by Matthew Buchanan | Jun 27, 2012 | Announcement, Inter-city Rail, Issues, Publications, Rail
Transport Action BC calls VIA Rail Canada cuts ‘inexplicable’ and ‘wrong to the core’ ‘Death by a thousand cuts’ continues while hundreds of millions invested in VIA’s renewal KAMLOOPS, JUNE 27, 2012 – Matthew Buchanan, president of the public transportation users and...
by Rick | Jun 24, 2012 | Inter-city Rail, Issues, Rail
VIA Rail Canada was to announce service cuts at its May 29, 2012 Annual Public Meeting. The announcement has apparently been postponed to June 27, 2012, after Parliament has adjourned for the summer recess. This is similar to the manner in which VIA Rail service was...
by Matthew Buchanan | Jun 8, 2012 | Publications, Studies
Letter that Transport Action BC sent to TransLink this week. We are writing regarding TransLink’s decision to replace the aging Pattullo Bridge with a wider, 6-lane facility. We do not think that a higher capacity Pattullo Bridge is in the best interests of our...
by Rick | Jun 1, 2012 | Announcement, City Transit, Issues, Publications, Rapid Transit, Regional Transit, Transit
Transport Action BC has ongoing concerns with certain aspects of Canada Line (CL) performance and the seeming unwillingness of TransLink to hold the concessionaire – InTransitBC and Protrans BC – publicly accountable for any shortcomings. Significant...