Originally Published by Elizabeth Murphy on: June 26, 2016 | Last Updated: June 26, 2016 12:49 PM PDT at the Vancouver Sun All levels of government are now coming to the table to fund transit. However, their current proposals are not adequate, sustainable, affordable or in the public interest. We need a better plan. The federal Liberal…
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Globe editorial: Why has building new infrastructure become so difficult?
Originally posted by The Globe and Mail on June 17, 2018 Citizens mostly do a good job of recognizing the hollowness of political stock phrases. Yet there is one bit of campaign rhetoric that still leaves many nodding their heads sagely, if not reaching for the Kleenex: the ubiquitous “infrastructure investment.” Just about every ambitious…
Densification near SkyTrain stations could generate up to $2 billion for transit funding
Originally posted By Kenneth Chan at 5:12 PM PDT, Wed May 18, 2016, on vancitybuzz Could developers be a big part of the solution to Metro Vancouver’s funding gap to fulfill a multi-billion dollar public transit expansion and improvement plan? To help alleviate transit funding woes, TransLink’s Mayors’ Council and the provincial government are looking to charge developers…
Last stop for the city’s $2 billion Broadway corridor subway line
Originally posted By Kirk LaPointe | April 12, 2016 on biv.com It is time to take stock of what was once the unthinkable: that the Broadway subway line might not be wise to build any longer. The brave faces of city leaders would have us believe they’re heading out to the hardware store to get the shovels to…
Repeating The Subway Lie And The Broadway SkyTrain Subway
Originally Posted by zweisystem on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at railforthevalley.com TransLink and the City of Vancouver have trundled out their end game for the Broadway subway and it is nothing more than a grifter’s delight of fake news and alternative facts. To remind everyone, subways are only built on transit routes when passenger flows exceed 15,000…
UBC expert fears Vancouver subway is still far off
Originally posted By Matt Kieltyka on the Metro News The head of the University of British Columbia’s urban design program thinks it may be a while before any of his students are riding a subway to school. After TransLink’s board and the region’s mayors approved $2 billion in transit improvements on Wednesday, Patrick Condon wonders if the…
Opinion: TransLink on the wrong track with Broadway subway
Originally Posted on CityHallWatch May 5, 2015 by digitalmonkblog. Special to CityHallWatch, contributed by Adam Fitch. In the ongoing public debate around the current Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite, the question of whether one should vote Yes or No has generally been framed in one of two ways: Is it a good idea to impose…
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