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Traffic Warning - Western communities! - 22 Feb - 31 Dec 10
People are encouraged to carpool - or use public transit - and ask your councillors for E&N commuter service ASAP!
BC Sustainable Energy Association - and Solar Days
Johnson Bridge Update
Johnson Street Org Info Package -incl Form for comments prior to 3 August!
City of Victoria Information Package
Victoria Downtown Core Plan
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Transit Archives
This is the reference location for articles that have been "current" news and, for the most part, will be found in chronological sequence.
Some of the most useful references are given in earlier pages relating to transit, but please browse here for a comprehensive list of interenet references.
Recent "Current" Letters
TRAVELLIN’
GREEN - April 2010
by Guy Dauncey
MLA Esquimalt Supports TOD - 2 Mar 10
Taxes for Transit - Please! - 17 Feb 10
Single-occupancy vehicles clog highway - 2 Mar 10
Improve Ridership - 20 Jan 10
TC Transit Editorial - 16 Jan 10
TC Editorials and Letters - 30 Oct 09
Options for Island Commuter Rail Service
Rail Service on Vancouver Island
B.C. Electric Railway Company purchase of Victoria property - 1910 - with exciting plans for the peninsula!
Traveltalks - 1936 Victoria And Vancouver: Gateways to Canada - When streetcars were prime movers!
Via Rail - Travel between Victoria and Courtenay - On the E&N Rail Line - Book your own trip!
Click Here - for the sound and sight of the current train travelling through View Royal (Victoria)
Click Here - for a CRD press release (Sep 09) re the Rail Trail from Victoria to Langford by 2010.
Latest News re E&N - Dayliner may operate from Nanaimo instead of Langford - Nov 2009
E & N Division of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association - with links of interest there and below:
Nanaimo E&N Station - history and renovation plans - Port Alberni's Heritage Railway
Options for Providing Commuter Rail Service Between Langford and Victoria BC as presented by Geoff Pearce, September 2008, C4CR (Communities for Commuter Rail)
Colwood Transit Interests as of April 2009
since that date, Westshore interests have been confusing!
Community Liaison Committee Membership List - Victoria, BC (CRD)
This committee is charged with the task of determining the best options for improving access from the Western Communities to downtown Victoria and the Saanich Penninsula. Click here for the current list of CLC members.
BC Options for Rail in the Lower Mainland
Two Tracks to Langley - If BC is to join the new era of train travel, it must plan for passenger rail on a regional basis, and protect potential new rail corridors.
by Monte Paulsen June 1, 2009 The Tyee.ca
Victoria is not alone in the Traffic Jam Jungle !
Auckland, NZ 2006 (Do some of our politicians have a similar fixation for rubber on the road?)
How to Install Rail Electrification and Its Financial Benefits
The UK provides a model for Vancouver Island and BC (Click Here)
Historical Railroading Facts & References
Chapter 4 "The National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company" Page 25
