Millennium Line

Graham and I last worked together back when the Millennium Line was at a similar stage of development.

20 « January « 2010 « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Graham and I last worked together back when the Millennium Line was at a similar stage of development.

January « 2010 « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

The Millennium Line contributed to financial shortfalls in the following ways:

Plantalk: Learning from Chicago « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Both the Millennium Line and the Canada line have made us an international joke, with the SkyTrain lobby being the chief jokers!

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Lastly, the above concerns exist primarily about Broadway, which has led me to write to the “UBC Line” planners to state my case for a full extension of the Millennium Line in a subway to UBC, but implemented much better than the flawed Canada Line project twin bored tunnels, 100m platforms, covering the station box excavations with a steel roof during construction, compensation for neighbouring businesses, major urban design remake of Broadway ….

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Graham and I last worked together back when the Millennium Line was at a similar stage of development.

VIA Blogger Meetup « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

The advantage of direct connection, without transfer, onto the Millennium Line at Lougheed Station is lost to the bus transfer, or the park-and-ride.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

The FSR 5.0 product HAHR is recommending is even worse than the aforementioned stuff on view outside your Millennium Line.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

At one point during the Millennium Line debate, BC Transit would have us believe that elevated LRT would be more expensive to build than SkyTrain, in the end the claim was SkyTrain cost about 7% more to build!

Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Have a look what Gerald Fox, a well respected transit specialist from the States, has to say about the Millennium Line.

Vancouver Olympic Village likely won’t be the only shock « Stephen Rees's blog 2009