The Broadway Follies Part 3 – Questions & Answers about SkyTrain
We continue with the question and answer format about Broadway’s transit issues, with a focus on SkyTrain. Vancouver is the only city in the world that continues to plan and build solely with...
View ArticleSkyTrain Derails In Surrey – Is This The Shape Of Things To Come?
TransLink was very lucky that this accident happened at the end of the line in Surrey, with an apparently empty train. A brake caliper fell onto the track and was large enough to derail the next train...
View ArticleAre SkyTrain Mk 1 Cars For Sale?
An interesting post in the Toronto Information blog. For Sale Cheap - Cheaper Than Yesterday SRT: What To Look Forward To With the funding deferment pushing back the conversion of the SRT until after...
View ArticleHigh density urban living, not neccessary for good public transport
Units not crucial for good public transport, study finds Andrew West, January 5, 2011 RESIDENTS of Australia's outer suburbs do not have to wait for higher housing densities before getting better...
View ArticleLies, damn lies, statistics and ART
From the “You’d better believe it” Department Although sometimes attributed to Mark Twain – because it appears in his posthumously-published Autobiography (1924) – this should more properly be ascribed...
View ArticleMan marries his car
NO, HUMAN MANAGEMENT IS NOT PERFECT but neither is automated management. Records prove the safest way to go is to have automatic safety controls that will override a human mistake, such as 1920 style...
View ArticleWhy do some governments see Metros as more prestigious than Light Rail?
A pertinent question posed on one of the Light Rail discussion groups, particularly relevant in relation to Skytrain & the City’s of Surrey and Vancouver. A selection of answers: 1) Very simple....
View ArticleAnother Comment, Worthy of a Post.
Justin Bernard, who reads the RftV blog offered a link yesterday about the Scarborough ICTS/SRT which deserves a post of its own. What was considered cutting edge transit technology in the 70′s, is now...
View ArticleThe Sad Fate Of Gadgetbahnen
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. Build a more expensive and complicated transit system and politicians, bureaucrats, and academics will fall all over themselves...
View ArticleAnd Light Rail Transit – Premier Horgan, Are You Listening?
What this story does not mention is that Portland has an extensive LRT/streetcar network, a transit network designed to meet the needs of the transit customer. Unlike Metro Vancouver where transit is...
View ArticleSkyTrain’s Daddy – The Krauss Maffei Transurban MAGLEV Which Could Not Turn...
OK children, a little history lesson, SkyTrain ancestor, The Krauss Maffei Transurban MAGLEV. For those who believe that, what we call SkyTrain, is a great Canadian invention, will be sad to hear it is...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was Six
Despite the ongoing charade by regional mayors pretending that the now called Movia Automatic Light Metro is not a proprietary railway, the singular fact remains, it is. This Linear Induction Motor...
View ArticleA Very Close Call – The Public Needs An Inquiry
Poor maintenance can be traced to TransLink’s dire financial ills. Sadly the mandarins running TransLink do not seem to be acquainted with the nuances of maintaining the railway and the SkyTrain...
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