[Rail] Commuter rail
#1621
Posted 07 April 2017 - 07:48 PM
#1622
Posted 07 April 2017 - 07:51 PM
which are you referring too?
#1623
Posted 07 April 2017 - 08:00 PM
"what would the income source be for them running a station where only a few people a day get on and off of? There would need to be a financial benefit to them such as jobs for their citizens."
#1624
Posted 07 April 2017 - 08:54 PM
you analyze a lot of nothing way too much man...
There is nothing about that comment that is racist.. It was a simple question as to how will a station male money and who will work in it of there is no income attached to it.
FFS the other comment about Alberta is far more blatant than mine but you don't bring that up? Why not?
I don't need you being the internet police to me and deciphering my post as something negative when it is not.
#1625
Posted 07 April 2017 - 08:57 PM
You suggest a station on reserve land but with no jobs attached to teh station with no income?
Thats absurd..why in the world would they want a station then
#1626
Posted 14 April 2017 - 02:48 PM
what would the income source be for them running a station where only a few people a day get on and off of? There would need to be a financial benefit to them such as jobs for their citizens.
The thinking would be to partner with them on a nearby development, kind of like in some jurisdictions where a casino is built and FN members are involved in its running. Not suggesting a casino, but the Esquimalt First Nation has hinted in the past about future developments on their land.
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#1628
Posted 14 April 2017 - 03:00 PM
The point of the station is not to make money, but a portion of the ticket sales would be a possibility. Also as I have suggested in the past. Several FN groups do build developments on their land and rent out for commerical spaces or residential and in some cases RV parks (ie Island View Park). The station itself would simply act as the focal point of any new development on the Esquimalt FN land which in turn would be the primary source of income..
You could incorporate a commercial aspect into the station.
#1629
Posted 14 April 2017 - 03:02 PM
Where is the station located, exactly?
#1630
Posted 14 April 2017 - 03:38 PM
which station?
#1631
Posted 14 April 2017 - 03:50 PM
"Helmcken Station" as depicted in the rendering.
#1632
Posted 14 April 2017 - 07:37 PM
It's helmcken Rd at Pheasent Lane, near view Royal elementary. On the Victoria Commuter Train page they were looking at stations at either Helmcken Rd or at 6 Mile Rd. So I am doing a rendering to show what that would look like.
Edited by UrbanRail, 14 April 2017 - 07:38 PM.
#1636
Posted 04 June 2017 - 06:52 AM
Still waiting for another exciting announcement.
Capital region mayors remain optimistic about the prospects for commuter-rail service on the E&N Rail corridor from Langford to Vic West, despite a pending change in the provincial government.
Langford Mayor Stewart Young said he expects the project to receive strong consideration, whether the existing Liberal government survives or falls to a new NDP-Green alliance.
“I know the NDP support the E&N,” he said. “Pretty well every government has.”
Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, who ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in Esquimalt-Metchosin, said the E&N commuter-rail project will be in good hands no matter who forms the government. “The NDP, having been here for a long period of time and representing us, know that this is a significant issue,” she said.
“It would be a low-hanging fruit, early win for them.”
- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.7IMYOnRh.dpuf
#1637
Posted 05 June 2017 - 05:34 PM
The renewal of rail service has the strong support of more than 84 per cent of Greater Victoria residents according to a new survey from the Island Corridor Foundation.
Less than 5 per cent of the region’s 82 respondents said they were either ‘not supportive’ or ‘somewhat unsupportive’ of restoring service. Overall, 62 per cent of the survey’s 429 respondents were ‘very supportive’ of rail service, while nearly 18 per cent were ‘not supportive at all.’
http://www.saanichne...pport-for-rail/
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 05 June 2017 - 05:34 PM.
#1638
Posted 05 June 2017 - 06:45 PM
10 years and a billion dollars later the headlines will read:
"Commuter rail turns out not to be the panacea it was billed as, Colwood crawl as bad as ever"
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#1640
Posted 05 June 2017 - 06:50 PM
10 years and a billion dollars later the headlines will read:
"Commuter rail turns out not to be the panacea it was billed as, Colwood crawl as bad as ever"
It's physically impossible for the train to solve the Colwood Crawl, or the Malahat Line-up, or whatever you have. It simply can not be done.
To me, the feedback data can easily be flawed:
Available on the ICF website April 7 -May 15, 2017•ICF actively promoted the feedback form through Facebook advertising, email broadcasts, local media and at the AVICC conference (April 8) and the ICF Annual General Meeting (April 27)•Total Respondents –438 (goal was 400) 400 completes in market research using random sampling yields reasonable confidence for large populations (+/-5% margin of error)
Though open to the public (as opposed to random sampling),
That's the problem. It's about as accurate as a CFAX poll.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 05 June 2017 - 06:54 PM.
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