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From CKWX NEWS 1130 - SkyTrain issues for morning commute
What the SkyTrain lobby wishes us to forget is that the automatic metro is somewhat erratic in its operation. SkyTrain is a complicated proprietary light-metro and even small issues defeats the comput… more →
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From CKWX NEWS 1130 - SkyTrain issues for morning commute
zweisystem wrote 4 hours ago: What the SkyTrain lobby wishes us to forget is that the automatic metro is somewhat erratic in its o … more →
From the Surrey Leader - Rapid transit extensions frozen under TransLink budget
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zweisystem wrote 20 hours ago: It seems TransLink’s bureaucrats think that the METRO region taxpayer has very deep pockets; w … more →
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL - FROM RAIL FOR THE VALLEY
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zweisystem wrote 3 days ago: From the Zweisystem and the rest of the Rail For The Valley Gang A very merry Christmas and a very h … more →
TransLink Faregate Fiasco - Mr. Dobell wins again!
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zweisystem wrote 4 days ago: Stephen Rees’s blog has a good article on TransLink’s faregate fiasco and is well worth … more →
From the New York Times - Why Is the M.T.A. Always in Trouble?
zweisystem wrote 5 days ago: It seems that TransLink’s former CEO may have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire, … more →
Global Warming, Copenhagen, & Light Rail - The Solution That Is Ignored
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zweisystem wrote 6 days ago: When one looks past the European street theater of riots, the embarrassment of Canada, the intransig … more →
Overseas news From the LRTA - Wuppertal 'Monorail' Closed
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: The following news item shows the problems of not doing proper maintenance on a transit system, espe … more →
Has SkyTrain become British Columbia's Greatest Bamboozle?
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zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend t … more →
The Night of the Blunt Butter Knives - TransLink Fires Three Executives
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: It looks like TransLink has sacrificed three executives, to give an appearance of “getting the … more →
Trams for the 21st Century - Alstom Citadis
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: Bombardier and Siemens trams also have stiff competition from France’s Alstom’s Citadi … more →
Trams for the 21st Century - Siemen's Combino
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: With Bombardier’s two Flexity Outlook trams arriving in Vancouver, let’s take a look wha … more →
The Streetcars are coming, The Streetcars are coming - or are they?
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zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: There has been some media attention given to the arrival of the the two Bombardier Flexity Outlook t … more →
Our Campaign Blog - 1 year old today
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John Buker wrote 2 weeks ago: April 11, 2009: Two young Rail for the Valley supporters hold a banner on a Chilliwack overpass, par … more →
Cambie merchants hope for better fortunes - From CKNW News Radio
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zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: As predicted, those thousands of RAV/Canada Line passengers are not getting off the train to shop a … more →
Portland's Ice Storms - A Chilling Reminder That Mother Nature Is Unpredictable
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zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: Zweisystem was in Portland during the 2007 ice storm and what an experience. Portland’s car dr … more →
Last of the Interurbans Part 6 - The Rittnerbahn - A True Interurban Railway
zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: The 11.8 km. Rittnerbahn, located in the Western part of the Italian Dolimites, once connected the … more →
Icy wires gives trolley buses trouble - Hey guys, we do get frost in Vancouver
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zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: Excuse me, but is it not December and was it not this time last year we had a big snowfall to conten … more →
The most expensive transit rides - from MSN News
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zweisystem wrote 3 weeks ago: Though Vancouver is not mentioned, our transit fares are right there up with the big boys, with thre … more →
A Flash From the Past - "Skytrain gathers speed despite cost to taxpayers" - From Charlie Smith & The Georgia Straight.
zweisystem wrote 3 weeks ago: In light of TransLink’s newly departed CEO, Tom Prendergast’s parting shot at the SkyTra … more →
