Sleeping with the Enemy
All too often public transit advocates are refused access to politicians, in Britain the Light Rail Transit Association LRTA has been instrumental inAi??the setting up of a forumAi??where ministers and their advisors can meet with the industry leaders, campaigners & Light Rail advocates. – the All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group [APPLRG] http://www.applrguk.co.uk/ APPLRG stands […]
Light Rail Fits in
Light Rail Fits in, that is unless you live in Vancouver where corruption, Canadian Transit Politics and incompetence threatens logic and commonsense Of all the modes of transport electric railways have proven to be the most successful in providing an alternative choice that entices people to leave their cars at home. With light rail it […]
Mayor of Moscow commits to tram investment – Why Not Vancouver?
The Mayor of Moscow, Russia, with a population 11,500.000 is committing investment for the renewal of the city’s extensive tramway network. Until a few years ago, Moscow’s trams were under threat of abandonment, but not to day. Even with the world’s largest cities, trams, streetcars and LRT have proven their ability to affordably move large […]
Vancouver’s SkyTrain Subway Gambit
With great manipulations of the truth and terror tactics, abetted by Vision mayor and council majority,Ai??designed to scare local merchants the City of Vancouver has outlined its desire to have regional taxpayers ante up for a politically prestigious, $2.8 billionAi??SkyTrain subway, under Broadway to UBC. The same old dated anti-LRT rhetoric, that has been used […]
Broadway needs SkyTrain rather than light rail, Vancouver city staff & Translink trot out the same old, same old.
Broadway needs SkyTrain rather than light rail, Vancouver city staff say http://www.straight.com/article-843831/vancouver/broadway-needs-skytrain-rather-light-rail-vancouver-city-staff-say By Yolande Cole, November 27, 2012 Vancouver city staff believe a subway SkyTrain line to UBC is the best way to meet the growing demand along the Broadway corridor, outweighing the option of a light-rail system that they say would not accommodate the […]
Why Is TransLink’s Price for Light Rail Triple What Other Cities Pay?
Arguments for spending billions on SkyTrain along Broadway rest on oddly high estimates for the alternative: light rail. ByAi??Kathryn Mandell and Patrick M. Condon, Today, TheTyee.ca http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/11/28/TransLink-Light-Rail/ Future interrupted? Why is Vancouver light rail assumed to be three times more expensive than elsewhere? Image source: Steer Davies Gleave.Ai??Ai??Ai?? An extremely expensive decision for taxpayers looms […]
A Broadway LRT or streetcar could look like this
LRT operating on Broadway could look like this. The preceding picture shows a German concept of LRT operating on a city street. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists have good access to the city street, with the trams providing the “capacity” for high traffic flows. If the city of Vancouver ever wished to actually reduce auto traffic, […]
Broadway rapid transit- Is the SkyTrain subway option a done deal? – From July 2011
Broadway rapid transit- Is the SkyTrain subway option a done deal? Posted by zweisystem on Friday, July 22, 2011 Ai?? Reprinted November 27, 2012 It seems that Surrey mayor, Dianne Watts, hasAi??to look over her shoulder and see what her counterparts are up to in Vancouver, before she supports a gas tax increase. It seems […]
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 […]
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