SNC is so intertwined with SkyTrain and the Canada Line that everyone should give this a good read. Let us remember that judge Pittfield, who presided over the original Susan Heyes lawsuit against TransLink, called the bidding process for the Canada Line a “charade“. From the CBC, SNC-Lavalin replaces CEO amid more allegations The title […]

The Boarders Railway Reopens After 47 Years! Leewood/RftV Interurban Is a Bargain!

The Beaching era in the UK saw the dismantling and the run down of Britain’s extensive railway network. Though some railway lines deserved to be abandoned, many did not. The Beaching philosophy was that railways were obsolete, with the exceptions of two trunk lines running North/South and one East/West, all other railway lines, except for […]