by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 31, 2011 | Bus, Buses, City Transit, Issues, Rapid Transit, Transit
New Smart Card There’s lots happening at TransLink these days. Today they announced the name of their new smart-card, to be called Compass. The smart card will go into service in 2013, after construction at stations, system installation, a pilot project phase....
by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
A funny, but sadly very true, video from the Rick Mercer...
by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 15, 2011 | Inter-city Rail, Issues, Rail
Yet again the Amtrak Cascades service between Vancouver and Seattle has been canceled due to a landslide along the track. This is the twentieth time this season! See below the picture for more information about this story. Stories WSDOT seeks...
by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 8, 2011 | High Speed Rail, Inter-city Rail, Issues, Rail
The April issue of Trains magazine has a special 48 page report on fast trains. It describes new high-speed trains in China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Europe, relative speed, why some Americans can’t seem to embrace high-speed rail, a map showing the highest...
by Matthew Buchanan | Mar 8, 2011 | Bus, Inter-city bus, Inter-city Rail, Issues, Publications, Rail, Studies
The latest issue of The Sandhouse (Vol 35, No. 4, Issue 140 – Winter 2010/11) which is the journal of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Pacific Coast Division has a good summary of the Fraser Valley transit studies, one done for the BC government,...