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All aboard: Seattle's Light rail service starts Saturday
Even though Seattle’s new light rail service has more in common with Vancouver’s SkyTrain, with many tunnels and viaducts, it still retains the all important ability to operate on lesser r… more →
Rail For The Valley
All aboard: Seattle's Light rail service starts Saturday
zweisystem wrote 2 days ago: Even though Seattle’s new light rail service has more in common with Vancouver’s SkyTrai … more →
Take Transit Campaign to Province - From the Aldergrove Star
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zweisystem wrote 3 days ago: The following is a letter from VALTAC, published in many Fraser Valley newspapers and I believe sums … more →
Streetcar vs. bus debate hinges on mobility vs. accessibility
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arblock wrote 4 days ago: Portland Streetcar. Photo by K_Gradinger. Advocates and policymakers constantly debate the virtues … more →
Bogota TransMilenio 'BRT' selling 'carbon credits' - From the Light Rail now folks
zweisystem wrote 5 days ago: This is an interesting article, but badly marred by very poor research by the author. It also shoul … more →
NYC: Transport chief pushes more livable city, but faces anti-rail BRT "booby trap" - From the Light Rail Now Folks
zweisystem wrote 6 days ago: Ominous news for the Fraser Valley efforts to reinstate the interurban, as it seems New York City … more →
New Ideas for St. Louis Streetcars
stltransitdreams wrote 6 days ago: Is it just me, or is it kind of exciting to see new proposals for transit? Andrew Faulkner of Susta … more →
Bus Raid Transit - A transit Panacea or a money pit?
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zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: Phileas woes in Istanbul. Many politicians are calling for Bus Rapid Transit, but really haven … more →
1945 Saint Louis Streetcar Routes
stltransitdreams wrote 1 week ago: I’m currently adding in the streetcar routes from 1945 in an effort to see where fixed-route t … more →
From Seattle - The end of the line, for now: Tukwila is the jewel in the crown of Link - Mike Lindblom - Seattle Times
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: Though Seattle’s light rail project has more in common with Vancouver’s light-metro syst … more →
Portland releases proposed list of streetcar routes, including MLK Blvd.
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mlkinmotion wrote 1 week ago: This month, the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation released its proposal for an expan … more →
Miscellanea
arblock wrote 1 week ago: Wonder Woman wants streetcars. Awesome. Unintended Consequences. Discovering Urbanism (cross posted … more →
Loop Trolley Forum
stltransitdreams wrote 1 week ago: This evening, the organizers of the Loop Trolley project will be holding an Open House at the Region … more →
Rail reality grows with Hydro's revelation - The Vancouver Province.
zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: From the Vancouver Province and thanks for Brian Lewis for following this story! Advocates for esta … more →
Busted!
Dan wrote 1 week ago: “Fuck Toronto” or so says John Baird for the city’s request for money to buy new s … more →
Transit infrastructure, not just transit
Michael Druker wrote 1 week ago: The streetcars that crisscrossed North American cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th cen … more →
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
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zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: The title quote by Joseph Goebbels, famed Nazi propagandist, aptly describes the SkyTrain lobby … more →
Tram-train backed in the UK. Can we expect the same here?
zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: What is important to note is that the very thorough and highly respected Her Majesty’s Rail … more →
From the Light Rail Transit Association - Toronto tram contract finalized
zweisystem wrote 2 weeks ago: Good news from Toronto! Toronto tram contract finalised : Bombardier Transportation has announced … more →
Waterloo Region LRT as a tipping point for transit
Michael Druker wrote 2 weeks ago: On June 24, Waterloo Regional Council nearly unanimously endorsed the plan for light rail between Wa … more →
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