Build SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT! - Better Surrey Rapid Transit
An initiative for the right choice for Surrey rapid transit
We would like to share this hilarious image portraying the effects of a single blockage of light rail tracks in Toronto. The streetcars are lined up in front of a broken-down car. The tracks prevent the many streetcars from moving around this broken vehicle. While track blockages are a reliability problem faced by all rail systems, the risk can be exacerbated for light rail systems that … [Read more...]
We would like to share a posting on the Human Transit blog that debated claims that streetcars would be more appropriate for Vancouver and provide mobility benefits for a lower price. The post concerns the effects of streetcars (i.e. a type of light rail implementation - comparable to buses on tracks) on per-corridor mobility and points out well how there might not be any mobility benefit in the … [Read more...]
