Our analysts came across an interesting document on the local South Fraser Blog that shows how many counted vehicles are registered in a given city in a Lower Mainland in a year, and associated patterns. The data compares over 12 years from 1999-2011 across all Metro Vancouver cities and districts. [LINK TO DOCUMENT] This chart […]
The compromise is SkyTrain: Toronto should be pursuing this technology and not LRT on Eglinton MEDIA RELEASE March 22, 2012・Surrey, BC We’d like to have a say in the City of Toronto, where a continuous battle between Mayor Rob Ford and Toronto City Council over choosing an underground subway or at-grade LRT for the Eglinton […]
Light Rail Ineffective: Portland transit mode-share unchanged despite $4 billion+ in LRT spending MEDIA RELEASE February 26, 2012・Surrey, BC Recently we came across the results of a study on Portland transit mode-share released not too long ago on the Human Transit blog, written and managed by professional public transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker. In the […]
SkyTrain technology (linear induction motors) is used in several cities in Japan.
While we don’t have much in the way of finished text content to share with our readers today, we would like to share with you some images we found dating back to the Canada Line implementation plans for Richmond. The images prominently showcase how the rapid rail transit guideway of the Canada Line SkyTrain line […]
