Features
-
Recess
by Sean Ruthen Mark Twain once said that you should never let your schooling come between you and your education. Given our present age of economic...
By Sean Ruthen -
First steps in becoming an expert transit rider
True expertise in riding a transit system takes time, patience, and lots of careful observation. It is not achieved overnight.
By John Calimente -
Work begins on the Urbanists Guide to Vancouver
The suggestions, ideas and insights are in. Now the re:place team is getting to work to compile the Urbanists Guide to Vancouver. By the re:place team
By Spacing -
How we get to work – transit, biking and walking in Metro Vancouver
What better way to start off 2009 than with another map. Given how the unexpected snowy weather seemed to paralyze this fine city of ours over the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Conclusion – Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance
As an epilogue to the Downtown Historic Railway story, TransitFan asked Dale Laird, Vice-President of the Transit Museum Society (TRAMS), about potential...
By John Calimente -
A Song for Jorn
By Sean Ruthen “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet Prince…” Perhaps it is presumptuous to say, but there is an inherent stubbornness in the...
By Sean Ruthen -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 6)
Dale Laird’s dream of a historic railway in Vancouver became a reality through the contributions of four different groups: Seattle residents Byron Cole...
By John Calimente -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 5)
The Downtown Historic Railway has been an incredible success over the past ten years. Riders love riding in the historic interurban cars. And so do all...
By John Calimente -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 4)
In an incredible coincidence, the two interurban cars coupled together for the last revenue ride run in Vancouver back in 1958 are the same ones now used...
By John Calimente -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 3)
Now that he had the support of the City of Vancouver, Dale Laird’s dream of a historic railway along False Creek was nearing reality. But time was of the...
By John Calimente -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 2)
In order to turn his idea of converting the old CPR tracks running parallel to 6th Avenue St into a historic streetcar line, Dale Laird first needed some...
By John Calimente -
Downtown Historic Railway kickstarts the Vancouver rail renaissance (Part 1)
It has been more than 53 years since Vancouver’s last streetcar ran through the city. But with interest in rail growing around the region, could we be on...
By John Calimente