[Rusty Gull]

Does anybody know what's happening with Vancouver's long-proposed streetcar system? It seems like there was quite a bit of progress on this front during Larry Campbell's mayorship, but I haven't heard a thing for at least a year now (perhaps longer).

I can only presume that it doesn't have the support of either Sam Sullivan, or Translink.

Regardless, it should be built. A downtown trolley line represents the most cost-effective way to move people between neighbourhoods such as Granville Island, Olympic Village/Cambie, Gastown, Chinatown and Coal Harbour.

As an aside, it would be great to see a streetcar across Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, pushing up Lonsdale from the Quay to the Upper Lonsdale corridor. (Lonsdale originally was a streetcar line, which is why it's perfectly suited for such an undertaking).