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Vancouver ends historic interurban operation over safety concerns
Considering the averaged amount of collisions of car to car, light rail vehicle to car, bus to car, car to truck, the safety aspect as cited being a case for liability concerns is a red herring poised against budgetary discretion. A great deal of this line’s value as is most historical operations falls under the heading of intangible yet very real asset to the fabric of community life. Some cities have taken this ball and run with it with a positive effect on tourism as well as drawing additional foot traffic to local businesses along the line. Its a short sighted decision that has a sort of backward pragmatism attached to it.
“Transpiration”? Don’t automatically grab the first option the spell checker offers!
Vancouver no doubt used all its money on bike lanes.
What were the safety issues? The article mentions accidents.
FWIW This is the memorandum on the operation. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=vancouver%2520%2526%2520downtown_historic_railway%2526accidents&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDIQFjAE&url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.geoffmeggs.ca%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2014%252F03%252FCMO-Mayor-Council-Downtown-Historic-Railway-DHR-2014-03-20.pdf&ei=1BczU8vRL-TAyAHHzYG4CQ&usg=AFQjCNHE49mnZrY_kWUYW9O1ySdqwR66jw&sig2=rjSpN9dEuLBRaPJJDc8j6g&bvm=bv.63738703,d.aWc Mr Meigs states a figure of 90k in liability expenses. Also this is a volunteer operation.
Here’s my off topic comment. For consideration.
Minor spelling aside does anyone know what languages have to do with the unfortunate end of this historical service ?
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Transpiration is a real word, it is the movement of water through plants. Therefore spell checker will not pull it up as spell checker is unable to check context.
Vancouver’s Downtown Historic Railway messed up! It should have had ‘warning’ signs printed in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Urdu, Farsi, French, and English to warn travellers (Cdn. spelling). Languages in order-of-importance in BC. Sorry. The ‘First Nation’ loons don’t have a written language.
Sounds like another yuppie trolley car hating city. What was the real issue? Sounds like a lameass excuse to me.
So, I guess that means the overhead gets ripped down and the tracks either ripped up or covered over. Surely they could find a way to use the tracks and overhead for another purpose.
So, I guess that means the overhead gets ripped down and the tracks either ripped up or covered over. Surely they could find a way to use the tracks and overhead for another purpose.
If the “First Nation loons” of whom William D. Hays of Montana speaks DID have a written language, I wonder how they’d write “paleface xenophobic clown” when mentioning him (assuming they’d bother).
Sad about the fate of the historic railway operation. Perhaps the Orange Empire Railway Museum could work up some plans to reacquire BCER No. 1225, which was sold to B.C.'s Fraser Valley Historic Railway, and is likely the car meant when noting that one should be “sent back south.”
The problem in Canada, as in this country, is the Luddite proclivity of many of its politicians.
Sacramento is planning a trolley operation to serve the new NBA facility. It would run from West Sacramento to Sacramento over the Tower Bridge. It would also serve Raileys Park, home of the Triple A baseball park and Sacramento River Cats.
There is nothing so stupid that it won’t happen! This was one of the great streetcar trips in North America. I visited there in 2005 - took forever to find as no locals, tourist office included, knew it was there. See:
http://punchbuggy.blogspot.ca/2005/08/streetcar-named-1231-this-is-streetcar.html