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A transportation truth: most politicians don't care about transit riders
The Straight By Charlie Smith Last night, I went to a dinner attended by two former politicians who were strong supporters of the Canada Line. I’m guessing that neither of them takes the bus very ofte… more →
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From the Seattle Times - $26 million sought to buy land for portion of Eastside rail corridor
zweisystem wrote 4 hours ago: This transit story from the Seattle Times illustrates the land value for a soon to be abandoned rail … more →
TransLink's Prendergast offers parting advice
TransView wrote 5 hours ago: By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News Keep the pressure on to get the kind of transit system the regio … more →
Cambie-area businesses to seek damages
TransView wrote 6 hours ago: The Province Members of the Cambie Village Business Association have voted to proceed with their law … more →
Paul R. Landry: The TransLink tax merry-go-round
TransView wrote 13 hours ago: The Straight By Paul R. Landry Newly minted Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Shirley Bo … more →
News Bites for Nov. 20.09
TransView wrote 1 day ago: TransLink has cancelled its plan for a bus to connect south Langley to White Rock and the Township c … more →
From the Vancouver Sun - Canada Line delivers 15,000 extra visitors a week to River Rock casino. Are gamblers the only new ridership?
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zweisystem wrote 1 day ago: There is utter pathos in this news item as it seems to be the only news worthy story the mainstream … more →
Anyone have some breadcrumbs to spare?
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Laila wrote 1 day ago: Apparently Translink might need to leave a trail in order to lead people across the Golden Ears Bri … more →
News From the Light Rail Transit Association - Los Angeles light rail expands
zweisystem wrote 2 days ago: Los Angeles light rail expands : After a ceremony held on 14 November, the 9.6-km Gold light rail li … more →
A new era for politics...
Michael Carchrie Campbell wrote 2 days ago: … in East Antrim Politics Can Get Better Isn’t about time we elected politicians who cou … more →
Useless union's
simoneweil wrote 2 days ago: It’s about time the health services unions at Whiteabbey hospital got their finger out, and st … more →
Post number 300 and many more to come.
zweisystem wrote 3 days ago: This post marks the 300th posting on the Rail for the Valley Blog and congratulations to (now) Dr. J … more →
To Toll Or Not to Toll - That is The Question
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zweisystem wrote 4 days ago: There is a current push to implement Road Pricing or Road Tolls in the region by various levels of g … more →
TransLink - what to do?
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zweisystem wrote 4 days ago: Jon Ferry has a go at TransLink in today’s Province and proposes that METRO Vancouver run the … more →
Alternatives to Broadway Corridor SkyTrain
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TransView wrote 5 days ago: beyondrobson.com Posted by Jake Tobin Garrett Image by Graham_Ballantyne from the BR Flickr Pool On … more →
A real bus shelter looks like this:
TransView wrote 5 days ago: Dear TransLink To start, here’s a drawing of one that does it’s job, since we know you h … more →
Canada Line to lose millions each year despite strong ridership
TransView wrote 5 days ago: Rail for the Valley By zweisystem Another TransLink Bambozzle From the “Tip of the Iceberg Departmen … more →
The B.C. Government's Publicly Owned Elephants In The Room
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Raphael Alexander wrote 6 days ago: Photograph: B.C. Ferries handout, via Vancouver Sun The provincial government is drowning in debt, a … more →
The Seattle Monorail debate - The Blog's Most Viewed Post
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zweisystem wrote 1 week ago: The Rail For The Valley’s most viewed blog post is “Seattle’s monorail versus LRT debate … more →
TransLink is on a track to financial disaster
TransView wrote 1 week ago: Vancouver Sun B.C.’s comptroller-general turned up few surprises in her investigation into the … more →
