Build SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT! - Better Surrey Rapid Transit
An initiative for the right choice for Surrey rapid transit
From the SkyTrain for Surrey Analyst Team in Surrey, BC (RE: Some More TransLink statistics - Voony's Blog) It certainly seems so. Vancouver transportation and urbanist blogger Voony [CLICK HERE to view blog] recently undertook an analysis of some recently released TransLink stats, to find specifics such as boarding and revenue hour splits per region and the cost recovery ratio of transit … [Read more...]
Light Rail Transit (LRT) is an idea that has recently been popular with the people of the City of Surrey. The Mayor & Council have previously stated their opposition to additional expansion of the Metro Vancouver SkyTrain network into the City of Surrey and are advocating for the creation of a LRT network. The City of Surrey's vision for rapid transit involves the creation of a network of … [Read more...]
Press release - 19th March, 2012 ---------------------- The SkyTrain for Surrey Initiative is calling on the City of Surrey to review their support guidelines for a Light Rail Transit network. If more region-wide transit service and a sustainable pattern of commutes in Surrey is warranted, then the City of Surrey should be advocating for SkyTrain extensions and not at-grade LRT. Daryl … [Read more...]
Preface ------------------- Politicians of the City of Surrey have been lobbying for the use of Light Rail Transit (LRT) in the city in conjunction with TransLink's efforts to conduct a Rapid Transit Study for the Surrey and South of Fraser area. Three major corridors are being studied for the implementation: King George Highway, 104th Avenue and Fraser Highway. These corridors link … [Read more...]
88% of the public in consultations about the future of transportation in Surrey in 2008 agreed that “Transit should be as convenient and attractive as driving a car on City Roads”. These consultants represented the City of Surrey in consultations that lead to the creation of Surrey's very own Transportation Strategic Plan in 2008 [55]. Poor transit service was identified as the number 1 … [Read more...]
![[Concept] At-grade Light Rail Transit on 104th Avenue. It might loook good in this concept, but the reality is that such an implementation will cause so many problems.](http://skytrainforsurrey.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/104th-light-rail-car.jpg?w=300)
First of all, before this article is read, we would like to note that there needs to be a total understanding of the role that rail transit will play for Surrey in the future. This city needs rail transit not only to move the people who already are here more effectively, but also to accommodate population growth and encourage appropriate development in the right areas. All of these roles must … [Read more...]
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 transit will play must be considered if we are to choose another city as a … [Read more...]
The media seem to have themselves in a knot when it comes to referencing certain capital cost values. We have found that the quoted "$27 million per km for light rail" value in an article posted by the Vancouver Sun on 10th November ([CLICK HERE] to view) is questionable and possibly highly inaccurate. The value has been repetitively used in several previous articles by the Vancouver Sun and … [Read more...]
Surrey CiTI (Citizens Transportation Initiative) is hosting a series of public debates on Transportation in Surrey. Several Council Candidates will be debating the future of Surrey transportation at the Newton Library and the Fleetwood Library on November 5th and 13th, respectively. For more information, see below or [CLICK HERE]: The Surrey CITI (Citizens Transportation Initiative) is hosting … [Read more...]
Dominating the “vibrant” future of the City of Surrey is a cataclysmic light rail transit scheme that may make transit service worse instead of better. The city’s push for LRT (light rail transit) over SkyTrain RRT (rapid rail transit) may be a tremendous mistake. For years upon years, we have been listening to the wrong people about the notion of transit expansion. A wave of support … [Read more...]
