Hi there! I’m trialing the name Points of Information for my somewhat regular link-dump style posts, and here is yet another instalment of the linkstravaganza!
Quick note, I did consider linkstravaganza, but was told by my girlfriend that it was “a little bit ridiculous.” I give her points for humouring me.
Fantastic photo comparison here of Shanghai from 1990 and 2010. It’s absolutely astounding the sheer amount of development 20 years can do. With much talk recently comparing China’s stealth fighter to the F-22, or it’s growing naval strength, I think this picture, more than anything else, encapsulates the rise of China.
Delta is considering walking from the Translink model and going it’s own, or forming a South of the Fraser transportation plan. This is the thing we will probably be dealing with for a number of years to come. With the chair and deputy chair of Translink being form North Van and West Van, south of the Fraser appears to be feeling even more shut-out than usual. I’ll have more on this in the future, but this is definitely something to follow.
In related news, Abbotsford doesn’t like it’s place in it’s transit world, and may be amenable to finally joining up with a larger South of the Fraser transit body. Stranger things have happened, like the Double Down.
A lot of this strikes a very NIMBYism chord with me, and I’ll have greater analysis later. In the end, screaming about a lack of transit investment and then deciding to pick up your toys and go home doesn’t seem like particularly the best thing, especially when the future governance of the province is pretty up in the air. At best, it’s sabre rattling for more attention at worst, it’s throwing the baby out when the bathwater is about to be changed.
And also on a transit related note, from the good people down at seattletransitblog comes news that, once again, the Cascades rail from Vancouver to Portland, has broken new records of ridership. They continue that with a call to improve the service for greater speed and reliability, which I wholeheartedly endorse.
BC Ferries have ceased their wrongheaded and outright contrary to the spirit of the law policy of posting all FOI’s to their website. This, on the face of it, good idea is done solely to try to prevent FOI requests by media sources, and remove the ‘scoop’ purpose for an FOI. What it does in practice is result in half-cocked journalism, as journalists pounce on raw data without doing the background research, allowing for mistakes and misinterpretations in the race for ‘the scoop’.
And finally, to leave you with a little happiness, here is a screenshot of today’s NHL standings. You’ll note the position of the Vancouver Canucks.
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