Willem Klumpenhouwer

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Willem KlumpenhouwerDec 29, 2022

If we want to be serious about moving people by #rail in this country we need a #policy re-think.

My thoughts in the Globe and Mail:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-via-rails-holiday-meltdown-shows-canadas-railway-policy-has-utterly/

Via Rail’s holiday meltdown shows Canada’s railway policy has utterly failed us

Via Rail’s cancellations over the holidays, after a derailment, shows the folly of a system mostly owned by the private company CN Rail

The Globe and Mail
Show threadWillem KlumpenhouwerDec 18, 2022
@robsonfletcher Easier to say you can't provide figures than to say you don't have them?
Willem KlumpenhouwerDec 18, 2022
Robson FletcherDec 18, 2022

"When CBC News tried to establish how many children had died from flu in Ontario, three different provincial agencies refused to provide figures."

"Public" data in Canada, folks.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/child-influenza-deaths-1.6687187

Willem KlumpenhouwerDec 16, 2022

Happy to see more trains, but sad to see the 'frequent' MAX bus network is being neglected

https://globalnews.ca/news/9352413/calgarys-red-line-lrt-return-four-car-trains/

Calgary’s Red Line LRT to return to four-car trains

Calgary Transit announced it would be adding one car to the Red Line trains effective Dec. 19, as part of the winter schedule changes.

Global News
Show threadWillem KlumpenhouwerDec 16, 2022

@humantransit

Did they invite you back as promised?