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		<title>Last of the Interurbans Part 6 &#8211; The Rittnerbahn &#8211; A True Interurban Railway</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/last-of-the-interurbans-part-6-the-rittnerbahn-a-true-interurban-railway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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The 11.8 km. Rittnerbahn, located in the Western part of the Italian Dolimites, once connected the city Bolzano with the Ritten plateau and today only connects the villages on the Ritten plateau.

Opened in 1907, the interurban line started at Walther Square in the center of Bolzano where it shared the track with the Bolzano trams until it reached Brenner Street. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2954&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Icy wires gives trolley buses trouble &#8211; Hey guys, we do get frost in Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/icy-wires-gives-trolley-buses-trouble-hey-guys-we-do-get-frost-in-vancouver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Excuse me, but is it not December and was it not this time last year we had a big snowfall to contend with? So why the problems with TransLink&#8217;s and West Coast Mountain Bus trolley fleet in the real first frost in December 2009? Unable to operate trolleybuses in the first heavy frost of the year demonstrates the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2947&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From The Centre For Transportation Excellence &#8211; The Anti-Public Transit Crowd</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/from-the-centre-for-transportation-excellence-the-anti-public-transit-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following from the CFTE is interesting, as the following names pop up North of the 49th once in a while. Strangely, many in the SkyTrain lobby think that these people support SkyTrain because they attack modern Light Rail in the United States, but of course, they don&#8217;t build SkyTrain in the U.S. do they. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2941&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The most expensive transit rides &#8211; from MSN News</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/the-most-expensive-transit-rides-from-msn-news/</link>
		<comments>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/the-most-expensive-transit-rides-from-msn-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zweisystem</dc:creator>
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Though Vancouver is not mentioned, our transit fares are right there up with the big boys, with three fare zones, starting at $2.75 for one zone and $5.00 for traveling three zones; how soon will our one zone fare match that of Toronto&#8217;s and a three zone fare match that of London&#8217;s Underground?
From MSN Website
Note: All [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2923&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Flash From the Past &#8211; &#8220;Skytrain gathers speed despite cost to taxpayers&#8221; &#8211; From Charlie Smith &amp; The Georgia Straight.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of TransLink&#8217;s newly departed CEO, Tom Prendergast&#8217;s parting shot at the SkyTrain Lobby,  “It’s overcoming the cultural embracement of SkyTrain that has existed to date.” &#8230;&#8230; &#8220;TransLink is seeking to cut through the pro-SkyTrain “cultural bias”&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;, which is entrenched in all levels of civic and provincial bureaucracy; we should look at the warnings given almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2917&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On-street Light Rail &#8211; Streetcars &amp; Trams &#8211; How would it look?</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/on-street-light-rail-streetcars-trams-how-would-it-look/</link>
		<comments>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/on-street-light-rail-streetcars-trams-how-would-it-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zweisystem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are streetscapes and street cross sections of modern LRT (streetcars or trams) operating on-street and will help many to visualize how a modern tram would look on a typical city street in Vancouver, Langley, Abbotsford and even Chilliwack.

The above picture shows a pure streetcar setting with cars and trams sharing a common road. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2906&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Surrey Leader &#8211; Exposing The SkyTrain Urban Myth</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/from-the-surrey-leader-the-skytrain-urban-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/from-the-surrey-leader-the-skytrain-urban-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zweisystem</dc:creator>
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The following letter to the Surrey Leader certainly shreds the SkyTrain Urban Myth that it is faster and has more capacity than light rail. What the SkyTrain lobby and mainstream media forget, that both modes are railways (SkyTrain is an unconventional railway) and adhere to the same operating principals. SkyTrain&#8217;s reputation has been created by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2900&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Vancouver Province &#8211; Transit must derail cheats: Politicos</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/from-the-vancouver-province-transit-must-derail-cheats-politicos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zweisystem</dc:creator>
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Here we go again department. The hoary old turnstile debate is again before us and leading the charge is Richmond council, wonderful. The current council in Richmond know little, if anything, about transit and I would suspect that the &#8216;turnstile issue&#8217; is nothing but a propaganda ploy to hide the real problems with our light-metro [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2896&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prendergast&#8217;s parting words on Rail for the Valley</title>
		<link>http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/prendergasts-parting-words-on-rail-for-the-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Buker</dc:creator>
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A couple weeks ago, it was announced that Translink CEO Tom Prendergast was quitting his position, and accepting a job as president of New York City&#8217;s Transit Authority. He had only joined Translink in July 2008, and now he has left! I am guessing he didn&#8217;t like what he saw.
Prendergast was as positive a force [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=railforthevalley.wordpress.com&blog=4192565&post=2887&subd=railforthevalley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please consider joining the Light Rail Transit Association</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time again, membership renewal requests are in the mail or in one&#8217;s email box. Zwei is renewing his annual subscription to the Light Rail Transit Association and would like you to consider joining the Light Rail Transit Association.
There are three good reasons for joining the LRTA:
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