An environmentally friendly hydrogen powered passenger train connecting the Pattullo Bridge in Surrey to Chilliwack
The August edition of Abbotsford Today covered the South Fraser Community Rail Proposal, including an interview with one of our group members, Former BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm: View the August Edition just as it appeared in print. Click the button below to download the full PDF. Download Listen to the full interview (podcast) with …
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By Kerry Gold for the Globe and Mail Metro Vancouver has as much of a traffic crisis as it has an affordable housing crisis, with thousands of cars backed up on major arterial roads between Vancouver and Abbotsford every day. But TransLink, the transportation authority for Metro Vancouver, doesn’t believe that reviving passenger service on …
July 9th, 2019 By Kerry Gold for the Globe and Mail: Imagine a modern regional tram that could get people out of their cars and connect communities between Surrey and Chilliwack, similar to the passenger lines that have long existed in European cities. The line already exists. It’s the old interurban track that was built …
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Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the founding chair of the UBC Urban Design program. TransLink has released a report dated June 6 to the Joint Regional Transportation Planning Committee later shared with the Mayors Council …
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Learn the facts behind TransLink’s misrepresentation of our Transit options Press Release May 26th, 2019By Rick Green The latest TransLink Surrey SkyTrain Survey results were released by TransLink yesterday, exposing the organization for what it is very good at: irresponsibility with your tax dollars, conducting one sided Open Houses with only one option, conducting in-house on-line …
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Guest Speaker Rick Green, former mayor of the Township of Langley, outlined his vision of the “South Fraser Community Rail” at the Chilliwack Rotary Meeting.
Langley Advance Times Article: “…The premier also mentioned other issues around transportation at the announcement, including a mention of the old Interurban rail line that once ran through the Fraser Valley as far as Chilliwack. Former Langley mayor Rick Green and former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm have been touting a plan recently to …
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Opinion: Bold moves needed now to resolve Lower Mainland livability crisis Projected population increases will keep land prices rising in the long term, so more radical action must be taken now It is time to get serious about housing, transportation, regional planning and growth in the Lower Mainland. When thinking about the region’s future and …
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