Members of the Cambie Village Business Association have voted to proceed with their lawsuit against TransLink for damages caused by construction of the $2-billion Canada Line rapid-transit project.
Because of the complexity of the case, theatre owner Leonard Schein of the association said a decision was made to go with two law firms, Arvay Finlay and [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Cambie-area businesses to proceed with TransLink lawsuit
Posted in Canada Line, Uncategorized, tagged Cambie, lawsuit on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Federal funding for public transit
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
According to recent news reports, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation has asked chair Dianne Watts to press transportation minister Kevin Falcon over the transit authorities need for more funding from senior governments as they can no longer go back to residents for increased funding via levies or increased taxes.
One potential source of funding at [...]
It’s July, school’s out, and #49 bus is still packed!
Posted in pass-bys, tagged frustration on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the summer months, I often ride my bike to work rather than ride the bus, in large part to take a transit break to help alleviate my frustrations with the transit system in Vancouver. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of public transit – there’s nothing I’d like to see more than [...]
Transit Etiquette
Posted in etiquette on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I received an email today from the folks at MuniManners, a new transit etiquette blog from San Francisco that aims to pick up where Miss Manners leaves off, and “modernizes what our moms taught us in grade school about riding the Uncle Gus”. They write:
With more and more people around the world riding transit, we felt it [...]
Mayors won’t increase taxes to bail out TransLink
Posted in government, translink, tagged funding, Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Area mayors say they simply can’t impose higher taxes – including a higher gas tax or a vehicle levy – to bail out TransLink.
And they plan to take that message to transportation minister Kevin Falcon.
“There’s no appetite to go back to the residents and raise taxes,” said Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts.
She chairs the Mayors’ Council [...]
Leinberger on walkable urbanism and public transit in Vancouver
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged development, planning, urbanism, zoning on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christopher Leinberger, author of The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream, writes about walkable urbanism and public transit in Vancouver in an article for the latest issue of BC Business magazine.
While Leinberger praises Vancouver for the steps it has taken to date in creating a walkable urban city, he points out that we still have [...]
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