Build SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT! - Better Surrey Rapid Transit
An initiative for the right choice for Surrey rapid transit
The Green Party of BC is misleading voters about the land-use impacts of SkyTrain rapid transit. (From the Vancouver Courier - Vancouver Votes: Five hot provincial election topics for the city) Green Party leader Jane Sterk said her party "is not a mega-project kind of party in its thinking." That said, the Liberals' idea of a referendum has its merits, she added. "I do agree with the … [Read more...]
Tuesday morning was triumphed by the launch of the new Light Rail Links coalition, a membership of different organizations advocating for Light Rail Transit in Surrey, BC.The new coalition presents four vague reasons for "Why LRT":LRT will connect communities south of the FraserLRT will create pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods with new developments and businessesLRT has easily accessible cars … [Read more...]
Today, we have been blessed with the great opportunity of a double feature. Following a successful presentation of our Rapid Transit and Surrey's Needs presentation [CLICK HERE] to the City of Surrey Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, two news agencies in the region have contacted us for a feature. Below are portions of the resulting online articles on the Surrey Now newspaper and … [Read more...]
Better Surrey Rapid Transit is taking a remarkable step forward on Monday with a confirmed presentation to the City of Surrey Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to provide a report on Rapid Transit and Surrey's Needs" Media may be interested in hearing this presentation as it details a primary case of the Better Surrey Rapid Transit advocacy, a group interested in seeing that Surrey is … [Read more...]
Better Surrey Rapid Transit is currently using this 536-page report to conduct a comprehensive modal share review that will be released in the coming days. This report was shortly seen on the TransLink website recently, but has been taken down from there. The report has returned to the TransLink website and is also available for download there. [CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD] … [Read more...]
[CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RELEASE] A major TransLink rapid transit planning study has mislead stakeholders in the City of Surrey in its evaluation of options, in terms of a statement of which options “meet the study objectives.” The recent release by TransLink, called “Surrey Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis: Findings to Date”, narrows down the alternatives to be looked at for … [Read more...]
A message from your campaign leaders for Better Surrey Rapid Transit Regular readers or past visitors of this website may have noticed that there has been a distinct change in the website style, home page, and arrangement of pages and information. This is because we're relaunching the former SkyTrain for Surrey Initiative as "Better Surrey Rapid Transit", in an effort to tone down the … [Read more...]
From Daryl Dela Cruz, lead analyst at SkyTrain for Surrey I'd just like to share this as a response to something that I feel may have been expressly dedicated to us: the recent write-up by Nathan Pachal of South Fraser Blog [LINK HERE] that dismisses and discourages any debate between transit technologies. Contrary to his thoughts, I believe that there is a huge value in advocating for having the … [Read more...]
A special release by lead analyst Daryl Dela Cruz of SkyTrain for Surrey You can be said to have been researching transit issues in Metro Vancouver for many years, but you can still be wrong about what you know about transit issues. If so, they would do themselves an injustice because, as provincial and federal taxpayers they too are funding the bottomless pit that is TransLink, its … [Read more...]
SkyTrain for Surrey has released a new analysis that addresses misleading claims from a 1999 report that attempted to refute a revised study that lead to a change in decisions and the build-out of the current SkyTrain Millennium Line. The analysis reveals that the release of misleading information may have caused a decision change that has resulted in significant delays in the construction … [Read more...]
