by Rick | Dec 28, 2017 | Announcement, High Speed Rail, Inter-city Rail, Rail, Uncategorized
Transport Action BC wishes to express condolences for the deaths of Jim Hamre and Zack Wilhoite, as well as the other victim and the many people injured in the December 18, 2017 Amtrak Cascades Train 501 crash. TABC was shocked to hear the news about the derailment on...
by Rick | May 17, 2017 | Meeting, Uncategorized
Transport Action BC (http://bc.transportaction.ca/) Regular Meeting Agenda: 24 May 2017 (Wednesday) 19:00 Waves Coffee Shop Meeting Room 100-900 Howe St (at Smithe St), Vancouver 19:00 to 20:45 PM A. Membership and Finances (19:00) 1) Approval of 3 April 2017 meeting...
by Rick | Jun 13, 2016 | City Transit, Issues, Transit, Uncategorized
Peter Fassbender, provincial Minister Responsible for TransLink, responded to The David Suzuki Foundation’s open letter to various Metro Vancouver and provincial politicians urging them to come together to ensure Metro Vancouver receives a share of available federal...
by Rick | May 23, 2016 | City Transit, Issues, Rail, Regional Transit, Streetcar-LRT, Transit, Uncategorized
The David Suzuki Foundation is urging BC and Metro Vancouver’s political leaders to put aside their differences and create a common front to negotiate transit funding with the federal government. The Foundation sent an open letter to various politicians on May 18,...
by Matthew Buchanan | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Transport Action BC Annual General Meeting 2013 http://bc.transport-action.ca/ 18:30 – 18:45 PM (Room Available at 18:15) Terry Salman Library, 4575 Clancy Loranger Way (Route 33 eastbound from King Ed Station) Terry Salman Branch of the Vancouver Public Library...
by Rick | May 31, 2012 | City Transit, Issues, Rapid Transit, Transit, Uncategorized
Some intriguing numbers surfaced in media reports on the recent disruptions of Montréal’s Métro. The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal and the Montréal Economic Institute provided estimates of the economic impact (lost productivity) of the disruptions. The...