Category: Traffic

Don’t Reject Interurban Proposal Out-of-Hand

8/23/2019

Image - Proposed emissions-free hydrogen powered passenger train connecting Surrey to Chilliwack

Frank Bucholtz, Peace Arch News, re-posted with permission - A proposal to use the former BC Electric Railway interurban line from Surrey to Chilliwack for passenger rail service has sparked a lot of interest and debate in recent months.

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Rail for the Valley

4/11/2019

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By Thomas Cheney, Rail for the Valley, Chilliwack Chapter

In 1910, Premier Richard McBride drove the last spike of the British Columbia Electric Railway finally providing a convenient connection between the Fraser Valley and Vancouver. Beyond being a ribbon of steel, it brought the new technology of electricity to the hinterland.

Today, the old interurban line could again bring advanced technology and transportation options to Bradner and the rest of the Fraser Valley. The Rail for the Valley and South Fraser Community Rail initiatives together present plans to connect Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack with zero-emission hydrogen trains. This avoids the costs of electrifying the line while allowing British Columbia to showcase its excellence in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector. With over 1.2 million people currently living in the South Fraser region, a new solution, community rail is needed.

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Rural Traffic Woes - Part 1

2/15/2018

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In recent years Bradner residents have seen a HUGE increase in rural traffic as commuters shortcut Hwy 11 to the freeway on Harris and 58th Ave - and industrial traffic shortcuts via Lefevure Road to the Fraser Hwy. Parents must guard their children catching school busses along these routes due to huge volumes of traffic traveling daily - at super high speeds. Trucks ignore the 'Not a Truck Route' signs. Commuters pass on double lines and whip around corners that are negatively banked instigating g-forces that threaten to launch vehicles into oncoming lanes or off the road entirely.

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