By John Calimente
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Book Review From the Stacks: Partnerships in Urban Property Development
Authors: Nigel Dubben and Brendan Williams (Wiley, 2009) When developments are created it is generally the property developer or perhaps the architecture...
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Full-Scale Model of Bombardier Flexity Freedom Coming to Surrey (July 1) and Vancouver (July 5-8th)
It’s been 2 years, one month, and three days since the Bombardier Olympic Streetcar got sent back to Belgium for good. But who’s counting...
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The Sockeye Special: The Story of the Steveston Tram and early Lulu Island
Author: Ron Hyde (Friesens Corporation, 2011) Slowly but surely, Metro Vancouver is recreating the original interurban rail network developed by the BC...
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Transport for Suburbia
Author: Paul Mees (Earthscan, 2010) There are certain books that I know I’m going to enjoy as soon as I see the title. Paul Mees’ book...
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Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities
Author: Kenneth W. Griffin (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) We’ve all been in poorly designed train stations. Inadequate lighting, narrow platforms...
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Metro Vancouver Mayors Make Bold Bid to Fund Regional Transit
Poor Evergreen Line. You’ve been talked about for so long that we thought you’d already been built. But no, here it is 2011 and all we have is...
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Partnerships in Urban Property Development
Property development is a fascinating game with a range of players that increases with the size and complexity of the project. Things get even more...
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Vancouver Turns 125, Public Transit 121
We kick off Vancouver’s quasquicentennial year with a look back at the opening of Vancouver’s first public transit system, a mere four years...
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The Colourful Buses of Seoul
Transit systems always want to paint their buses in matching colours so that riders can spot them easily. But what if different bus colours could tell you...
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High(er) Speed Rail May Yet Reach Vancouver
As always, events south of the border will have an immediate impact upon Canada. In the case of high(er) speed rail, the recent announcement of $161...
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Amtrak Cascades to Portland for Railvolution (Pt.2)
October 16th was my first opportunity to ride the direct Amtrak Cascades train from Vancouver to Portland. Part one is here, read on for part two. by John...
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Riding the Amtrak Cascades to Portland for Railvolution
My October 16th trip to Portland for the Railvolution conference was going to be my last chance to ride the Amtrak Cascades train direct from Vancouver to...