Comments on: Bring Back the Streetcar!

By: Robert Cain

Robert Cain — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:53:39 +0000

Grew up with streetcars and the interurban in Marpole. Loved them.

By: Graham Evan MacDonell

Graham Evan MacDonell — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 04:34:47 +0000

Any time that residents of Vancouver, North Vancouver or West Vancouver would like to take in a PowerPoint Presentation on the legacy of the BC Electric Railway, or take a virtual ride on an Interurban from Vancouver to Chilliwack, circa 1948-49, please contact me and I would be pleased to make the presentation at no cost to the hosting group at a location suitable to them.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 May 2017 22:25:50 +0000

The other issue is trollys stop in the middle of the street and people dash from the curb on to the trolly. I’ll let you imagine how well that would work on Londale these days. At least the hospital is nearby.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 May 2017 22:23:13 +0000

Makes no sense to install the wires and tracks to only travel at the road speed. A $100k bus travelling up and down would be more affective. It is something the merchants of lonsdale or the city could run if they felt it is of benefit

By: Eribert Loehner

Eribert Loehner — Mon, 01 May 2017 17:08:07 +0000

For those who might think that streetcars with bike racks are a good idea, I should mention that streetcar tracks in a roadway and bicycles are disaster. Ask me how I know!

By: Peter Brock

Peter Brock — Mon, 01 May 2017 00:26:16 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus. 100%. That's what I was trying to say. North Van was going in the right direction so if they took the bike lift concept a few steps further they might see how a trolley (with a bike rack) makes far more sense.

By: Daniel Francis

Daniel Francis — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:44:18 +0000

I believe the North Vancouver Museum has plans to display the refurbished Car 153 in the main lobby of its new facility on West Esplanade currently planned for a 2019 opening.

By: Canadian History Roundup – Week of April 23, 2017 | Unwritten Histories

Canadian History Roundup – Week of April 23, 2017 | Unwritten Histories — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:03:37 +0000

[…] Lazarus takes a nostalgic look back at Vancouver’s streetcars. Not the buses on wires that we still have, the actual […]

By: Peter Brock

Peter Brock — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:45:29 +0000

Funny how North Van hasn’t latched on to the idea of a street car up the hill from the water. It may be distracted by the hare-brainers the city wants to inflict on the old shipyards. They almost had a clue when the mayor floated the idea of a bike lift up the steep part of Lonsdale. Let that idea grow and it might become a trolley.

By: Doug Parks

Doug Parks — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 03:19:24 +0000

Interesting photo of the first bus circa 1949. It looks a lot like the buses I rode to school in the 60s.
As far as using street cars for urban transit , it might make to much sense and not cost enough for translink to consider.