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Pending Events
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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!
Next IslandCorridor Workshop: Nanaimo 24 March 10
Fuel - a BCSEA Presentation - 25 March 10
Victoria OCP Forum - 26/27 March 10
Energy
Solutions for Vancouver Island - TBA April 2010
Speak out on such issues! Enter the debate today! If you have not already made your views known remember to record them: CFAX 250.381.6397 or, CBC's local "talk back" 250.360.0614 and, Join the BC Hydro GHG Savings Program
Island Transformations Organization
IslandTransformations.Org is a coalition with a plan to dynamically transform the way that Vancouver Islanders live, work, and play in their communities.
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
TC Editorials and Letters - 30 Oct 09
Vic West for E&N Hub? - 25 Oct 09
E&N tracks off the radar - 21 Oct 09
Bridge issue not just about cars - 14 Oct 09Cyclists Need a New Bridge - 4 Oct 09
Options for Island Commuter Rail Service
Rail Service on Vancouver Island
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.
Nanaimo E&N Station - history and renovation plans
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
