South Fraser Community Rail Society recently premiered a new series on the proposal to bring passenger rail back to the South of Fraser. The 4 part interview series, hosted by chillTV News Director, Don Lehn, examines the veracity of reactivating an existing 100 year old community rail line, with hydrogen powered trains, and features interviews …
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Express Buses NOT the answer to Inter-Regional Transit
Tell Translink what we already know: An Express Bus is not the real Inter-regional transit solution.
The Hidden Cost of TransLink
TransLink is once again asking the Provincial Government for more of your public dollars. For what? We break down the costly model and ask the Provincial Government to step in to ensure TransLink spends wisely for the future.
The Truth about Widening Highway #1
While the widening is inevitable, and it will happen over time, it WILL take multiple decades. By the time we are finished, we will be worse off than we are today. That is, unless we initiate an affordable and effective public transit option spanning our region, such as Passenger Rail.
It is time for Interregional Transit South of the Fraser
Reactivating the Interurban Corridor with state-of-the-art Hydrogen Rail CleanBC for the Fraser Valley Airshed; fast to reactivate & very cost effective! It is long past time that our Transit Providers, TransLink, and BC Transit focus on the reality of Post COVID-19, regarding costs, affordable transit expansion solutions, and the practical transit and affordable housing needs South of …
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Important Update – Fundraising request!
To our Rail supporters: Our activity has been low key publicly during COVID-19; however, we have been extremely active on a number of fronts behind the scenes. Your have been receiving our weekly newsletter focusing on on activities and the issues that we feel are important to our supporters and ALL elected politicians, Municipal, Provincial and Federal, …
Former Delta councillor blasts SkyTrain plan
Latest article in the Delta Optimist: https://www.delta-optimist.com/news/former-delta-councillor-blasts-skytrain-plan-1.24151714 The facts are not good at all for taxpayers. That’s what former Delta councillor and Langley mayor Rick Green is saying in a letter to the current Delta council regarding Metro Vancouver mayors’ decision to move forward with a SkyTrain extension in Surrey, saying there’s far more cost-effective …
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Hydrail from Pattullo Bridge to Chilliwack is the Answer for CleanBC
SFCR supports CleanBC and the health of the Lower Mainland This is the latest edition of our regular South Fraser Community Rail Newsletter. Please subscribe to stay in the loop of the latest updates! Our BC Provincial Government has led the way with their signature environmental legislation, CleanBC. CleanBC, as stated on the provincial government website, …
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Reviving Community Rail for a Sustainable Fraser Valley
“Organizing Affordable Housing and Mobility around the Interurban Rail Line” This is the latest edition of our regular South Fraser Community Rail Newsletter. Please subscribe to stay in the loop of the latest updates! We are entering a NEW world post COVID-19, both our economy and our environment. As important and impactful as CleanBC (the …
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TransLink’s wrong-headed Fraser Highway to Langley SkyTrain debacle, explained
This is the latest edition of our regular South Fraser Community Rail Newsletter. Please subscribe to stay in the loop of the latest updates! TransLink’s wrong-headed Fraser Highway to Langley SkyTrain debacle is starting to be seen for what it is…. WRONG! Know the FACTS… This cannot be allowed to continue. TransLink and the Mayors’ …
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