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It does seem appropriate to add our voices to that of other Canadians in a video titled: "Canada - derailed"; and to convert all who will listen to our demands for an alternative to road travel for all things; i.e. rail!!
As far as the E&N operations go for lower Vancouver Island, Eric Ricker of Nan…
IslandTransformations.Org makes a presentation to Victoria City Council, 16 February 2012, that proposes a rail capable bridge at Johnson/Pandora street "E&N" corridor entrance to downtown via a single track to and from a new terminal at the corner of Douglas and Pandora. Read more here.
Restore E&N railbed now, MPs urge
Project key to future shipbuilding at Dockyard, Esquimalt-JDF NDP's Garrison
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, December 19, 2011
"Given that there will be nearly 1,000 new jobs created at Dockyard and traffic is already near gridlock at shift changes, the federal gover…
Johnson Street Bridge Org of Victoria BC has posted a new item, 'A Proposal to Save Rail on the new Johnson Street Bridge'
The original was sent to Victoria's mayor and councillors, in anticipation of their council meeting on Thursday, November 24, 2011. It was cc'd to Westshore mayors, the chair and…
You will find many reports from other cities about their experiences with rail based transit systems. Here is one link that deals with four of those:
http://www.capitalareafriendsoftransit.org/pages/transit-success
We have an amplification of the Salt Lake experience, in addition to the video introd…
Dr. Eric Ricker writes in the Times Colonist, 5 July 2011, "Scrap the Douglas idea to help the E&N".
We support his priorities of funding for regional transit, as does the Malahat Coalition in their "Media Relase"; however we would not endorse scrapping of the VRRT proposal! Indeed, the long term t…
BC Transit has engaged and is doing a study which will pursue the earlier studies by the MOT, by C4CR, and by Colledge Transportation Consulting. This is critical for the E&N passenger rail through South Island communities, to help in rush-hour congestion and, hopefully, prove to BC Transit that an …
What Rail will do for Vancouver Island Communities - February 2011 (click on this heading for details)
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