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Surrey LRT project director misleads stakeholders on LRT speeds

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 12, 2018September 24, 2020Posted in Media Release, Reality CheckTagged 10-Year Vision, city of surrey, Economic development, excitement is building, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, LRT survey, Mayor Linda Hepner, Mayors Council, Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Phase 1 LRT, Phase Two Plan, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, survey, Ten-Year Vision, The Buzzer, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

DEBUNKING MYTHS Surrey LRT project director misleads stakeholders on LRT speeds FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 10, 2018 – Surrey, BC The City of Surrey’s light rail transit project director has attempted to convince Surrey residents/stakeholders that the proposed Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT (SNG LRT) will be faster than actually stated. Scott Neuman, LRT project director, told […]

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1%

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 28, 2018September 24, 2020Posted in Media ReleaseTagged 10-Year Vision, city of surrey, Economic development, excitement is building, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, LRT survey, Mayor Linda Hepner, Mayors Council, Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, Newton, Newton Town Centre, Phase 1 LRT, Phase Two Plan, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, SNG LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, survey, Ten-Year Vision, The Buzzer, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1% FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC New numbers released by TransLink and the Surrey Light Rail team have essentially confirmed that the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT will be the most expensive mistake in the region’s history. For $1.65 billion, the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]

Edmonton’s LRT is failing to change commuter habits

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on May 3, 2018October 14, 2020Posted in In The NewsTagged at grade light rail transit, at-grade rail, British Columbia, city of surrey, Economic development, Edmonton, Edmonton Light Rail Transit, Edmonton LRT, Edmonton Metro Line, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, light rail, light rail advocates, light rail delays, light rail disaster, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, LRT advocates, Mayor Linda Hepner, NAIT, Newton, Newton Town Centre, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Edmonton’s LRT is failing to change commuter habits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 3, 2018 – Surrey, BC A new survey collected by the City of Edmonton suggests that even after substantial investment in its Light Rail Transit system, transit mode-share in Edmonton has not increased. The city’s 2015 Household Travel Survey, which […]

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is Canada’s worst value rapid transit project

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 30, 2018September 28, 2020Posted in In The News, Media ReleaseTagged city of surrey, Economic development, expensive mistake, Guildford, Guildford Town Centre, Mayor Linda Hepner, Newton, Newton Town Centre, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level light rail, Streetcars, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey rapid transit, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail, Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink, worst value, worst value rapid transit investment

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT is Canada’s worst value rapid transit project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 30, 2018 – Surrey, BC TransLink has revealed that the cost to build the first phase of Surrey’s street-running Light Rail Transit system is $1.65 billion dollars. The Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT (SNG LRT) line will now be over $700 million […]

Federal Liberals miss mark with LRT promise

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 10, 2015May 16, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged British Columbia, Conservative Party, elections, Greater Vancouver, Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Rapid Transit, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, train, transit issues, Transportation, transportation issues

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC The City of Surrey – not Conservatives – should be held responsible for an ongoing 2-year standstill on acquiring federal funding for a proposed LRT system. Liberal Party candidate Sukh Dhaliwal, in a promise to bring Light Rail to Surrey, has attempted to blame the Conservative government for a standstill […]

Conservatives should cancel funding for Surrey LRT

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 4, 2015May 16, 2017Posted in Media ReleaseTagged British Columbia, Conservative Party, elections, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, Rapid Transit, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey Light Rail, Surrey LRT, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, train, transit issues, Transportation, transportation issues

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC In light of rumours that Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper would be announcing funding for proposed Light Rail in Surrey, local advocates in Surrey have warned the Conservative Party that a business case analysis has not been finished for Surrey LRT. “It would be short-sighted, and irresponsible, to commit the […]

Portland, OR: the wrong role model for Surrey Rail Transit

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on November 14, 2011Posted in UncategorizedTagged automobile, BC, British Columbia, Canada, City Council, Community Impact, comparisons, competition, Dianne Watts, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, Light Rail Transit, limitations, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, plan, Portland, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey City Council, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Sustainability, train, transit, TransLink, Transportation, TriMet, vision5 Comments

There needs to be understanding of the role that rail transit will play in Surrey in the future. This city needs rail transit not only to more effectively move the people who already are here, but also to accommodate population growth and encourage appropriate development in the right areas. All of these roles that rail […]